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  • The proper role of an academic, in this conception, is to perform a breadth-first search over the space of ideas to find something that merits a deeper investment, by taking on "blue sky" directions that can't justify industrial or start-up investment.

    Academic Publications 2.0 Luis von Ahn 2009

  • The right way to learn math is breadth-first, not depth-first ...

    learning maths Bill Kerr 2006

  • The right way to learn math is breadth-first, not depth-first ...

    Archive 2006-03-01 Bill Kerr 2006

  • For example, Octet directly supports depth-first and breadth-first traversals, cycle perception, and isomorphism detection.

    Modern chemistry in the CDK: beyond the two-atom bond Egon Willighagen 2006

  • I then do a breadth-first search of this graph as I discover the blogrolls.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Reputation in NewsMonster and Blogs 2003

  • My spider program starts with a given node, and walks outward through the network (breadth-first) for as long as you tell it.

    Boing Boing 2003

  • And it turns out that when you're anxious you squirt neural transmitters in the brain, which focuses you makes you depth-first, And when you're happy -- what we call positive valence -- you squirt dopamine into the prefrontal lobes, which makes you a breadth-first problem solver you're more susceptible to interruption, you do out of the box thinking.

    Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy 2003

  • And it turns out that when you're anxious you squirt neural transmitters in the brain, which focuses you makes you depth-first, And when you're happy -- what we call positive valence -- you squirt dopamine into the prefrontal lobes, which makes you a breadth-first problem solver you're more susceptible to interruption, you do out of the box thinking.

    Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy 2003

  • And it turns out that when you're anxious you squirt neural transmitters in the brain, which focuses you makes you depth-first, And when you're happy -- what we call positive valence -- you squirt dopamine into the prefrontal lobes, which makes you a breadth-first problem solver you're more susceptible to interruption, you do out of the box thinking.

    Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy 2003

  • The path table contains entries for the volume's directories in a breadth-first order; directories with a common parent are listed in lexicographic order.

    An Introduction to CD-ROM Technolgy Andy Poggio 1988

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