About DECS
The Generic Distributed Exact Cover Solver (DECS) project uses Internet-connected computers to solve exact cover problems. Exact cover is a general type of problem which can be used to solve problems including, but not limited to, n-queens, Latin Square puzzles, Sudoku, polyomino tiling, set packing and set partitioning. A modified version of Donald Knuth's Dancing Links algorithm is used. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer.DECS was developed by Jan Magne Tjensvold at the University of Stavanger. DECS is an open source project and the source code is released under the GNU General Public Licence version 2. The source code accessible from a Subversion repository which is available from the Google Code project web site.
- The project is currently in alpha stage so expect some complications.
- Use the issue tracker at Google Code for software related issues (not website related) like
- bug reports
- source code patches
- requests for enhancements
Join DECS
- Read our rules and policies
- To participate in this project download BOINC.
- When prompted, enter
http://evil.podzone.org/decs/ - If you're running an old version of BOINC, create an account first.
- If you have any problems, get help here.
Returning participants
- Your account - view stats, modify preferences
- Teams - create or join a team
- Certificate
- Applications
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