Making Sudoku puzzles less puzzling Date: October 11, 2012 Source: University of Notre Dame Summary: For anyone who has ever struggled while attempting to solve a Sudoku puzzle, mathematicians are ...

Researchers at University of Notre Dame have developed a mathematical algorithm that solves sudoku puzzles very quickly, without any guessing or backtracking. LONDON: For those who struggle to ...

Two basic backtracking algorithms are first described for the general Sudoku. We then solve both formulations by means of constraint programming. Computational experiments are performed to compare the ...