DocumentCode
251179
Title
An endeavour to find two unequal false coins
Author
Ghosh, Joydeb ; Datta, Piyali ; Chakraborty, Arpan ; Nandy, Ankita ; Dey, Lipika ; Pal, Rajat Kumar ; Samanta, Ranjit Kumar
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Applic., North Bengal Univ., Darjeeling, India
fYear
2014
fDate
20-22 Dec. 2014
Firstpage
333
Lastpage
336
Abstract
The counterfeit coin problem is well-known and truly interesting in Computer Science, Game theory, and also in Mathematics. In this problem the objective is to detect the fake coin(s) of identical appearance but different weight in minimum number of comparisons. The word counterfeit most frequently describes forgeries of currency or documents, but can also describe software, pharmaceuticals, clothing, and more recently, motorcycles and cars, especially when these result in patent or trademark infringement. Finding one fake coin among n coins is tricky enough and complex. The problem becomes rigorous when there are two fake coins, as the false coin pair may form several different combinations that make the problem particularly tricky and complex to solve. In this paper we have developed a new algorithm for solving two versions of the two counterfeit coins problem in O(log n) time, where n is the number of coins given.
Keywords
computational complexity; patents; trademarks; computer science; counterfeit; currency forgery; endeavour; fake coin; game theory; mathematics; patent; trademark infringement; Automation; Games; Algorithm; Applications; Coin counterfeiting; Complexity; Problem; Weighing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dhaka
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-4167-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICECE.2014.7026864
Filename
7026864
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