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“When faced with an onerous problem, I experiment with a reduced version of the problem. These experiments frequently produce valuable insights.”
― V. Anton Spraul, Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving

“The chief lesson here is the importance of recognizing analogies. Here, we can see that the Quarrasi lock problem is analogous to the fox, goose, and corn problem. If we discover that analogy early enough, we can avoid most of the work of the problem by translating our solution from the first problem rather than creating a new solution.”
― V. Anton Spraul, Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving

“there is a rule for solving certain types of problems in artificial intelligence called the “most constrained variable.” It means that in a problem where you are trying to assign different values to different variables to meet constraints, you should start with the variable that has the most constraints, or put another way, the variable that has the lowest number of possible values.”
― V. Anton Spraul, Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving

“Problems include constraints, unbreakable rules about the problem or the way in which the problem must be solved.”
― V. Anton Spraul, Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving