Numbers can do wonders R4 or RC4

Numbers can do wonders (R4 or RC4), did a bit of googling and found few articles about a software which is making a lot of buzz as such. Its meant for solving the so called crossword puzzles. Hmmmmm the one I’m talking about is WEBCROW Crossword -

Given below is an “EXCERPT“

 

Problems like solving crosswords from clues have been defined as AI-complete (Littman 2000) and are extremely challenging for machines since there is no closed-world assumption and they require human-level knowledge. Interestingly, for the first time since AI’s kick-off, there is a first nucleus of technology, such as search engines, information retrieval and machine learning techniques, that enable computers to enfold with semantics real-life concepts. Our goal is that of designing a software system, called WebCrow, whose major assumption is to attack crosswords making use of the Web as its primary source of knowledge, being this an extremely rich and self-updating repository of human knowledge.

This software does a lot of computation, with a lot of importance given to the Mathematics (much of statistical, probabilistic approach is being used). And no wonder the search giant is the sponsor for the same. To know more or to view a demo