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		just2n on March 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Users of my iOS Game Teach Me a Lesson MIT Didn’t ... And that's the difference at MIT between a math degree and a CS degree, methinks. Though, I don't think a hill climbing algorithm is going to be too helpful when there's only 1 solution.

tantalor on March 28, 2013 [–]

Yes, that's a good point. Aaron mentioned some users would restart "if things ever look hopelessly messed up". A better analogy might be simulated annealing, where solvers randomly switch to another configuration.

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