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Human Performance on the Traveling Salesman and Related Problems: A Review
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MacGregor, James N.; Chu, Yun – Journal of Problem Solving, 2011
The article provides a review of recent research on human performance on the traveling salesman problem (TSP) and related combinatorial optimization problems. We discuss what combinatorial optimization problems are, why they are important, and why they may be of interest to cognitive scientists. We next describe the main characteristics of human…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematical Applications, Graphs, Performance
Of Cannibals, Missionaries, and Converts: Graphing Competencies from Grade 8 to Professional Science Inside (Classrooms) and Outside (Field/Laboratory).
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Bowen, G. Michael – Science, Technology, and Human Values, 1999
Presents the results of a series of studies on the production, transformation, and interpretation of graphical representations from grade 8 to professional scientific practice in formal testing situations (inside) and in the course of field/laboratory work (outside). (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Grade 8, Graphs, Higher Education