Illumination Problem
Illumination Problem — a geomeric problem originally conceived by Ernst Straus.More information
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Set Covering Deployment
Set Covering Deployment — mathematical formula to determine the best way to deploy a limited number of troops to allow for maximun coverage of an area.More information
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Trust Metric
Trust Metric — Used in psychology to measure trustworthyness of one member to the rest of the group.More information
Straddling Checkerboard
Straddling Checkerboard — used in cryptography to give alphabetic letter a numeric value. Also is known as a monome-dinome cipher.More information
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Bacon’s Cipher
Bacon’s Cipher — an example of steganography devised by Francis Bacon using A’s and B’s to hide messages.More information
Wheat and Chessboard Problem
Wheat and Chessboard Problem — an example of a geometric series where each space on a chessboard has double the number of grains of wheat as the previous squareMore information
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Knapsack Algorithm
Knapsack Algorithm — a problem in combinatorics simply define as a maximization problem of choosing possible essentials that can fit into one bag.More information
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Microcredit
Microcredit — a loan system creating self-employment for income-generating activities and housing for the poorMore information
Greedy Algorithm
Greedy Algorithm — a way to find the optimized solution to certain problemsMore information
Lunar Phases
Lunar Phases — a cyclical change in the visible portion of the Moon as seen from the EarthMore information