1. Supplemental slides for CSE 327 Prof. Jeff Heflin
Ch. 3 – Search
Supplemental slides for CSE 327
Prof. Jeff Heflin

2. Problem Solving Agent Algorithm
function SIMPLE-PROBLEM-SOLVING-AGENT(percept) returns an action
static: seq, an action sequence, initially empty state, some description of the current world state goal, a goal initially null problem, a problem formulation
state  UPDATE-STATE(state,percept) if seq is empty then do goal  FORMULATE-GOAL(state) problem FORMULATE-PROBLEM(state,goal) seq  SEARCH(problem) action  FIRST(seq) seq  REST(seq) return action
From Figure 3.1, p. 61

3. 8-puzzle Successor Function7 2 4 5 6 8 3 1
blank-right
blank-left
blank-up
blank-down 7 2 4 5 6 8 3 1 7 2 4 5 6 8 3 1 7 4 5 2 6 8 3 1 7 2 4 5 3 6 8 1

4. 8-puzzle Search Tree initial state 7 2 4 5 8 6 3 1 7 2 4 8 6 5 3 1 7 2

5. Tree Search Algorithm
function TREE-SEARCH(problem,fringe) returns a solution, or failure
fringe  INSERT(MAKE-NODE(INITIAL-STATE[problem],fringe) loop do if EMPTY?(fringe) then return failure node  REMOVE-FIRST(fringe) if GOAL-TEST[problem] applied to STATE[node] succeeds then return SOLUTION(node) fringe  INSERT-ALL(EXPAND(node,problem),fringe)
Notes:
1. fringe argument should be an empty queue. The type of the queue (e.g., LIFO, FIFO, etc.) will affect the order of the search
2. INITIAL-STATE[problem] is just syntax for accessing an object’s data (think problem.initialState in C++/Java)
From Figure 3.9, p. 72

6. Depth-first Search A not generated on fringe B C in memory deleted D E1 A
not generated
on fringe 2 7 B C
in memory
deleted 3 6 8 9 D E F G
blue = in memory, green = on frontier, red = out of memory, clear = not generated 4 5 H I

7. Breadth-first Search A not generated on fringe B C in memory deleted D1 A
not generated
on fringe 2 3 B C
in memory
deleted 4 5 6 7 D E F G 8 9 H I

8. Uninformed Search Summary
depth-first
breadth-first
uniform cost
queuing
add to front (LIFO)
add to back (FIFO)
by path cost
complete? no
yes
yes, if all step costs are greater than 0
optimal?
yes, if identical step costs
time
expensive
space
modest

9. Water Jug Problem state: <J12, J8, J3>
initial state: <0, 0, 0>
goal test: <1, x, y>
x and y can be any value
path cost:
1 per solution step?
1 per gallon of water moved?
actions/successor function
let C12=12, C8=8, C3=3
fill-jug-i
if Ji < Ci then Ji=Ci
empty-jug-i-into-jug-j
if Ji <= Cj – Jj then Jj’ = Jj + Ji, Ji’=0
fill-jug-i-from-jug-j
if Jj >= Ci – Ji then Jj’ = Jj – (Ci – Ji), Ji’=Ci