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\section*{Coursework 7 (Scala, Knight's Tour)}+ −
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This coursework is worth 10\%. It is about searching and+ −
backtracking. The first part is due on 23 November at 11pm; the+ −
second, more advanced part, is due on 21 December at 11pm. You are+ −
asked to implement Scala programs that solve various versions of the+ −
\textit{Knight's Tour Problem} on a chessboard. Note the second part+ −
might include material you have not yet seen in the first two+ −
lectures. \bigskip+ −
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\noindent+ −
\textbf{Important:}+ −
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\begin{itemize}+ −
\item Make sure the files you submit can be processed by just calling\\+ −
\mbox{\texttt{scala <<filename.scala>>}} on the commandline.+ −
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%\item If you use \textbf{offending} words, like \texttt{var} or+ −
% \texttt{return}, in comments, please write them as \texttt{vvar},+ −
% \texttt{Var}, \texttt{rreturn}, \texttt{Return} or anything + −
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\item Do not use any mutable data structures in your+ −
submissions! They are not needed. This means you cannot use + −
\texttt{ListBuffer}s, for example. + −
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\item Do not use \texttt{return} in your code! It has a different+ −
meaning in Scala, than in Java.+ −
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\item Do not use \texttt{var}! This declares a mutable variable. Only+ −
use \texttt{val}!+ −
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\item Do not use any parallel collections! No \texttt{.par} therefore!+ −
Our testing and marking infrastructure is not set up for it.+ −
\end{itemize}+ −
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\noindent+ −
Also note that the running time of each part will be restricted to a+ −
maximum of 360 seconds on my laptop: If you calculate a result once,+ −
try to avoid to calculate the result again. Feel free to copy any code+ −
you need from files \texttt{knight1.scala}, \texttt{knight2.scala} and+ −
\texttt{knight3.scala}.+ −
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\subsection*{Disclaimer}+ −
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It should be understood that the work you submit represents+ −
your own effort. You have not copied from anyone else. An+ −
exception is the Scala code I showed during the lectures or+ −
uploaded to KEATS, which you can freely use.+ −
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\subsection*{Background}+ −
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The \textit{Knight's Tour Problem} is about finding a tour such that+ −
the knight visits every field on an $n\times n$ chessboard once. For+ −
example on a $5\times 5$ chessboard, a knight's tour is:+ −
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\chessboard[maxfield=d4, + −
pgfstyle= {[base,at={\pgfpoint{0pt}{-0.5ex}}]text},+ −
text = \small 24, markfield=Z4,+ −
text = \small 11, markfield=a4,+ −
text = \small 6, markfield=b4,+ −
text = \small 17, markfield=c4,+ −
text = \small 0, markfield=d4,+ −
text = \small 19, markfield=Z3,+ −
text = \small 16, markfield=a3,+ −
text = \small 23, markfield=b3,+ −
text = \small 12, markfield=c3,+ −
text = \small 7, markfield=d3,+ −
text = \small 10, markfield=Z2,+ −
text = \small 5, markfield=a2,+ −
text = \small 18, markfield=b2,+ −
text = \small 1, markfield=c2,+ −
text = \small 22, markfield=d2,+ −
text = \small 15, markfield=Z1,+ −
text = \small 20, markfield=a1,+ −
text = \small 3, markfield=b1,+ −
text = \small 8, markfield=c1,+ −
text = \small 13, markfield=d1,+ −
text = \small 4, markfield=Z0,+ −
text = \small 9, markfield=a0,+ −
text = \small 14, markfield=b0,+ −
text = \small 21, markfield=c0,+ −
text = \small 2, markfield=d0+ −
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\noindent+ −
The tour starts in the right-upper corner, then moves to field+ −
$(3,2)$, then $(4,0)$ and so on. There are no knight's tours on+ −
$2\times 2$, $3\times 3$ and $4\times 4$ chessboards, but for every+ −
bigger board there is. + −
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A knight's tour is called \emph{closed}, if the last step in the tour+ −
is within a knight's move to the beginning of the tour. So the above+ −
knight's tour is \underline{not} closed because the last+ −
step on field $(0, 4)$ is not within the reach of the first step on+ −
$(4, 4)$. It turns out there is no closed knight's tour on a $5\times+ −
5$ board. But there are on a $6\times 6$ board and on bigger ones, for+ −
example+ −
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\chessboard[maxfield=e5, + −
pgfstyle={[base,at={\pgfpoint{0pt}{-0.5ex}}]text},+ −
text = \small 10, markfield=Z5,+ −
text = \small 5, markfield=a5,+ −
text = \small 18, markfield=b5,+ −
text = \small 25, markfield=c5,+ −
text = \small 16, markfield=d5,+ −
text = \small 7, markfield=e5,+ −
text = \small 31, markfield=Z4,+ −
text = \small 26, markfield=a4,+ −
text = \small 9, markfield=b4,+ −
text = \small 6, markfield=c4,+ −
text = \small 19, markfield=d4,+ −
text = \small 24, markfield=e4,+ −
% 4 11 30 17 8 15 + −
text = \small 4, markfield=Z3,+ −
text = \small 11, markfield=a3,+ −
text = \small 30, markfield=b3,+ −
text = \small 17, markfield=c3,+ −
text = \small 8, markfield=d3,+ −
text = \small 15, markfield=e3,+ −
%29 32 27 0 23 20 + −
text = \small 29, markfield=Z2,+ −
text = \small 32, markfield=a2,+ −
text = \small 27, markfield=b2,+ −
text = \small 0, markfield=c2,+ −
text = \small 23, markfield=d2,+ −
text = \small 20, markfield=e2,+ −
%12 3 34 21 14 1 + −
text = \small 12, markfield=Z1,+ −
text = \small 3, markfield=a1,+ −
text = \small 34, markfield=b1,+ −
text = \small 21, markfield=c1,+ −
text = \small 14, markfield=d1,+ −
text = \small 1, markfield=e1,+ −
%33 28 13 2 35 22 + −
text = \small 33, markfield=Z0,+ −
text = \small 28, markfield=a0,+ −
text = \small 13, markfield=b0,+ −
text = \small 2, markfield=c0,+ −
text = \small 35, markfield=d0,+ −
text = \small 22, markfield=e0,+ −
vlabel=false,+ −
hlabel=false+ −
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\noindent+ −
where the 35th move can join up again with the 0th move.+ −
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If you cannot remember how a knight moves in chess, or never played+ −
chess, below are all potential moves indicated for two knights, one on+ −
field $(2, 2)$ (blue moves) and another on $(7, 7)$ (red moves):+ −
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\chessboard[maxfield=g7,+ −
color=blue!50,+ −
linewidth=0.2em,+ −
shortenstart=0.5ex,+ −
shortenend=0.5ex,+ −
markstyle=cross,+ −
markfields={a4, c4, Z3, d3, Z1, d1, a0, c0},+ −
color=red!50,+ −
markfields={f5, e6},+ −
setpieces={Ng7, Nb2}]+ −
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\subsection*{Part 1 (7 Marks)}+ −
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You are asked to implement the knight's tour problem such that the+ −
dimension of the board can be changed. Therefore most functions will+ −
take the dimension of the board as an argument. The fun with this+ −
problem is that even for small chessboard dimensions it has already an+ −
incredibly large search space---finding a tour is like finding a+ −
needle in a haystack. In the first task we want to see how far we get+ −
with exhaustively exploring the complete search space for small+ −
chessboards.\medskip+ −
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\noindent+ −
Let us first fix the basic datastructures for the implementation. The+ −
board dimension is an integer (we will never go beyond board sizes of+ −
$40 \times 40$). A \emph{position} (or field) on the chessboard is+ −
a pair of integers, like $(0, 0)$. A \emph{path} is a list of+ −
positions. The first (or 0th move) in a path is the last element in+ −
this list; and the last move in the path is the first element. For+ −
example the path for the $5\times 5$ chessboard above is represented+ −
by+ −
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\[+ −
\texttt{List($\underbrace{\texttt{(0, 4)}}_{24}$,+ −
$\underbrace{\texttt{(2, 3)}}_{23}$, ...,+ −
$\underbrace{\texttt{(3, 2)}}_1$, $\underbrace{\texttt{(4, 4)}}_0$)}+ −
\]+ −
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\noindent+ −
Suppose the dimension of a chessboard is $n$, then a path is a+ −
\emph{tour} if the length of the path is $n \times n$, each element+ −
occurs only once in the path, and each move follows the rules of how a+ −
knight moves (see above for the rules).+ −
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\subsubsection*{Tasks (file knight1.scala)}+ −
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\begin{itemize}+ −
\item[(1a)] Implement an \texttt{is-legal-move} function that takes a+ −
dimension, a path and a position as argument and tests whether the+ −
position is inside the board and not yet element in the+ −
path. \hfill[1 Mark]+ −
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\item[(1b)] Implement a \texttt{legal-moves} function that calculates for a+ −
position all legal onward moves. If the onward moves are+ −
placed on a circle, you should produce them starting from+ −
``12-o'clock'' following in clockwise order. For example on an+ −
$8\times 8$ board for a knight on position $(2, 2)$ and otherwise+ −
empty board, the legal-moves function should produce the onward+ −
positions in this order:+ −
+ −
\begin{center}+ −
\texttt{List((3,4), (4,3), (4,1), (3,0), (1,0), (0,1), (0,3), (1,4))}+ −
\end{center}+ −
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If the board is not empty, then maybe some of the moves need to be+ −
filtered out from this list. For a knight on field $(7, 7)$ and an+ −
empty board, the legal moves are+ −
+ −
\begin{center}+ −
\texttt{List((6,5), (5,6))}+ −
\end{center}+ −
\mbox{}\hfill[1 Mark]+ −
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\item[(1c)] Implement two recursive functions (count-tours and+ −
enum-tours). They each take a dimension and a path as+ −
arguments. They exhaustively search for tours starting+ −
from the given path. The first function counts all possible + −
tours (there can be none for certain board sizes) and the second+ −
collects all tours in a list of paths.\hfill[2 Marks]+ −
\end{itemize}+ −
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\noindent \textbf{Test data:} For the marking, the functions in (1c)+ −
will be called with board sizes up to $5 \times 5$. If you search+ −
for tours on a $5 \times 5$ board starting only from field $(0, 0)$,+ −
there are 304 of tours. If you try out every field of a $5 \times+ −
5$-board as a starting field and add up all tours, you obtain+ −
1728. A $6\times 6$ board is already too large to be searched+ −
exhaustively.\footnote{For your interest, the number of tours on+ −
$6\times 6$, $7\times 7$ and $8\times 8$ are 6637920, 165575218320,+ −
19591828170979904, respectively.}\bigskip+ −
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\noindent+ −
\textbf{Hints:} useful list functions: \texttt{.contains(..)} checks whether an+ −
element is in a list, \texttt{.flatten} turns a list of lists into just a list,+ −
\texttt{\_::\_} puts an element on the head of the list, \texttt{.head} gives you the+ −
first element of a list (make sure the list is not \texttt{Nil})+ −
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\subsubsection*{Tasks (file knight2.scala)}+ −
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\begin{itemize}+ −
\item[(2a)] Implement a first-function. This function takes a list of+ −
positions and a function $f$ as arguments. The function $f$ takes a+ −
position as argument and produces an optional path. So $f$'s type is+ −
\texttt{Pos => Option[Path]}. The idea behind the first-function is+ −
as follows:+ −
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\[+ −
\begin{array}{lcl}+ −
\textit{first}(\texttt{Nil}, f) & \dn & \texttt{None}\\ + −
\textit{first}(x\!::\!xs, f) & \dn & \begin{cases}+ −
f(x) & \textit{if}\;f(x) \not=\texttt{None}\\+ −
\textit{first}(xs, f) & \textit{otherwise}\\+ −
\end{cases}+ −
\end{array}+ −
\]+ −
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\noindent That is, we want to find the first position where the+ −
result of $f$ is not \texttt{None}, if there is one. Note that you+ −
do not (need to) know anything about the function $f$ except its+ −
type, namely \texttt{Pos => Option[Path]}. There is one additional+ −
point however you should take into account when implementing+ −
\textit{first}: you will need to calculate what the result of $f(x)$+ −
is; your code should do this only \textbf{once}!\\\mbox{}\hfill[1 Mark]+ −
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\item[(2b)] Implement a first-tour function that uses the+ −
first-function from (2a), and searches recursively for a tour.+ −
As there might not be such a tour at all, the first-tour function+ −
needs to return an \texttt{Option[Path]}.\\\mbox{}\hfill[2 Marks]+ −
\end{itemize}+ −
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\noindent+ −
\textbf{Testing} The first tour function will be called with board+ −
sizes of up to $8 \times 8$.+ −
\bigskip+ −
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\noindent+ −
\textbf{Hints:} a useful list function: \texttt{.filter(..)} filters a list according+ −
to a boolean function; a useful option function: \texttt{.isDefined} returns true,+ −
if an option is \texttt{Some(..)}; anonymous functions can be constructed using+ −
\texttt{(x:Int) => ...}, this functions takes an \texttt{Int} as argument+ −
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\newpage+ −
\subsection*{Part 2 (3 Marks)}+ −
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As you should have seen in Part 1, a naive search for tours beyond+ −
$8 \times 8$ boards and also searching for closed tours even on small+ −
boards takes too much time. There is a heuristic, called Warnsdorf's+ −
rule that can speed up finding a tour. This heuristic states that a+ −
knight is moved so that it always proceeds to the field from which the+ −
knight will have the \underline{fewest} onward moves. For example for+ −
a knight on field $(1, 3)$, the field $(0, 1)$ has the fewest possible+ −
onward moves, namely 2.+ −
+ −
\chessboard[maxfield=g7,+ −
pgfstyle= {[base,at={\pgfpoint{0pt}{-0.5ex}}]text},+ −
text = \small 3, markfield=Z5,+ −
text = \small 7, markfield=b5,+ −
text = \small 7, markfield=c4,+ −
text = \small 7, markfield=c2,+ −
text = \small 5, markfield=b1,+ −
text = \small 2, markfield=Z1,+ −
setpieces={Na3}]+ −
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\noindent+ −
Warnsdorf's rule states that the moves on the board above should be+ −
tried in the order+ −
+ −
\[+ −
(0, 1), (0, 5), (2, 1), (2, 5), (3, 4), (3, 2)+ −
\]+ −
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\noindent+ −
Whenever there are ties, the corresponding onward moves can be in any+ −
order. When calculating the number of onward moves for each field, we+ −
do not count moves that revisit any field already visited.+ −
+ −
\subsubsection*{Tasks (file knight3.scala)}+ −
+ −
\begin{itemize}+ −
\item[(3a)] Write a function ordered-moves that calculates a list of+ −
onward moves like in (1b) but orders them according to the+ −
Warnsdorf’s rule. That means moves with the fewest legal onward moves+ −
should come first (in order to be tried out first). \hfill[1 Mark]+ −
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\item[(3b)] Implement a first-closed-tour-heuristic function that searches for a+ −
\textbf{closed} tour on a $6\times 6$ board. It should use the+ −
first-function from (2a) and tries out onward moves according to+ −
the ordered-moves function from (3a). It is more likely to find+ −
a solution when started in the middle of the board (that is+ −
position $(dimension / 2, dimension / 2)$). \hfill[1 Mark]+ −
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\item[(3c)] Implement a first-tour-heuristic function for boards up to+ −
$40\times 40$. It is the same function as in (3b) but searches for+ −
tours (not just closed tours). You have to be careful to write a+ −
tail-recursive version of the first-tour-heuristic function+ −
otherwise you will get problems with stack-overflows.\\+ −
\mbox{}\hfill[1 Mark]+ −
\end{itemize} + −
\bigskip+ −
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\noindent+ −
\textbf{Hints:} a useful list function: \texttt{.sortBy} sorts a list according+ −
to a component given by the function; a function can be tested to be tail+ −
recursive by annotation \texttt{@tailrec}, which is made available by+ −
importing \texttt{scala.annotation.tailrec}+ −
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