• 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