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Levitin, Anany – Journal of Problem Solving, 2017
The paper concerns an important but underappreciated genre of algorithmic puzzles, explaining what these puzzles are, reviewing milestones in their long history, and giving two different ways to classify them. Also covered are major applications of algorithmic puzzles in cognitive science research, with an emphasis on insight problem solving, and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Puzzles, Mathematics, Cognitive Science