search all paths and the shortest path for a graph - Prolog

user307320 picture user307320 · Apr 2, 2010 · Viewed 10.4k times · Source

I have a problem in my code with turbo prolog which searches all paths and the shortest path in a graph between 2 nodes. The problem that i have is to test if the node is in the list or not (exactly in the clause of member)

           1    ---- b ----   3
           ---       |        ---
        ---          |             -----
      a              |5                  d
        ---          |             -----
            ---      |         ---
             2  ---  |     ---   4
                  -- c  --

for example we have for b--->c 
([b,c],5) , ([b,a,c],3) and ([b,d,c],7) : possible paths.
([b,a,c],3) : the shortest path.

and this is my code :

DOMAINS
    list=Symbol *

PREDICATES
    distance(Symbol, Symbol)
    path1(Symbol, Symbol, list, integer)
    path(Symbol, Symbol,list, list, integer)
    distance(Symbol, list, integer)
    member(Symbol, list)
    shortest(Symbol, Symbol, list, integer)

CLAUSES
    distance(a, b, 1).
    distance(a, c, 2).
    distance(b, d, 3).
    distance(c, d, 4).
    distance(b, c, 5).
    distance(b, a, 1).
    distance(c, a, 2).
    distance(d, b, 3).
    distance(d, c, 4).
    distance(c, b, 5).

    member(X, [X|T]).
    member(X, [Y|T]) :- member(X, T).

    absent(X, L) :-
        member(X, L),
        !,
        fail.
    absent(_, _).

    /* find all paths */
    path1(X, Y, L, C) :- path(X, Y, L, I, C).
    path(X, X, [X], I, C) :- absent(X, I).
    path(X, Y, [X|R], I, C) :-
        distance(X, Z, A),
        absent(Z, I),
        path(Z, Y, R, [X|I], C1),
        C = C1 + A
        .

    /* to find the shortest path */
    shortest(X, Y, L, C) :-
        path(X, Y, L, C),
        path(X, Y, L1, C1),
        C < C1.

Answer

mireca i fori i julkata picture mireca i fori i julkata · May 15, 2012

This shows the shortest path and it's weight:

edge(a,b,6).
edge(a,c,1).
edge(b,d,5).
edge(c,e,4).
edge(c,f,1).
edge(d,h,3).
edge(e,h,7).
edge(f,g,2).
edge(g,h,1).

path(X,Y,M,[Y]) :- edge(X,Y,M).
path(X,Y,P,[Z|T]) :- edge(X,Z,M),path(Z,Y,N,T),
            P is M+N.

pravilo(X,Y,Z) :-  assert(min(100)),assert(minpath([])),!,
                path(X,Y,K,PATH1),
                (min(Z),K<Z,
                retract(min(Z));assert(min(K))),
                minpath(Q),retract(minpath(Q)),
                assert(minpath([X|PATH1])),
                fail.

?- pravilo(a,h,X);
    write("Minimal Path:"),
    minpath(PATH),
    write(PATH),
    nl,
    write("Path weight:"),
    min(Z),
    write(Z).