Zen Puzzle Garden is NP-complete

نویسندگان

  • Robin Houston
  • Joseph White
  • Martyn Amos
چکیده

• Once moving on sand, the monk continues to move in a straight line until he encounters either a walkable square (in which case he moves onto it) or a a raked square (in which case he stops moving). The monk may not turn corners during a single move while moving on sand. These two rules are central to the challenge of the game – if the monk could be moved over the sand on a square-by-square basis then most boards would be trivial to solve.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Inf. Process. Lett.

دوره 112  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012