A Zebra-puzzle is a combinatorial logic puzzle. Also known as Einstein's riddle, Caliban's problem, Five Houses Puzzle.
A Zebra-puzzle is a combinatorial logic puzzle. Also known as Einstein's riddle, Caliban's problem, Five Houses Puzzle.
Questions tagged [zebra-puzzle]
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Writing a simple "process of elimination" Prolog code using DCGs
I have simplified a more complex problem to the following: there are three houses on a street with three different colours (no colour repeated); red, blue, green. Write a program using DCGs to simulate all permutations/possibilities. My code won't…
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Unsure of why code snippet works/what it's doing with logic riddle
I was looking through some prolog examples and stumbled upon…
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prolog get syntax error when increase stack size
Trying to solve the puzzle task with prolog and got some problems.
1002 Stack Overflow. Re-configure with Setup if necessary.
So, I've tried to increase stack size in setup and run program again.
But it causes the other error: Syntax error on…
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Riddle with GNU Prolog, similar to Einstein Riddle
I am a complete beginner to programming and have to create and solve a riddle in Prolog using GNU Prolog, similar to the Einstein riddle, albeit less sophisticated. I have been trying to create a riddle for the items contained within the following…
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Solving Caliban problems with prolog
I'm working on solving a logic puzzle using prolog for school. Here's the clues:
Brown, Clark, Jones and Smith are 4 substantial citizens who serve their
community as achitect, banker, doctor and lawyer, though not necessarily
respectively.
Brown,…
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Solving a Logic Puzzle in Prolog
I'm learning Prolog, but I got stuck with this problem and I really don't know how to finish it. I thought that I was right in my code, but I keep getting warnings in Sictus, and I don't know where my mistake is.
Here's the problem:
/*
File: …
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How to model Einstein's Riddle in a Constraint Satisfaction manner (Prolog)
My IA assignment is to solve the Einstein Problem.
I must solve it using a CSP model in Prolog. I am not given the model, but only the problem and some input data. My solution must be a general one, I mean, for some input data I must offer a…
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Prolog Logic Test Example
I have a test coming up on Prolog and I can't really grasp the basic ideas of it. I kind of understand some of the examples I have been going through, but I can't sit down and know off hand how to solve a specific problem.
Our professor gave us some…
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Advice on solving zebra type puzzle
I need your help in solving the following problem:
There're 3 girls (Ann,Susan,Alice) who need to choose what color shoes and dress to wear. There're 3 possible colors for shoes and dresses: white, blue and green.
Main conditions:
Ann hates…
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How to look at multiple constraints together in python-constraint library
I have been practicing using the python constraint library by solving logic puzzles with it. I've found it an absolute joy to work with, but I'm stuck on a relatively simple puzzle.
I can solve it programatically, but the goal is to solve it using…
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Using Prolog to solve The Jindosh Riddle from Dishonored 2
I am playing the game Dishonored 2
There is a puzzle in the game, see the picture below (no spoilers).
Riddle
Naturally I wanted to solve this using Prolog.
I have looked around and other people have made Prolog programs to solve the riddle, but I…
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I cannot sort variables according to their given numbers (zebra problem)
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import itertools
def imright(h1, h2):
"House h1 is immediately right of h2 if h1-h2 == 1."
return h1-h2 == 1
def nextto(h1, h2):
"Two houses are next to each other if they differ by 1."
return abs(h1-h2) == 1
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Prolog logic task
the rules are five students won five different places in five different disciplines - Alex, Bob, John, Deo, Sam.
The language student placed higher than Bob as much as Bob placed higher than the law student.
The IT student placed three spots…
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Can't figure out how to get logical answer I'm looking for in Prolog
I'm trying to learn swi-prolog and I'm struggling with the following question.
The question goes: Vanessa, Mary and Penny study chemistry, biology and math, in countries Spain, Portugal, Venezuela. It is known, that Vanessa is not studying in Spain,…
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Logical task about children
A family has 5 children. Their ages: 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years old. Their names: Rose, Becca, Iona, Stu, Rob. Each of them has a talent: piano, math, violin, literature, computer.
I need to find out each child's age and talent, if the following facts…
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