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  Playing Mastermind with Constant-size Memory

Doerr, B., & Doerr, C. (2012). Playing Mastermind with Constant-size Memory. In C. Dürr, & T. Wilke (Eds.), 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (pp. 441-452). Dagstuhl: Schloss Dagstuhl/ Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.441.

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Doerr, Benjamin1, Author           
Doerr, Carola1, Author           
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1Algorithms and Complexity, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society, ou_24019              

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 Abstract: We analyze the classic board game of Mastermind with n holes and a constant number of colors. The classic result of Chvátal (Combinatorica 3 (1983), 325-329) states that the codebreaker can find the secret code with \Theta(n / \log n) questions. We show that this bound remains valid if the codebreaker may only store a constant number of guesses and answers. In addition to an intrinsic interest in this question, our result also disproves a conjecture of Droste, Jansen, and Wegener (Theory of Computing Systems 39 (2006), 525-544) on the memory-restricted black-box complexity of the OneMax function class.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2012-02-24
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.441
BibTex Citekey: DoerrW12STACS
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Title: 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science
Place of Event: Paris, France
Start-/End Date: 2012-02-29 - 2012-03-03

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Title: 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science
  Abbreviation : STACS 2012
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Dürr, Christoph1, Editor
Wilke, Thomas1, Editor
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Publ. Info: Dagstuhl : Schloss Dagstuhl/ Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 441 - 452 Identifier: ISBN: 978-3-939897-35-4

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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 14 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1868-8969