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Managing time shiftable devices
August 12, 202525 minutesReadOur energy usage is changing: the energy transition is rapidly making our energy consumption more electric. This doesn't come without challenges however. In this article we take a look at some of these challenges, and dive into the mathematics of smart grids.
Winning Cluedo
May 11, 202525 minutesReadWas it Professor Plum with the Candlestick in the Study? We take a look at constraint logic programming, and use it to figure out how to solve a game of Cluedo!
Definite clause grammars and symbolic differentiation
March 9, 202525 minutesReadUsing the logic programming language Prolog, we build a tool capable of symbolic differentiation.
The simplicity of Prolog
January 25, 202525 minutesReadLogic programming, what is it, and what can it do for you? We take a short look at the little-known paradigm of logic programming, and make a comparison between refactor efforts over the software lifecycle of the same simple authorization application implemented in Kotlin and Prolog.
The advantage of advantage
December 11, 202420 minutesReadWe take a deep dive into the advantage game mechanic of Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition. Just how good is advantage?
Tabletop role-playing games and probability generating functions
November 23, 202420 minutesReadUsing a nifty representation of probability distributions we'll build a tool to exactly calculate damage distributions for games like Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder.