A literature survey on the technique proposed by Tal and Paikin for solving mixed bag puzzles when the total number of puzzles is known can be found <a href="http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/faculty/pollett/masters/Semesters/Fall17/vasudha/baseapproach/Solving%20Square%20Puzzles%20%E2%80%93%20Base%20Approach.pdf">here </a>