N-Puzzle Problem solver using Python

I completed and submitted my project "N-Puzzle Problem Solver". I wrote it in Python, and it was a lot of fun. I learned about the similarities between Lisp and Python, and discovered why Lisp is so powerful and how quickly things come together once you understand the language.

When solving the N-Puzzle problem, I initially tried with no fundamental algorithms, and it was extremely challenging to derive a solution. However, after discovering the strategy of using Manhattan distances on Norvig's site, coding the solution became much more enjoyable. It really gave me a sense of what toy AI problems are like.

help needed

hi,

i m amazed to see that in ISSc,this problem (N-puzzle) was a one semester proj and here in my university(Goa university),our teacher has given this prob today told us do this prob till tomorrow.

can u help me ?? i have to do this in C/C++ or JAVA.

thanks

abhi (abhishek.luck@gmail.com)

Anonymous

Re: help needed

Thats one of the toy- AI problems. We started off without the algorithms and tried it as we might think to solve.. I could implement it say in a week, only after the algorithms were known. It was assignment too (or rather class discussion), but I did with some explanation and analysis as a project.

Senthil