Title
Solving Crosswords with PROVERB
Abstract
We attacked the problem of solving crossword puzzlesby computer: Given a set of clues and a crosswordgrid, try to maximize the number of words correctlyfilled in. Proverb, the probabilistic cruciverbalist,separates the problem into two, more familiarsubproblems: candidate generation and grid filling. Incandidate generation, each clue is treated as a type ofquery to an information retrieval system, and relevantwords of the correct length are returned along withconfidence scores. In grid ...
Year
Venue
Keywords
1999
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
puzzle grid,candidate generation,candidate-generation process,overall confidence score,confidence score,candidate word,belief network inference,crossword puzzle,crossword grid,complete puzzle,information retrieval system
Field
DocType
ISBN
Confidence score,Constraint satisfaction,Inference,Computer science,Bayesian network,Artificial intelligence,Probabilistic logic,Machine learning,Grid
Conference
0-262-51106-1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
1.60
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael L. Littman19798961.84
Greg A. Keim28712.95
Noam Shazeer3108943.70