The mathability of computer problem solving approaches

Pólya announced his problem solving concept in 1954 in his famous book "How to solve it". His approach is accepted in mathematics but officially has never reached computer sciences, informatics, especially non-traditional computer related activities. However, we have recently found that his problem solving concept fits perfectly into our typology of computer problem solving approaches. In the present paper we take one further step and provide details as to how we can measure the mathability of computer tools based on our problem solving typology.

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