我正在阅读“计算机科学提炼”一书,但遇到了麻烦。作者建议通过真值表解决爱因斯坦的“斑马谜题”,但我不知道如何解决。我找不到起始条件和变量。你对最小的桌子有什么想法吗?我想我只能创建一个 6^6 版本
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我是OP提到的书的作者。我的意思不是让读者只使用一个大的真值表来解决斑马谜题,而是将它作为一种工具来检测永远不会发生的情况,并更好地指导探索过程。
使用带有代表房屋/属性状态的变量的大真值表,您可以发现一个变量,如果为真,则意味着许多相关状态。最好测试这些变量以发现逻辑矛盾,而不是简单地暴力破解所有变量。
我写了一篇详细的博客文章,解释如何仅使用简单的推理和布尔代数来解决斑马难题,这里:https ://code.energy/solving-zebra-puzzle/
一个典型的谜语可以看作是 ak×n 矩阵,然后用 k×n 2 个布尔变量编码,就像这里一样。当且仅当矩阵中的 (i,j) 项具有值 m 时,考虑变量 P ijm为真。
显然,您需要一个 SAT 求解器来解决以这种方式编码的谜语。我想作者只是讽刺地建议您使用真值表,或者出于教学原因,或者他/她要求您实施 SAT 求解器中使用的技术。
为了减少涉及的“术语”的数量,必须将这个难题建模为一阶逻辑的(可判定的)片段,例如霍恩子句(Prolog)或描述逻辑(OWL 推理器)。
术语数量的这种“命题爆炸”的另一个例子是命题鸽巢原则。
下面的MiniZinc脚本显示了如何根据25
决策变量对斑马拼图进行编码。它们每个都有一个值 1..5。就布尔变量而言,25*3 = 75
将需要位。
@Stanislav Kralin 建议的直接布尔编码需要5*5*5 = 125
布尔决策变量。
可以在这里找到更优雅的版本。它展示了相同数量的决策变量。
% Zebra Puzzle in MiniZinc
% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_Puzzle
% for all_different()
include "globals.mzn";
% Number of houses (cf. constraint 1.)
int: n = 5;
set of int: House = 1..5;
% Nationalities
var House: English;
var House: Spaniard;
var House: Ukranian;
var House: Norwegian;
var House: Japanese;
% Beverages
var House: Coffee;
var House: Tea;
var House: Milk;
var House: Orange_Juice;
var House: Water;
% Pets
var House: Dog;
var House: Horse;
var House: Snail;
var House: Fox;
var House: Zebra;
% House colors
var House: Red;
var House: Yellow;
var House: Ivory;
var House: Blue;
var House: Green;
% Cigarette brands
var House: Old_Gold;
var House: Kools;
var House: Chesterfield;
var House: Lucky_Strike;
var House: Parliaments;
% Explicit constraints
% 1. There are five houses.
% 2. The Englishman lives in the red house.
constraint English = Red;
% 3. The Spaniard owns the dog.
constraint Spaniard = Dog;
% 4. Coffee is drunk in the green house.
constraint Coffee = Green;
% 5. The Ukranian drinks tea.
constraint Ukranian = Tea;
% 6. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
constraint Green = (Ivory + 1);
% 7. The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
constraint Old_Gold = Snail;
% 8. Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
constraint Kools = Yellow;
% 9. Milk is drunk in the middle house.
constraint Milk = (n + 1)/2;
% 10. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
constraint Norwegian = 1;
% 11. The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
constraint abs(Chesterfield - Fox) = 1;
% 12. Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept.
constraint abs(Kools - Horse) = 1;
% 13. The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
constraint Lucky_Strike = Orange_Juice;
% 14. The Japanese smokes Parliaments.
constraint Japanese = Parliaments;
% 15. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
constraint abs(Norwegian - Blue) = 1;
% Implicit constraints
% each of the five houses is painted a different color
constraint all_different([Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Ivory]);
% inhabitants are of different national extractions
constraint all_different([English, Spaniard, Ukranian, Norwegian, Japanese]);
% inhabitants own different pets
constraint all_different([Dog, Horse, Snail, Fox, Zebra]);
% inhabitants drink different beverages
constraint all_different([Coffee, Tea, Milk, Orange_Juice, Water]);
% inhabitants smoke different brands of American cigarets [sic]
constraint all_different([Old_Gold, Kools, Chesterfield, Lucky_Strike, Parliaments]);
solve satisfy;
function string: take(int: h, array[1..n-1] of House: x, array[House] of string: s) =
if x[1] = h then s[1]
elseif x[2] = h then s[2]
elseif x[3] = h then s[3]
elseif x[4] = h then s[4]
else s[5] endif;
output ["\nColor "] ++
[ take(h, [fix(Red), fix(Blue), fix(Green), fix(Ivory)],
["red ", "blue ", "green ", "ivory ", "yellow "])| h in House] ++
["\nNationality "] ++
[ take(h, [fix(English), fix(Spaniard), fix(Ukranian), fix(Norwegian)],
["English ", "Spaniard ", "Ukranian ", "Norwegian ", "Japanese "])| h in House] ++
["\nPet "] ++
[ take(h, [fix(Dog), fix(Horse), fix(Snail), fix(Fox)],
["Dog ", "Horse ", "Snail ", "Fox ", "Zebra "])| h in House] ++
["\nBeverage "] ++
[ take(h, [fix(Coffee), fix(Tea), fix(Milk), fix(Orange_Juice)],
["Coffee ", "Tea ", "Milk ", "Orange Juice ", "Water "])| h in House] ++
["\nCigarette "] ++
[ take(h, [fix(Old_Gold), fix(Kools), fix(Chesterfield), fix(Lucky_Strike)],
["Old Gold ", "Kools ", "Chesterfield ", "Lucky Strike ", "Parliaments "])| h in House];