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ITA Software: General air travel search is undecidable (swtch.com)
5 points by gruseom on Feb 13, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


From the article: "The question of whether a valid ticket exists can not be solved for all databases and all queries no matter how long a computer thinks."

Be very concerned if a flight reservation system offers you a room in the Hilbert Hotel ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_Hotel ).




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