“…These characteristics concern orientation of pieces, whether there are missing pieces, whether the exterior boundary is known beforehand (such as a rectangular grid), whether there is a unique solution, and what types of junctions between pieces are allowed (Kleber, 2009). Some approaches consider image features of the pieces, such as color and texture (Nielsen, Drewsen, & Hansen, 2008) and others consider shape of pieces (Da Gama Leitao & Stolfi, 2002;Freeman & Garder, 1964;Goldberg, Malon, & Bern, 2002;Horst & Beichl, 1996;Krebs et al, 1997;Kong & Kimia, 2001;Lee et al, 2003;McBride & Kimia, 2003;Radack & Badler, 1982;Stringfellow et al, 2008;Zhu, Zhou & Hu, 2008), while (Weiss-Cohen & Halevi, 2005;Yao & Shao, 2003) consider both.…”