/// <summary>
/// Propagates a decision on a literal to all rules watching the literal.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// If a decision, e.g. +A has been made, then all rules containing -A, e.g.
/// (-A|+B|+C) now need to satisfy at least one of the other literals, so
/// that the rule as a whole becomes true, since with +A applied the rule
/// is now (false|+B|+C) so essentially (+B|+C).
/// This means that all rules watching the literal -A need to be updated to
/// watch 2 other literals which can still be satisfied instead. So literals
/// that conflict with previously made decisions are not an option.
/// Alternatively it can occur that a unit clause results: e.g. if in the
/// above example the rule was (-A|+B), then A turning true means that
/// B must now be decided true as well.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="decidedLiteral">The literal which was decided.</param>
/// <param name="level">The level at which the decision took place and at which all resulting decisions should be made.</param>
/// <param name="decisions">Used to check previous decisions and to register decisions resulting from propagation.</param>
/// <returns>If a conflict is found the conflicting rule is returned.</returns>
public Rule PropagateLiteral(int decidedLiteral, int level, Decisions decisions)
{
// we invert the decided literal here, example:
// A was decided => (-A|B) now requires B to be true, so we look for
// rules which are fulfilled by -A, rather than A.
// This means finding out the conflicts or requires.
var literal = -decidedLiteral;
if (!watchChains.TryGetValue(literal, out LinkedList <RuleWatchNode> chain))
{
return(null);
}
foreach (var node in chain.ToArray())
{
var otherWatch = node.GetOtherWatch(literal);
if (!node.GetRule().Enable || decisions.IsSatisfy(otherWatch))
{
continue;
}
var ruleLiterals = node.GetRule().GetLiterals();
var alternativeLiterals = Arr.Filter(ruleLiterals, (ruleLiteral) =>
{
// Guaranteed selection decision is not at the same time
// as Watch1 and Watch2, guaranteeing no conflict.
return(literal != ruleLiteral && otherWatch != ruleLiteral && !decisions.IsConflict(ruleLiteral));
});
if (alternativeLiterals.Length > 0)
{
var toLiteral = alternativeLiterals[0];
if (!watchChains.TryGetValue(toLiteral, out LinkedList <RuleWatchNode> toChain))
{
watchChains[toLiteral] = toChain = new LinkedList <RuleWatchNode>();
}
node.MoveWatch(literal, toLiteral);
chain.Remove(node);
toChain.AddFirst(node);
continue;
}
if (decisions.IsConflict(otherWatch))
{
return(node.GetRule());
}
decisions.Decide(otherWatch, level, node.GetRule());
}
return(null);
}
public void TestIsConflict()
{
decisions.Decide(1, 1, defaultRule);
decisions.Decide(-2, 1, defaultRule);
Assert.IsTrue(decisions.IsConflict(-1));
Assert.IsFalse(decisions.IsConflict(1));
Assert.IsTrue(decisions.IsConflict(2));
Assert.IsFalse(decisions.IsConflict(-2));
Assert.IsFalse(decisions.IsConflict(3));
}
