• DocumentCode
    2470253
  • Title

    The solution of a problem of Ulam on searching with lies

  • Author

    Hill, Ray ; Karim, Jehangir ; Berlekamp, Elwyn

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. & Math. Sci., Salford Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    16-21 Aug 1998
  • Firstpage
    244
  • Abstract
    We consider Ulam´s problem of determining the minimum number of yes-no queries to find an unknown integer between 1 and 220 if at most some given number e of the answers may be lies. Previously published papers have solved the problem for cases e=1,2,3 and 4. In this paper we solve the problem for all values of e
  • Keywords
    number theory; Ulam´s problem; minimum number of yes-no queries; unknown integer; Autobiographies; Block codes; Feedback; Mathematics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Cambridge, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5000-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIT.1998.708849
  • Filename
    708849
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2470253