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Direct linkvan Rooij, Iris; Schactman, Alissa; Kadlec, Helena; Stege, Ulrike – Journal of Problem Solving, 2006
The Euclidean Traveling Salesperson Problem (E-TSP) is a useful task to study how humans optimize when faced with computational intractability. It has been found that humans are capable of finding high-quality solutions for E-TSP in a relatively short time and with seemingly little cognitive effort. This observation has led to two general…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Children, Adults
