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    The document describes the water jug puzzle involving a 4-liter jug and a 7-liter jug. The goal is to find a set of operations to leave precisely x liters of water in one of the jugs. It outlines setting up the puzzle as a state-space search problem by defining the initial state, goal test, and operators to manipulate the state. It also evaluates whether goals of 1-7 liters can be achieved in 8 or fewer steps using breadth-first search.

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    The document describes the water jug puzzle involving a 4-liter jug and a 7-liter jug. The goal is to find a set of operations to leave precisely x liters of water in one of the jugs. It outlines setting up the puzzle as a state-space search problem by defining the initial state, goal test, and operators to manipulate the state. It also evaluates whether goals of 1-7 liters can be achieved in 8 or fewer steps using breadth-first search.

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    The document describes the water jug puzzle involving a 4-liter jug and a 7-liter jug. The goal is to find a set of operations to leave precisely x liters of water in one of the jugs. It outlines setting up the puzzle as a state-space search problem by defining the initial state, goal test, and operators to manipulate the state. It also evaluates whether goals of 1-7 liters can be achieved in 8 or fewer steps using breadth-first search.

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    Water-Jug Puzzles

    Water-Jug Puzzles

    In the water-jug puzzle we are given a 4-liter jug, and a 7-liter jug.
    Initially, both jugs are empty. Either jug can be filled with water from a
    tap, and we can discard water from either jug down a drain. Water may be
    poured from one jug into the other. There is no additional measuring
    device. We want to find a set of operations that will leave precisely x liters
    of water in either one of the jugs.
    i. Set up a state-space search formulation of the water jug puzzle:
    a) Given the initial iconic state description as a data structure.
    b) Give a goal condition on states as some test on data structures.
    c) Name the operators on states and give precise descriptions of what
    each operator does to a state description.
    ii. Find whether the goals x = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} can be accomplished in
    8 or fewer steps.
    Hint: Use breadth-first search.

    Dr. Zoran Duric () Water Jug Puzzles 1/ 6 January 29, 2013 1/6
    Water-Jug Puzzles

    Water-Jug Puzzle

    a) (A B) // A is the amount in the 4-liter jug


    // B in the 7-liter jug
    b) (A == x) or (B == x)

    c) FA: (4 B),
    FB: (A 7)
    EA: (0 B),
    EB: (A 0)

    PAB: if ((A+B)<= 7) then (0 A+B)


    else (A+B-7 7)
    PBA: if ((A+B)<=4) then (A+B 0)
    else (4 A+B-4)

    Dr. Zoran Duric () Water Jug Puzzles 2/ 6 January 29, 2013 2/6
    Water-Jug Puzzles

    Water-Jug Puzzle Solution

    Dr. Zoran Duric () Water Jug Puzzles 3/ 6 January 29, 2013 3/6
    Water-Jug Puzzles

    Bouncing Ball Solution

    Graphing the paths of balls bouncing inside rhomboidal tables


    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    7 7
    6 6

    5 5

    4 4

    3 3

    2 2

    1 1

    0 0
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

    11ïPINT VESSEL 11 4 4 0 11 8 8 1 1 0 11 5 5 0 11 9 9 2

    7ïPINT VESSEL 0 7 0 4 4 7 0 7 0 1 1 7 0 5 5 7 0 7

    Dr. Zoran Duric () Water Jug Puzzles 4/ 6 January 29, 2013 4/6
    Water-Jug Puzzles

    7-pint and 11-pint jugs. Readings on the horizontal axis represent the
    amount of water in the 11-pint vessel at any time and readings on the
    vertical axis tell how much water is in the 7-pint vessel.

    The angle of vertical to the horizontal side is 60◦ .

    To use this graph, imagine a ball at point 0 in the lower left corner. It
    travels to the right along the base of the rhomboid until it strikes the
    right-hand cushion at a point labeled 11 on the base line: the 11-pint
    vessel has been filled and the 7-pint jug remains empty. After bouncing off
    the right-hand cushion the ball travels up to the left until it hits the top
    cushion at point 4 on the horizontal coordinate and on the seventh line on
    the side coordinate. This plot indicates that 7 pints have been transferred
    from the 11-pint vessel to the 7-pint vessel, leaving 4 pints in the larger
    vessel.

    Dr. Zoran Duric () Water Jug Puzzles 5/ 6 January 29, 2013 5/6
    Water-Jug Puzzles

    If you continue to follow the bouncing ball until it strikes a point marked
    2, keeping a record of each step, you will obtain the 18-step answer shown
    below the graph. This is actually not the shortest answer. An alternative
    procedure is to begin by filling the 7-pint vessel. This is graphed by
    starting the ball at the 0 point and rolling it up along the table’s left side.
    If you trace the ball’s path until it strikes a 2 point, keeping a record of
    the steps, you will find that this ball computer bounces out a solution in
    14 steps—the minimum.

    Dr. Zoran Duric () Water Jug Puzzles 6/ 6 January 29, 2013 6/6

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