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CS 561a: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

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This time: constraint satisfaction

Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSP)
Backtracking search for CSPs
Local search for CSPs

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Constraint satisfaction problems
Standard search problem:

state is a black box any data structure that supports successor function, heuristic function, and goal test

CSP:

state is defined by variables Xi with values from domains Di

goal test is a set of constraints specifying allowable combinations of values for subsets of variables

Simple example of a formal representation language

Allows useful general-purpose algorithms with more power than standard search algorithms

Example: map coloring problem
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Variables: WA, NT, Q, NSW, V, SA, T
Domains: Di = {red, green, blue}(one for each variable)
Constraints: Ci = where scope is a tuple of variables and rel is the relation over the values of these variables
E.g., here, adjacent regions must have different colors
e.g., WA NT, or (WA,NT) in {(red,green), (red,blue), (green,red), (green,blue), (blue,red), (blue,green)}

Example: map coloring problem
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Assignment: values are given to some or all variables
Consistent (legal) assignment: assigned values do not violate any constraint
Complete assignment: every variable is assigned
Solution to a CSP: a consistent and complete assignment

Example: map coloring problem
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Solutions are complete and consistent assignments,
e.g., WA = red, NT = green, Q = red, NSW = green, V = red, SA = blue, T = green

Demo
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Constraint graph
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Binary CSP: each constraint relates two variables

Constraint graph: nodes are variables, arcs are constraints

Varieties of CSPs
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Discrete variables

finite domains:
n variables, domain size d O(dn) complete assignments
e.g., Boolean CSPs, incl. Boolean satisfiability (NP-complete)
infinite domains:
integers, strings, etc.
e.g., job scheduling, variables are start/end days for each job
need a constraint language, e.g., StartJob1 + 5 StartJob3

Continuous variables

e.g., start/end times for Hubble Space Telescope observations
linear constraints solvable in polynomial time by linear programming

Varieties of constraints
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Unary constraints involve a single variable,
e.g., SA green

Binary constraints involve pairs of variables,
e.g., SA WA

Higher-order (sometimes called global) constraints involve 3 or more variables,
e.g., cryptarithmetic column constraints

Example: cryptarithmetic
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Variables: F T U W R O X1 X2 X3
Domains: {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
Constraints:
Alldiff (F,T,U,W,R,O)

O + O = R + 10 X1

X1 + W + W = U + 10 X2

X2 + T + T = O + 10 X3

X3 = F, T 0, F 0
Constraint hypergraph
Circles: nodes for variable
Squares: hypernodes for n-ary constraints

Real-world CSPs
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Assignment problems
e.g., who teaches what class

Timetabling problems
e.g., which class is offered when and where?

Transportation scheduling

Factory scheduling

Notice that many real-world problems involve real-valued variables

Example: sudoku
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Variables: each square (81 variables)
Domains: [1 .. 9]
Constraints: each column, each row, and each of the nine 33 sub-grids that compose the grid
contain all of the digits from 1 to 9
?

Example: sudoku
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Variables: each square (81 variables)
Domains: [1 .. 9]
Constraints: each column, each row, and each of the nine 33 sub-grids that compose the grid
contain all of the digits from 1 to 9

Formulation as a search problem
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Lets start with the straightforward approach, then fix it

States are defined by the values assigned so far

Initial state: the empty assignment { }
Successor function: assign a value to an unassigned variable that does not conflict with current assignment
fail if no legal assignments

Goal test: the current assignment is complete

This is the same for all CSPs
Every solution appears at depth n with n variables use depth-first search
Path is irrelevant, so can be discarded
b = (n l )d at depth l, hence n! dn leaves

Backtracking search
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Variable assignments are commutative, i.e.,
[ WA = red then NT = green ] same as [ NT = green then WA = red ]

Only need to consider assignments to a single variable at each node
b = d and there are dn leaves

Depth-first search for CSPs with single-variable assignments is called backtracking search

Backtracking search is the basic uninformed algorithm for CSPs

Can solve n-queens for n 25

Backtracking search (note: textbook has a slightly more complex version)
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Backtracking example

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Backtracking example

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Backtracking example

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Backtracking example

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Improving backtracking efficiency
General-purpose methods can give huge gains in speed (like using heuristics in informed search):

Which variable should be assigned next?

In what order should its values be tried?

Can we detect inevitable failure early?

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Most constrained variable
Most constrained variable:
choose the variable with the fewest legal values

a.k.a. minimum remaining values (MRV) heuristic

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Most constraining variable
Tie-breaker among most constrained variables
Most constraining variable:

choose the variable with the most constraints on remaining variables

also known as the degree heuristic

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Least constraining value
Given a variable, choose the least constraining value:

the one that rules out the fewest values in the remaining variables

Combining these heuristics makes 1000 queens feasible

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Forward checking
Idea:
Keep track of remaining legal values for unassigned variables (inference step)
Terminate search when any variable has no legal values

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Forward checking
Idea:
Keep track of remaining legal values for unassigned variables (inference step)
Terminate search when any variable has no legal values

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Forward checking
Idea:
Keep track of remaining legal values for unassigned variables
Terminate search when any variable has no legal values

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Forward checking
Idea:
Keep track of remaining legal values for unassigned variables
Terminate search when any variable has no legal values

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Constraint propagation
Forward checking propagates information from assigned to unassigned variables, but doesnt provide early detection for all failures:

NT and SA cannot both be blue!

Constraint propagation repeatedly enforces constraints locally

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Node and Arc consistency
A single variable is node-consistent if all the values in its domain satisfy the variables unary constraints

A variable is arc-consistent if every value in its domain satisfies the binary constraints
i.e., Xi arc-consistent with Xj if for every value in Di there exists a value in Dj that satisfies the binary constraints on arc (Xi, Xj)

A network is arc-consistent if every variable is arc-consistent with every other variable.

Arc-consistency algorithms: reduce domains of some variables to achieve network arc-consistency.

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Arc consistency
Simplest form of propagation makes each arc consistent
X Y is consistent iff

for every value x of X there is some allowed y

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Arc consistency
Simplest form of propagation makes each arc consistent
X Y is consistent iff

for every value x of X there is some allowed y

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Arc consistency
Simplest form of propagation makes each arc consistent
X Y is consistent iff

for every value x of X there is some allowed y

If X loses a value, neighbors of X need to be rechecked

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Arc consistency
Simplest form of propagation makes each arc consistent
X Y is consistent iff

for every value x of X there is some allowed y

If X loses a value, neighbors of X need to be rechecked
Arc consistency detects failure earlier than forward checking
After running AC-3, either every arc is arc-consistent or some variable has empty domain, indicating the CSP cannot be solved.
Can be run as a preprocessor or after each assignment

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Arc consistency algorithm AC-3
Start with a queue that contains all arcs

Pop one arc (Xi, Xj) and make Xi arc-consistent with respect to Xj
If Di was not changed, continue to next arc,
Otherwise, Di was revised (domain was reduced), so need to check all arcs connected to Xi again: add all connected arcs (Xk, Xi) to the queue. (this is because the reduction in Di may yield further reductions in Dk)
If Di is revised to empty, then the CSP problem has no solution.

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Arc consistency
algorithm AC-3
Time complexity: ? (n variables, d values)

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Time complexity: O(n2d3) (n variables, d values)
(each arc can be queued only d times, n2 arcs (at most), checking one arc is O(d2))
Arc consistency
algorithm AC-3

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Demo

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Local search for CSPs
Hill-climbing, simulated annealing typically work with complete states, i.e., all variables assigned

To apply to CSPs:

allow states with unsatisfied constraints

operators reassign variable values

Variable selection: randomly select any conflicted variable

Value selection by min-conflicts heuristic:

choose value that violates the fewest constraints

i.e., hill-climb with h(n) = total number of violated constraints

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Example: 4-Queens
States: 4 queens in 4 columns (44 = 256 states)

Actions: move queen in column

Goal test: no attacks

Evaluation: h(n) = number of attacks

Given random initial state, can solve n-queens in almost constant time for arbitrary n with high probability (e.g., n = 10,000,000)

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Min-conflicts algorithm

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Example: N-Queens

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Summary
CSPs are a special kind of problem:

states defined by values of a fixed set of variables

goal test defined by constraints on variable values

Backtracking = depth-first search with one variable assigned per node

Variable ordering and value selection heuristics help significantly

Forward checking prevents assignments that guarantee later failure

Constraint propagation (e.g., arc consistency) does additional work to constrain values and detect inconsistencies

Iterative min-conflicts is usually effective in practice

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