Regulatory compliance is a principal driver for data quality and data governance initiatives in many organisations right now, particularly in the banking sector. It is interesting to observe how many financial institutions immediately demand longer timeframes to help get their 'house in order' in preparation for each directive. To the
Part 1 of this topic presented a simple Sudoku solver. By treating Sudoku as an exact cover problem, the algorithm efficiently found solutions to simple Sudoku problems using basic logic. Unfortunately, the simple solver fails when presented with more difficult Sudoku problems. The puzzle on the right was obtained from
Insurance can be a complex business, so filing an insurance claim can be daunting task for many small businesses. When an incident does occur, be it property damage, business interruption, professional indemnity or public liability among the myriad of other potential causes of loss, it is typically a period of
