The Eight Puzzle, among other sliding-tile puzzles, is one of the famous problems in artificial intelligence. Along with chess, tic-tac-toe and backgammon, it has been used to study search algorithms. The Eight Puzzle can be generalized into an M × N…
M × N Puzzle Time Limit: 4000MS Memory Limit: 131072K Total Submissions: 4112 Accepted: 1140 Description The Eight Puzzle, among other sliding-tile puzzles, is one of the famous problems…
The 15-puzzle has been around for over 100 years; even if you don't know it by that name, you've seen it. It is constructed with 15 sliding tiles, each with a number from 1 to 15 on it, and all packed into a 4 by 4 frame with one tile missing. Let's…