/* Langford's number problem in B-Prolog. Langford's number problem (CSP lib problem 24) http://www.csplib.org/prob/prob024/ """ Arrange 2 sets of positive integers 1..k to a sequence, such that, following the first occurence of an integer i, each subsequent occurrence of i, appears i+1 indices later than the last. For example, for k=4, a solution would be 41312432 """ * John E. Miller: Langford's Problem http://www.lclark.edu/~miller/langford.html * Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences for the number of solutions for each k http://www.research.att.com/cgi-bin/access.cgi/as/njas/sequences/eisA.cgi?Anum=014552 Note: For k=4 there are two different solutions: solution:[4,1,3,1,2,4,3,2] position:[2,5,3,1,4,8,7,6] and solution:[2,3,4,2,1,3,1,4] position:[5,1,2,3,7,4,6,8] Which this symmetry breaking Solution[1] #< Solution[K2], then just the second solution is shown. Model created by Hakan Kjellerstrand, hakank@gmail.com See also my B-Prolog page: http://www.hakank.org/bprolog/ */ % % Find all solutions for K=2..8. % go :- Selection = ff, Choice = down, foreach(K in 2..8, [L,Len], ( writeln(k:K), time(findall([K,Backtracks,Solution,Position], langford(K,Solution,Position,Selection,Choice,Backtracks), L)), length(L,Len), foreach(LL in L, [_K, Backtracks,Solution,Position], ( [K,Backtracks,Solution,Position] = LL, writeln(solution:Solution), writeln(position:Position), writeln(backtracks:Backtracks), nl ) ), writeln(len:Len), nl ) ). % % For a specific K, check all possible variants of Selection and % Choice methods. % This was originally to check which heuristics that was the best. % However, all heuristics give 0 backtracks and about 0.43 seconds. % go2 :- K = 8, selection(Selections), choice(Choices), writeln(k:K), foreach(Selection in Selections, Choice in Choices, [Backtracks,Solution,Position,L,Len], ( writeln([selection:Selection, choice:Choice]), time(findall(Backtracks, langford(K,Solution,Position,Selection,Choice,Backtracks), L)), length(L,Len), format('All backtracks: ~q\n', [L]), writeln(len:Len), nl, flush_output ) ). % % Just get the first (if any) solutions for K in 2..12 % go3 :- foreach(K in 2..12, [Solution,Position,Backtracks], ( writeln(k:K), time(langford(K,Solution,Position,ff,down,Backtracks)) -> writeln(solution:Solution), writeln(position:Position), writeln(backtracks:Backtracks), nl ; writeln('No solution'), nl, true ) ). langford(K, Solution, Position) :- langford(K, Solution, ff, down, Position,_Backtracks). langford(K, Solution, Position,Selection,Choice,Backtracks) :- statistics(backtracks,Backtracks1), K2 is 2*K, length(Position, K2), Position :: 1..K2, length(Solution,K2), Solution :: 1..K, alldifferent(Position), % symmetry breaking: Solution[1] #< Solution[K2], % Solution[1] #> Solution[K2], foreach(I in 1..K, [IK,PositionI,PositionIK,SolutionPositionI,SolutionPositionIK], ( IK is I+K, nth1(IK, Position, PositionIK), nth1(I, Position, PositionI), % I1 is I+1, PositionIK #= PositionI + I+1, nth1(PositionI,Solution,SolutionPositionI), SolutionPositionI #= I, nth1(PositionIK,Solution,SolutionPositionIK), SolutionPositionIK #= I ) ), term_variables([Position,Solution], Vars), labeling([Selection,Choice], Vars), statistics(backtracks,Backtracks2), Backtracks is Backtracks2 - Backtracks1. % Variable selection selection([backward,constr,degree,ff,ffc,forward,inout,leftmost,max,min]). % Value selection choice([down,updown,split,reverse_split]).