Sunday, August 24, 2014

Solving Sudoku with Microsoft Solver Foundation (MSF) library

Test Run - Solving Sudoku Puzzles Using the MSF Library @ MSDN Magazine
by Dr. James McCaffrey
"A Sudoku puzzle is an example of what’s called a "Constraint Satisfaction Problem" (CSP). 
One way to tackle CSPs programmatically is to use the Microsoft Solver Foundation (MSF) library."
Sudoku Using the Microsoft Solver Foundation

Solver Foundation @ Microsoft DevLabs
"Solver Foundation makes it easier to build and solve real optimization models."

Microsoft Solver Foundation 3.1 @ MSDN
"Microsoft Solver Foundation 3.1 is a set of development tools for mathematical simulation, optimization, and modeling that relies on a managed execution environment and the common language runtime (CLR). You can use any CLR language including Visual C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual F#, and IronPython."

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