IP Modeling of Chessboard Placements and Related Puzzles

Martin J. Chlond - mchlond@uclan.ac.uk
Cath M. Toase - cmtoase1@uclan.ac.uk
Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire,
Preston, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom

Abstract

A number of chessboard placement and closely related puzzles are examined and formulated as Integer Programs. These puzzles require the participant to place pieces on a board according to certain constraints and may be generalized to boards containing any number of squares, and pieces displaying properties unfamiliar in the game of chess.

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10.1287/ited.2.2.01

Citation Information
Chlond, M. J. Toase, C. M. 2002. IP Modeling of Chessboard Placements and Related Puzzles. INFORMS Trans. Ed. 2(2) 1-11. Available online at http://ite.pubs.informs.org/.

DOI: 10.1287/ited.2.2.1