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http://dx.doi.org/10.7236/JIIBC.2022.22.4.87

Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Division of Perfect Nine Dart Combinations  

Lee, Sang-Un (Dept. of Multimedia Eng., Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Publication Information
The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication / v.22, no.4, 2022 , pp. 87-94 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper researched a study to find a combination of acquisition scores for 9 dart throws, which is the minimum number of dart tactile throws in 501 point dart games. The maximum score that can be obtained by throwing once in a dart game is 60 points, which can end the perfect dart game with 60 points eight times according to 60×8+21×1=501, and if you earn 21 points once, you can finish the game with 9 throws. This is called 9-dart finish. As such, only 18 and 14 studies on the combination of scores that can obtain 501 points with 9 throws are known, and no studies have been conducted applying the exhaustive search algorithm. This paper proposed a division branch-and-bound algorithm as a method of simplifying the O(2n) exponential time performance complexity of the typical branch-and-bound method of a exhaustive search method, to polynomial time complexity. The proposed method limited the level to 8, jumped to a quotient level of 501/60, and backtracked to explore only possible score combinations in the previous level. The possible score combinations of the nine perfect games found with the proposed algorithm were 90(101 cases).
Keywords
501 9-dart finish; Perfect combinations; Division B&B; Division jump; Backtracking;
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