您需要定义一个谓词is_leaf/1
生成器,即它用可能的解决方案实例化输入变量。
像这样的东西:
% Directed graph
de(0,1).
de(0,2).
de(2,3).
de(2,4).
de(3,4).
de(4,5).
% If Node is ground,
% then test if it is a child node that is not a parent node.
% If Node is not ground,
% then bind it to a child node that is not a parent node.
is_leaf(Node) :-
de(_, Node),
\+ de(Node, _).
使用示例:
?- is_leaf(Node).
Node = 1 ;
Node = 5.
?- is_leaf(Node), writeln(Node), fail ; true.
1
5
true.
?- findall(Node, is_leaf(Node), Leaf_Nodes).
Leaf_Nodes = [1, 5].
您的解决方案立即调用not
. (顺便说一句,SWI-Prolog 建议使用\+
而不是not
.)
isLeaf(Node) :-
not(de(Node,_)).
这意味着您isLeaf/2
不是生成器:它要么失败要么成功(一次),并且如果它恰好是一个变量,则永远不会绑定输入参数。此外,它从不测试输入是否是叶子,它只是测试它是否不是父节点。
% Is it false that 1 is a parent? YES
?- isLeaf(1).
true.
% Is it false that blah is a parent? YES
?- isLeaf(blah).
true.
% Is it false that 2 is a parent? NO
?- isLeaf(2).
false.
% Basically just tests if the predicate de/2 is in the knowledge base,
% in this sense quite useless.
?- isLeaf(Node).
false.