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This page lists puzzles published in ITE. Puzzles can be used as pedagogical tools to teach a specific topic or a particular modeling technique, or as a means of testing OR/MS/analytics software.

Puzzle—Solving Smartphone Puzzle Apps by Mathematical Programming

Sönke Hartmann
Corresponding Author
Sönke Hartmann
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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6687-1480
Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA), 20457, Hamburg, Germany
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Published Online: October 23, 2017

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Puzzle—The Fillomino Puzzle

Robin H. Pearce
Corresponding Author
Robin H. Pearce
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School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, St. Lucia, Austrilia QLD 4072
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Michael A. Forbes
Michael A. Forbes
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School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, St. Lucia, Austrilia QLD 4072
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Published Online: January 13, 2017

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Puzzle—Verbal Arithmetic and Mastermind

John T. Simon
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John T. Simon
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College of Business, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois 60484
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Published Online: September 7, 2016

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Puzzle—TSP at the Movies: Yondu’s Dart Problem

Martin J. Chlond
Corresponding Author
Martin J. Chlond

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Published Online: April 29, 2016

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Puzzle—Brushing the Court Lines Optimally

Kenneth R. Baker
Corresponding Author
Kenneth R. Baker
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Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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Michael J. Magazine
Michael J. Magazine
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Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Cinncinnati, Ohio 45221
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Published Online: January 27, 2016

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Puzzle—IP in the i

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK
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Published Online: September 29, 2015

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Puzzle—Chess Avoidance Puzzles

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 5, 2015

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Puzzle—Shedding Light on Higher Dimensions

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 13, 2015

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Puzzle—Logic Grid Puzzles

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 25, 2014

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Puzzle—IP Satisfied

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 27, 2014

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Puzzle—Three Set Pieces

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: February 4, 2014

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Japanese IPs

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: October 9, 2013

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Integer Programming in King Arthur's Court

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2013

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Puzzle—Latin Square Puzzles

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2013

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Puzzle—An Integer Programming Quiz Picture Round

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 1, 2012

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Five Pat Hands

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2012

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Puzzle—Fairground Attractions

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2012

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Integer Poetry

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 1, 2011

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Puzzle—Integer Programming and League Table Puzzles

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2011

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Puzzle—Knight Domination of 2-D Surfaces: A Spreadsheet Approach

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2010

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Puzzle—Chain-Reaction: A Puzzle to Demonstrate TSP Formulation

Gail W. DePuy
Gail W. DePuy
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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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Published Online: September 1, 2009

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Puzzle—A Magical IP

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2009

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Puzzle—Tennis Mixed Doubles

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2009

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Puzzle—Shasha's Gridspeed Puzzle

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 1, 2008

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Puzzle—A Tank Attack Puzzle

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2008

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Puzzle—O.R. with the Fairies

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2008

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Solving the U2 Brainteaser with Integer and Dynamic Programming

Jack Brimberg
Jack Brimberg
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Department of Business Administration, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Bill Hurley
Bill Hurley
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Department of Business Administration, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Published Online: May 1, 2007

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Advanced Lessons on the Craft of Optimization Modeling Based on Modeling Sudoku in Excel

Rasmus A. Rasmussen
Rasmus A. Rasmussen
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Molde University College, 6402 Molde, Norway
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Howard J. Weiss
Howard J. Weiss
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Department of Management Science/Operations Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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Published Online: May 1, 2007

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Shasha's Shifty Witnesses: An IP Lie Detector

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2007

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Using Board Puzzles to Teach Operations Research

Gail W. DePuy
Gail W. DePuy
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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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G. Don Taylor
G. Don Taylor
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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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Published Online: January 1, 2007

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Lessons from Modeling Sudoku in Excel

Howard J. Weiss
Howard J. Weiss
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Department of Management Science/Operations Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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Rasmus A. Rasmussen
Rasmus A. Rasmussen
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Molde University College, 6402 Molde, Norway
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Published Online: January 1, 2007

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An Alien IP

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central, Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 1, 2006

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A Tokyo Elevator Puzzle

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2006

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The Gunport Problem

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Robert Bosch
Robert Bosch
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Department of Mathematics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 4074
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Published Online: January 1, 2006

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Tri-Puzzle: A Three-Cornered Conundrum

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central, Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 1, 2005

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Box-Packing Puzzles

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2005

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Classroom Exercises in IP Modeling: Su Doku and the Log Pile

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2005

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A Metagame of Karate

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 1, 2004

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Fantasy OR

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire Business School, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2004

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A New Kind of IP

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2004

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OR/MS Games: 4. The Joy of Egg-Dropping in Braunschweig and Hong Kong

Moshe Sniedovich
Moshe Sniedovich
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Published Online: September 1, 2003

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Fiveleapers a-leaping

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire
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Robert C. Daniel
Robert C. Daniel
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Dash Optimization, Blisworth House
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Susanne Heipcke
Susanne Heipcke
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Dash Optimization, Blisworth House
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Published Online: September 1, 2003

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IP Modeling and the Logical Puzzles of Raymond Smullyan

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Cath M. Toase
Cath M. Toase
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2003

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A Nimatron

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Oguz Akyol
Oguz Akyol
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Published Online: May 1, 2003

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OR/MS Games: 3. Counterfeit Coin Problem

Moshe Sniedovich
Moshe Sniedovich
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Published Online: January 1, 2003

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Solving “Einstein's Riddle” Using Spreadsheet Optimization

Julian Scott Yeomans
Julian Scott Yeomans
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Management Science Area, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 Canada
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Published Online: January 1, 2003

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OR/MS Games: 2. Towers of Hanoi

Moshe Sniedovich
Moshe Sniedovich
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Published Online: September 1, 2002

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The Traveling Space Telescope Problem

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: September 1, 2002

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Unconstrained Peg Solitaire

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2002

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IP Modeling of Chessboard Placements and Related Puzzles

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Cath M. Toase
Cath M. Toase
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: January 1, 2002

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The Riddle of the Pilgrims

Martin J. Chlond
Martin J. Chlond
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Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom
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Published Online: May 1, 2002

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