An efficient search strategy for hidden ideals in pointed partially ordered sets

Roma Eisel, Valerie McMullen, Robert Muth

We consider a combinatorial question about searching for an unknown ideal $\hat{I}¼$ within a known pointed poset $\hat{I}»$. Elements of $\hat{I}»$ may be queried for membership in $\hat{I}¼$, but at mos…