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COMPGEOM
2003
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
the asteroid surveying problem and other puzzles
We consider two variants of the well-known “sailor in the fog” puzzle. The first version (the “asteroid surveying” problem) is set in three dimensions and asks for the sh...
Timothy M. Chan, Alexander Golynski, Alejandro L&o...
SARA
2005
Springer
14 years 5 days ago
Solving the 24 Puzzle with Instance Dependent Pattern Databases
A pattern database (PDB) is a heuristic function in a form of a lookup table which stores the cost of optimal solutions for instances of subproblems. bproblems are generated by abs...
Ariel Felner, Amir Adler
CVPR
2007
IEEE
14 years 8 months ago
Recognizing objects by piecing together the Segmentation Puzzle
We present an algorithm that recognizes objects of a given category using a small number of hand segmented images as references. Our method first over segments an input image into...
Jianbo Shi, Timothée Cour
CVPR
2001
IEEE
14 years 8 months ago
On Solving 2D and 3D Puzzles Using Curve Matching
We approach the problem of 2-D and 3-D puzzle solving by matching the geometric features of puzzle pieces three at a time. First, we define an affinity measure for a pair of piece...
Weixin Kong, Benjamin B. Kimia
EATCS
2002
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13 years 6 months ago
Crossing the Bridge at Night
We solve the general case of the bridge-crossing puzzle. 1 The Puzzle Four people begin on the same side of a bridge. You must help them across to the other side. It is night. The...
Günter Rote