COMP3211Assignment1

UninformedSearch

Thecodeusedforthisassignmentisfromtheopencourse,CS188.1xArtificialIntelligence.
Coursewebsite:h ttp://ai.berkeley.edu/home.html.
Inthisassignmentyouwilldiscoverthedifferentbehaviorofthreesearchalgorithms:BFS,DFS
andUCSusingthepacmangame.Youneedtosubmitareportofyourobservation.

InvokingthePythonInterpreter
ThisclassassumeyouusePython2.7.Toseeifyouhavepythoninstalled,openterminalon
osx/linux,orcommandpromptonwindows,andinputcommand python
version .Ifyou
seethefollowingoutput,itmeanspythonhasbeeninstalledonyoursystem.

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python

version
Python

2.7.13

Otherwise,youneedtofollowtheseinstructions:
Windows:
a. Downloadpythonwindowsinstallerath ttps://www.python.org/downloads/
b. Runtheinstaller,choosethelocationwhereyouwanttoinstallPython,for
exampleC :\Python27\
c. SetthesystemsPATHvariable
i. OpentheControlPanel(easyway:clickintheWindowssearchonyour
taskbarandtypeControlPanelthenclicktheicon).
ii. IntheControlPanel,searchforEnvironmentclickEdittheSystem
EnvironmentVariables.ThenclicktheEnvironmentVariablesbutton.
iii. IntheUserVariablessection,youwillneedtoeithereditanexistingPATH
variableorcreateone.Addthisline
C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Lib\sitepackages\;C:\Python27\Scri
pts\
toPATH,
1. Ifyouarecreatingone,makePATHthevariablenameandadd
thefollowingdirectoriestothevariablevaluessectionasshown,
separatedbyasemicolon.
2. IfyoureeditinganexistingPATH,thevaluesarepresentedon
separatelinesintheeditdialog.ClickNewandaddonedirectory
perline.
OSX:h ttp://docs.pythonguide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/
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Someusefulterminalcommands
Forbash(osx/linux)
https://www.gittower.com/learn/git/ebook/en/commandline/appendix/commandline101
Forwindowscommandprompt
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr05/cos126/cmdprompt.html

Herestheoverviewoffilesinthepackage,youdontneedtoreadthemforcompletingthis
assignment.

Filesyoumaywanttoread.
search.py Allofthesearchalgorithms.
searchAgents.py Allofthesearchbasedagentsinteractwiththegameworld.
Supportingfilesyoucanignore:
ThemainfilethatrunsPacmangames.Thisfiledescribesa
pacman.py PacmanGameStatetype,whichyouuseinthisproject.
ThelogicbehindhowthePacmanworldworks.Thisfile
describesseveralsupportingtypeslikeAgentState,Agent,
game.py Direction,andGrid.
util.py Usefuldatastructuresforimplementingsearchalgorithms.
graphicsDisplay.py GraphicsforPacman
graphicsUtils.py SupportforPacmangraphics
textDisplay.py ASCIIgraphicsforPacman
ghostAgents.py Agentstocontrolghosts
keyboardAgents.py KeyboardinterfacestocontrolPacman
layout.py Codeforreadinglayoutfilesandstoringtheircontents

Usecommandp
ython
torunaninteractivepacmangame.
pacman.py


Youcanuseoptionstospecifysearchalgorithmandmaplayout

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python
pacman.py

p

SearchAgent

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fn=bfs,prob=FoodSearchProblem

l
testMaze

Heressomeoftheusefulargumentdefinitions

l,layout choosethemapforthisgame.
p,pacman choosethepacmantype,itcanbefixedasSearchAgent
Commaseparatedvaluessenttoagent.There'sthree
a,agentArgs argumentsforSearchAgent
fn:searchfunction,youcanchoosefrombfs(breadthfirst
search)dfs(depthfirstsearch)orucs(uniformcostsearch)
prob:problemtype.Inthisassignment,youneedtouse
FoodSearchProblem
heuristic:choosetheheuristicfunction,nousefornow.

Foruniformcostsearch,thecostissetasdepthofthesearchtree.

Allofthesupportedlayoutsareunder ./layouts/ directory,heressomelayoutyoucanuse

bigCorners mediumMaze smallSafeSearch tinySearch

bigMaze contoursMaze greedySearch testMaze
mediumCorners mediumDottedMaze smallMaze tinySafeSearch
openMaze tinyMaze testSearch tinyCorners

Youcanalsodrawyourownmapbyimitatingtheexistingones,putitunderlayoutsdirectory
andhavefun.

Notethatp acman.py supportsanumberofoptionsthatcaneachbeexpressedinalongway

(e.g.,layout)orashortway(e.g.,l).Youcanseethelistofalloptionsandtheirdefaultvalues
via:

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pacman.py

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Task:Rundifferentprogramsettingsandsubmita
report
Inthisassignment,youneedtochooseatleastthreedifferentlayouts,foreachlayoutrunthree
differentalgorithms:dfs,bfsanducs.Writeareportaboutthedifferencebetweeneach
algorithm,includingthepathsearchedbytheagent,searchnodesexpanded,timecostandetc.
Pleasewriteandsubmityourreportoncanvas.

Ifyouhaveanyquestion,feelfreetocontactTA,YanLiangy liangav@connect.ust.hk.