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A Comparison of Three Sudoku Solving Methods

by Onokpasa Eva, Bakwa Dunka
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 181 - Number 40
Year of Publication: 2019
Authors: Onokpasa Eva, Bakwa Dunka
10.5120/ijca2019918439

Onokpasa Eva, Bakwa Dunka . A Comparison of Three Sudoku Solving Methods. International Journal of Computer Applications. 181, 40 ( Feb 2019), 46-52. DOI=10.5120/ijca2019918439

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author = { Onokpasa Eva, Bakwa Dunka },
title = { A Comparison of Three Sudoku Solving Methods },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Feb 2019 },
volume = { 181 },
number = { 40 },
month = { Feb },
year = { 2019 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 46-52 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume181/number40/30331-2019918439/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2019918439 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%A Bakwa Dunka
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Abstract

The 9 X 9 board game of Sudoku is intriguing and brain tasking. There are various Sudoku solving methods. This research work is focused on comparing three Sudoku solvers: Pencil and paper method, backtracking and the method of alternating projections. This comparison is carried out by counting the number of iterations taken to solve 40 puzzles of various levels of difficulty, using php implementations of the solver algorithms.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Iterations sudoku pencil and paper backtracking & alternating projections

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