/* ***************************************************************************** * Name: * NetID: * Precept: * * Partner Name: * Partner NetID: * Partner Precept: * * Hours to complete assignment (optional): * **************************************************************************** */ Programming Assignment 4: Slider Puzzle /* ***************************************************************************** * Explain briefly how you represented the Board data type. **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * Explain briefly how you represented a search node * (board + number of moves + previous search node). **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * Explain briefly how you detected unsolvable puzzles. * * What is the order of growth of the running time of your isSolvable() * method in the worst case as function of the board size n? Recall that with * order-of-growth notation, you should discard leading coefficients and * lower-order terms, e.g., n log n or n^3. **************************************************************************** */ Description: Order of growth of running time: /* ***************************************************************************** * For each of the following instances, give the minimum number of moves to * solve the instance (as reported by your program). Also, give the amount * of time your program takes with both the Hamming and Manhattan priority * functions. If your program can't solve the instance in a reasonable * amount of time (say, 5 minutes) or memory, indicate that instead. Note * that your program may be able to solve puzzle[xx].txt even if it can't * solve puzzle[yy].txt and xx > yy. **************************************************************************** */ min number seconds instance of moves Hamming Manhattan ------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- puzzle28.txt puzzle30.txt puzzle32.txt puzzle34.txt puzzle36.txt puzzle38.txt puzzle40.txt puzzle42.txt /* ***************************************************************************** * If you wanted to solve random 4-by-4 or 5-by-5 puzzles, which * would you prefer: a faster computer (say, 2x as fast), more memory * (say 2x as much), a better priority queue (say, 2x as fast), * or a better priority function (say, one on the order of improvement * from Hamming to Manhattan)? Why? **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * Did you fill out the mid-semester feedback form? * If not, please do so now: https://goo.gl/forms/4sTi5ZYaNT3PeMsO2 **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * Known bugs / limitations. **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * Describe whatever help (if any) that you received. * Don't include readings, lectures, and precepts, but do * include any help from people (including course staff, lab TAs, * classmates, and friends) and attribute them by name. **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * Describe any serious problems you encountered. **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * If you worked with a partner, assert below that you followed * the protocol as described on the assignment page. Give one * sentence explaining what each of you contributed. **************************************************************************** */ /* ***************************************************************************** * List any other comments here. Feel free to provide any feedback * on how much you learned from doing the assignment, and whether * you enjoyed doing it. **************************************************************************** */