//Adds to the list
public void Add(Node b)
{
currentFrontier.Add(b);
//BUBBLE SORT! kinda... Default sorting for list is quicksort
//which was causing a HUGE performance reduction for only one
//element out of the list
for (int x = 1; x < currentFrontier.Count; x++)
{
if(currentFrontier[x - 1] > currentFrontier[x])
{
Node temp = currentFrontier[x - 1];
currentFrontier[x - 1] = currentFrontier[x];
currentFrontier[x] = temp;
}
}
if (currentFrontier.Count > max_size)
max_size = currentFrontier.Count;
}
/// <summary>
/// Tranverses upwards and adds to the list
/// </summary>
/// <param name="end"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List<Node> pathReconstruction(Node end)
{
List<Node> path = new List<Node>();
Node walker = end;
while (walker != null)
{
path.Add(walker);
walker = walker.parent;
}
return path;
}
/// <summary>
///
/// Could be easily divided up into four sections, but makes more sense to be one in c#
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="passedNode"></param>
public static bool generateChildren(Node passedNode){
Node currentNode = passedNode;
bool addedNode = false;
//Valid Directions
bool up = false;
bool down = false;
bool left = false;
bool right = false;
if (currentNode.rowVal < (MAX_ROW - 1))
down = true;
if (currentNode.colVal < (MAX_COL - 1))
right = true;
if (currentNode.rowVal > 0)
up = true;
if (currentNode.colVal > 0)
left = true;
//These are pretty uniform
//Creates a new state, Node, assigns values, and adds to the frontier
if(left == true){
int[,] newArr = currentNode.copyPuzzle();
newArr[currentNode.colVal, currentNode.rowVal] = newArr[(currentNode.colVal - 1), currentNode.rowVal];
newArr[(currentNode.colVal - 1), currentNode.rowVal] = 0;
Node newNode = new Node(newArr, (currentNode.colVal - 1), currentNode.rowVal, calculateHeuristic(newArr), (currentNode.cValue + 1), "GO-LEFT");
if(!listContainsArray(closedList, newArr))
{
addedNode = true;
generatedNodes++;
newNode.parent = currentNode;
frontier.Add(newNode);
closedList.Add(newArr);
}
}
if(right == true){
int[,] newArr = currentNode.copyPuzzle();
newArr[currentNode.colVal, currentNode.rowVal] = newArr[(currentNode.colVal + 1), currentNode.rowVal];
newArr[(currentNode.colVal + 1), currentNode.rowVal] = 0;
Node newNode = new Node(newArr, (currentNode.colVal + 1), currentNode.rowVal, calculateHeuristic(newArr), (currentNode.cValue + 1), "GO-RIGHT");
if (!listContainsArray(closedList, newArr))
{
addedNode = true;
generatedNodes++;
newNode.parent = currentNode;
frontier.Add(newNode);
closedList.Add(newArr);
}
}
if(up == true){
int [,] newArr = currentNode.copyPuzzle();
newArr[currentNode.colVal, currentNode.rowVal] = newArr[currentNode.colVal, (currentNode.rowVal - 1)];
newArr[currentNode.colVal, (currentNode.rowVal - 1)] = 0;
Node newNode = new Node(newArr, currentNode.colVal, (currentNode.rowVal - 1), calculateHeuristic(newArr), (currentNode.cValue + 1), "GO-UP");
if (!listContainsArray(closedList, newArr))
{
addedNode = true;
generatedNodes++;
newNode.parent = currentNode;
frontier.Add(newNode);
closedList.Add(newArr);
}
}
if (down == true)
{
int[,] newArr = currentNode.copyPuzzle();
newArr[currentNode.colVal, currentNode.rowVal] = newArr[currentNode.colVal, (currentNode.rowVal + 1)];
newArr[currentNode.colVal, (currentNode.rowVal + 1)] = 0;
Node newNode = new Node(newArr, currentNode.colVal, (currentNode.rowVal + 1), calculateHeuristic(newArr), (currentNode.cValue + 1), "GO-DOWN");
if (!listContainsArray(closedList, newArr))
{
addedNode = true;
generatedNodes++;
newNode.parent = currentNode;
frontier.Add(newNode);
closedList.Add(newArr);
}
}
return addedNode;
}
/// <summary>
/// ***As far as I know you cant pass in a function call as a parameter, so I improvised***
///
/// The heuristic mode is gathered from the global variable "heuristicMode"
/// The nodes are gathered from the global 2d array "puzValues & goalState"
/// children function cant be passed in
/// the f-value function is part of the Node
///
/// </summary>
public static void a_StarSearch() {
//If solved, dont attempt again
if (solved)
{
Console.WriteLine("Puzzle has already been solved. Select new configuration to solve.");
return;
}
//Check to see if we have solved this puzzle configuration
//
//Pseudo-Pattern Database, didnt want to check in actual
//foreach (List<Node> ln in solvedPuzzleStates)
//{
// Node temp = ln[0];
// if (temp.stateEquality(puzValues))
// {
// Console.WriteLine("Configuration already solved.");
// foreach (Node nd in ln)
// {
// nd.printStructure();
// }
// Console.WriteLine();
// return;
// }
//}
//Configure initial node/state
Node startingState = new Node(puzValues, Col , Row, calculateHeuristic(puzValues), 0, "INITIAL-STATE");
frontier.Add(startingState);
//Members for tracking stats and movement
int Expansions = 0;
int Cost = 0;
int F_Val = 0;
List<Node> path = new List<Node>();
Console.WriteLine("Please wait... (The form may freeze while searching the state space)");
Console.WriteLine();
//Start timing the actual process
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch timer = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
timer.Start();
//Do the work
while (!frontier.isEmpty())
{
Node temp = frontier.removeFromFrontier();
if (temp.isGoalState(goalState)) {
path = pathReconstruction(temp);
solved = true;
Cost = temp.cValue;
F_Val = temp.getF_Val();
break;
}
if (generateChildren(temp))
{
Expansions++;
}
}
timer.Stop();
//Stores the currently selected heuristic to display
string Heuristic;
if (heuristicMode == 0)
Heuristic = "Manhattan";
else if (heuristicMode == 1)
Heuristic = "Misplaced";
else
Heuristic = "Breadth-First";
double abf = (double)generatedNodes/Expansions;
int Depth = (path.Count - 1);
if (Depth == -1) Depth = 0;
//Stats
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine("Statistics on the Solution:");
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine("Heuristic Used: {0}", Heuristic);
Console.WriteLine("Time Taken to Expand Nodes: {0}", timer.Elapsed);
Console.WriteLine("Depth: {0}, Cost: {1}", Depth, Cost);
Console.WriteLine("Number of Expansions: {0}", Expansions);
Console.WriteLine("Number of children generated: {0}", generatedNodes);
Console.WriteLine("Total Memory Consumption: {0}", frontier.max_size);
Console.WriteLine("Average Branching Factor: {0}", abf);
Console.WriteLine("Effective Branchiing Factor: {0}", Math.Pow(Expansions, (double)1/Depth));
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("--------------");
Console.WriteLine("| Path Taken |");
Console.WriteLine("--------------");
//Reverse the path, and print out the results!
solvedPuzzleStates.Add(path);
path.Reverse();
foreach (Node nd in path)
{
nd.printStructure();
}
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine();
}