Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Solving a Generalized Version of the Exact Cover Problem with a Light-Based Device

  • Conference paper
Optical Supercomputing (OSC 2010)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNTCS,volume 6748))

Included in the following conference series:

  • 638 Accesses

Abstract

We propose a light-based device that is capable of solving a generalized version of the exact cover problem.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Garey, M.R., Johnson, D.S.: Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness. W.H. Freeman, New York (1979)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  2. Hasan, M., Hossain, S.M.S., Rahman, M.M., Rahman, M.S.: Solving the generalized subset sum problem with a light based device. Natural Computing (2010)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Hasan, M. R., Rahman, M.S.: Computing a solution for the subset sum problem with a light based device. In: Dolev, S., Oltean, M. (eds.) OSC 2009. LNCS, vol. 5882, pp. 70–76. Springer, Heidelberg (2009)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  4. Hau, L., Harris, S., Dutton, Z., Behroozi, C.: Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas. Nature 397, 594–598 (1999)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Liu, C., Dutton, Z., Behroozi, C.H., Hau, L.V.: Observation of coherent optical information storage in an atomic medium using halted light pulses. Nature 409, 490–493 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Oltean, M.: Solving the hamiltonian path problem with a light-based computer. Natural Computing 7(1), 57–70 (2008)

    Article  MATH  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  7. Oltean, M., Muntean, O.: Exact cover with light. New Generation Comput. 26(4), 329–346 (2008)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  8. Oltean, M., Muntean, O.: Solving the subset-sum problem with a light-based device. Natural Computing 8, 321–331 (2009)

    Article  MATH  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  9. Sloane, N.: The on-line encyclopedia of integer sequences, http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A023758

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. AℓEDA Group, Department of CSE, BUET, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh

    S. M. Shabab Hossain, Md. Mahmudur Rahman & M. Sohel Rahman

  2. Department of CSE, UIU, Dhaka, 1209, Bangladesh

    S. M. Shabab Hossain & Md. Mahmudur Rahman

Authors
  1. S. M. Shabab Hossain
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Md. Mahmudur Rahman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. M. Sohel Rahman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Shlomi Dolev

  2. Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Mihai Oltean

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Hossain, S.M.S., Rahman, M.M., Rahman, M.S. (2011). Solving a Generalized Version of the Exact Cover Problem with a Light-Based Device. In: Dolev, S., Oltean, M. (eds) Optical Supercomputing. OSC 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6748. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22494-2_4

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22494-2_4

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-22493-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-22494-2

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation