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Java Forum / General / May 2007Help with brain puzzle
Hello, Does anyone have the old puzzle called Misionaries and Canibals for more than 3 Canibals and 3 Misionaries, for 4 C and 4 M and for 5 C and 5 M. How can this be done? Are there more than one solutions in Java? What is the easiest and smartest way to do it? Thanks for the help kind regards ... >Does anyone have the old puzzle called Misionaries and Canibals for >more than 3 Canibals and 3 Misionaries, for 4 C and 4 M and for 5 C >and 5 M. How can this be done? .. Do you have homework? >..Are there more than one solutions in Java? Feeling lazy? > ..What is the easiest and smartest way to do it? Trying to get folks on this usenet newsgroup to do it?  SignatureAndrew Thompson http://www.athompson.info/andrew/ spinolaangelo@gmail.com schrieb: > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks for the help > kind regards I would recommend you breadth first search in the tree of possible moves... he problem space is really small so you shouldn't get any problmes with that algorithm.. the rest is your homework... Christian What algoritm? > spinolaang...@gmail.com schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Christian What algoritm? > spinolaang...@gmail.com schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Christian What algoritm? > spinolaang...@gmail.com schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Christian What algoritm? > spinolaang...@gmail.com schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Christian > What algoritm? Please do not top-post (place replies above the material quoted), but place your comments in line with the text to which you're responding. The algorithm of which Christian wrote you quoted in your reply: >> breadth first search in the tree of possible moves Google on "breadth-first" (vs. "depth-first") searches. GIYF. SignatureLew spinolaangelo@gmail.com schreef: > Hello, > > Does anyone have the old puzzle called Misionaries and Canibals for > more than 3 Canibals and 3 Misionaries, for 4 C and 4 M and for 5 C > and 5 M. How can this be done? Are there more than one solutions in > Java? What is the easiest and smartest way to do it? Have a look at the book ‘Geometrie mit Taxis, die Köpfe der Hydra und andere mathematische Spielereien’. That is the German title, but it is translated from English. H. - -- Hendrik Maryns http://tcl.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hendrik/ ================== http://aouw.org Ask smart questions, get good answers: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > Does anyone have the old puzzle called Misionaries and Canibals for > more than 3 Canibals and 3 Misionaries, for 4 C and 4 M and for 5 C > and 5 M. How can this be done? Are there more than one solutions in > Java? What is the easiest and smartest way to do it? http://www.google.com/search?q=%22generate+and+test%22 /gordon -- Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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