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Re:How to solve the "Mastermind" guessing game? (2009) by CyberDildonics on Monday January 15, 2024 @08:45AM (#39000898)
It just says the "minimax" solution for the person who chooses the pattern is to pick randomly from patterns with more than one color.
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Re:How to solve the "Mastermind" guessing game? (2009) by wegfawefgawefg on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @01:46AM (#39010193)
Well the game is trivial for the person picking the pattern. So I dont expect the optimal play for them to be interesting.
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Re:How to solve the "Mastermind" guessing game? (2009) by CyberDildonics on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:52AM (#39013869)
If the game is trivial for the person picking, what is the strategy for the player after the filtering I described?
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