/* Traffic lights problem in B-Prolog. CSPLib problem 16 http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ianm/CSPLib/prob/prob016/index.html """ Specification: Consider a four way traffic junction with eight traffic lights. Four of the traffic lights are for the vehicles and can be represented by the variables V1 to V4 with domains {r,ry,g,y} (for red, red-yellow, green and yellow). The other four traffic lights are for the pedestrians and can be represented by the variables P1 to P4 with domains {r,g}. The constraints on these variables can be modelled by quaternary constraints on (Vi, Pi, Vj, Pj ) for 1<=i<=4, j=(1+i)mod 4 which allow just the tuples {(r,r,g,g), (ry,r,y,r), (g,g,r,r), (y,r,ry,r)}. It would be interesting to consider other types of junction (e.g. five roads intersecting) as well as modelling the evolution over time of the traffic light sequence. ... Results Only 2^2 out of the 2^12 possible assignments are solutions. (V1,P1,V2,P2,V3,P3,V4,P4) = {(r,r,g,g,r,r,g,g), (ry,r,y,r,ry,r,y,r), (g,g,r,r,g,g,r,r), (y,r,ry,r,y,r,ry,r)} [(1,1,3,3,1,1,3,3), ( 2,1,4,1, 2,1,4,1), (3,3,1,1,3,3,1,1), (4,1, 2,1,4,1, 2,1)} The problem has relative few constraints, but each is very tight. Local propagation appears to be rather ineffective on this problem. """ Model created by Hakan Kjellerstrand, hakank@gmail.com See also my B-Prolog page: http://www.hakank.org/bprolog/ */ go :- findall([V,P], traffic_lights(V,P), L), print_results(L), nl, writeln('Using table constraint:'), findall([V2,P2], traffic_lights_table(V2,P2), L2), print_results(L2), nl. print_results(L) :- foreach([V,P] in L, (foreach(I in 1..4,[VI,PI,VC,PC], ( VI @= V[I], PI @= P[I], tr(VC,VI), tr(PC,PI), format("~q ~q ",[VC,PC]) ) ), nl ) ). traffic_lights(V, P) :- N = 4, length(V, N), V :: 1..N, length(P, N), P :: 1..N, foreach(I in 1..N, J in 1..N,[JJ,VI,PI,VJ,PJ], (JJ is (1+I) mod N, J #= JJ -> VI @= V[I], PI @= P[I], VJ @= V[J], PJ @= P[J], check_allowed(VI, PI, VJ, PJ) ; true ) ), term_variables([V,P],Vars), labeling(Vars). check_allowed(VI, PI, VJ, PJ) :- foreach(El in [VI, PI, VJ, PJ], ac(L1,[]),[C], (tr(C,El), L1^1 = [C|L1^0]) ), reverse(L1,L), allowed(L). % % Using table Allowed % traffic_lights_table(V, P) :- N = 4, % allowed/1 as a table (translated) Allowed = [(1,1,3,3), (2,1,4,1), (3,3,1,1), (4,1,2,1)], length(V, N), V :: 1..N, length(P, N), P :: 1..N, foreach(I in 1..N, J in 1..N,[JJ,VI,PI,VJ,PJ], (JJ is (1+I) mod N, J #= JJ -> VI @= V[I], PI @= P[I], VJ @= V[J], PJ @= P[J], % Table constraint (VI, PI, VJ, PJ) in Allowed ; true ) ), term_variables([V,P],Vars), labeling(Vars). tr(r,1). tr(ry,2). tr(g,3). tr(y,4). % The allowed combinations allowed([r,r,g,g]). allowed([ry,r,y,r]). allowed([g,g,r,r]). allowed([y,r,ry,r]).