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// Copyright W.P. McNeill 2010.
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// This program uses the A-star search algorithm in the Boost Graph Library to
// solve a maze. It is an example of how to apply Boost Graph Library
// algorithms to implicit graphs.
//
// This program generates a random maze and then tries to find the shortest
// path from the lower left-hand corner to the upper right-hand corner. Mazes
// are represented by two-dimensional grids where a cell in the grid may
// contain a barrier. You may move up, down, right, or left to any adjacent
// cell that does not contain a barrier.
//
// Once a maze solution has been attempted, the maze is printed. If a
// solution was found it will be shown in the maze printout and its length
// will be returned. Note that not all mazes have solutions.
//
// The default maze size is 20x10, though different dimensions may be
// specified on the command line.
#include <boost/graph/astar_search.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/filtered_graph.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/grid_graph.hpp>
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include <boost/random/mersenne_twister.hpp>
#include <boost/random/uniform_int.hpp>
#include <boost/random/variate_generator.hpp>
#include <boost/unordered_map.hpp>
#include <boost/unordered_set.hpp>
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
boost::mt19937 random_generator;
// Distance traveled in the maze
typedef double distance;
#define GRID_RANK 2
typedef boost::grid_graph<GRID_RANK> grid;
typedef boost::graph_traits<grid>::vertex_descriptor vertex_descriptor;
typedef boost::graph_traits<grid>::vertices_size_type vertices_size_type;
// A hash function for vertices.
struct vertex_hash:std::unary_function<vertex_descriptor, std::size_t> {
std::size_t operator()(vertex_descriptor const& u) const {
std::size_t seed = 0;
boost::hash_combine(seed, u[0]);
boost::hash_combine(seed, u[1]);
return seed;
}
};
typedef boost::unordered_set<vertex_descriptor, vertex_hash> vertex_set;
typedef boost::vertex_subset_complement_filter<grid, vertex_set>::type
filtered_grid;
// A searchable maze
//
// The maze is grid of locations which can either be empty or contain a
// barrier. You can move to an adjacent location in the grid by going up,
// down, left and right. Moving onto a barrier is not allowed. The maze can
// be solved by finding a path from the lower-left-hand corner to the
// upper-right-hand corner. If no open path exists between these two
// locations, the maze is unsolvable.
//
// The maze is implemented as a filtered grid graph where locations are
// vertices. Barrier vertices are filtered out of the graph.
//
// A-star search is used to find a path through the maze. Each edge has a
// weight of one, so the total path length is equal to the number of edges
// traversed.
class maze {
public:
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const maze&);
friend maze random_maze(std::size_t, std::size_t);
maze():m_grid(create_grid(0, 0)),m_barrier_grid(create_barrier_grid()) {};
maze(std::size_t x, std::size_t y):m_grid(create_grid(x, y)),
m_barrier_grid(create_barrier_grid()) {};
// The length of the maze along the specified dimension.
vertices_size_type length(std::size_t d) const {return m_grid.length(d);}
bool has_barrier(vertex_descriptor u) const {
return m_barriers.find(u) != m_barriers.end();
}
// Try to find a path from the lower-left-hand corner source (0,0) to the
// upper-right-hand corner goal (x-1, y-1).
vertex_descriptor source() const {return vertex(0, m_grid);}
vertex_descriptor goal() const {
return vertex(num_vertices(m_grid)-1, m_grid);
}
bool solve();
bool solved() const {return !m_solution.empty();}
bool solution_contains(vertex_descriptor u) const {
return m_solution.find(u) != m_solution.end();
}
private:
// Create the underlying rank-2 grid with the specified dimensions.
grid create_grid(std::size_t x, std::size_t y) {
boost::array<std::size_t, GRID_RANK> lengths = { {x, y} };
return grid(lengths);
}
// Filter the barrier vertices out of the underlying grid.
filtered_grid create_barrier_grid() {
return boost::make_vertex_subset_complement_filter(m_grid, m_barriers);
}
// The grid underlying the maze
grid m_grid;
// The underlying maze grid with barrier vertices filtered out
filtered_grid m_barrier_grid;
// The barriers in the maze
vertex_set m_barriers;
// The vertices on a solution path through the maze
vertex_set m_solution;
// The length of the solution path
distance m_solution_length;
};
// Euclidean heuristic for a grid
//
// This calculates the Euclidean distance between a vertex and a goal
// vertex.
class euclidean_heuristic:
public boost::astar_heuristic<filtered_grid, double>
{
public:
euclidean_heuristic(vertex_descriptor goal):m_goal(goal) {};
double operator()(vertex_descriptor v) {
return sqrt(pow(m_goal[0] - v[0], 2) + pow(m_goal[1] - v[1], 2));
}
private:
vertex_descriptor m_goal;
};
// Exception thrown when the goal vertex is found
struct found_goal {};
// Visitor that terminates when we find the goal vertex
struct astar_goal_visitor:public boost::default_astar_visitor {
astar_goal_visitor(vertex_descriptor goal):m_goal(goal) {};
void examine_vertex(vertex_descriptor u, const filtered_grid&) {
if (u == m_goal)
throw found_goal();
}
private:
vertex_descriptor m_goal;
};
// Solve the maze using A-star search. Return true if a solution was found.
bool maze::solve() {
boost::static_property_map<distance> weight(1);
// The predecessor map is a vertex-to-vertex mapping.
typedef boost::unordered_map<vertex_descriptor,
vertex_descriptor,
vertex_hash> pred_map;
pred_map predecessor;
boost::associative_property_map<pred_map> pred_pmap(predecessor);
// The distance map is a vertex-to-distance mapping.
typedef boost::unordered_map<vertex_descriptor,
distance,
vertex_hash> dist_map;
dist_map distance;
boost::associative_property_map<dist_map> dist_pmap(distance);
vertex_descriptor s = source();
vertex_descriptor g = goal();
euclidean_heuristic heuristic(g);
astar_goal_visitor visitor(g);
try {
astar_search(m_barrier_grid, s, heuristic,
boost::weight_map(weight).
predecessor_map(pred_pmap).
distance_map(dist_pmap).
visitor(visitor) );
} catch(found_goal fg) {
// Walk backwards from the goal through the predecessor chain adding
// vertices to the solution path.
for (vertex_descriptor u = g; u != s; u = predecessor[u])
m_solution.insert(u);
m_solution.insert(s);
m_solution_length = distance[g];
return true;
}
return false;
}
#define BARRIER "#"
// Print the maze as an ASCII map.
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& output, const maze& m) {
// Header
for (vertices_size_type i = 0; i < m.length(0)+2; i++)
output << BARRIER;
output << std::endl;
// Body
for (int y = m.length(1)-1; y >= 0; y--) {
// Enumerate rows in reverse order and columns in regular order so that
// (0,0) appears in the lower left-hand corner. This requires that y be
// int and not the unsigned vertices_size_type because the loop exit
// condition is y==-1.
for (vertices_size_type x = 0; x < m.length(0); x++) {
// Put a barrier on the left-hand side.
if (x == 0)
output << BARRIER;
// Put the character representing this point in the maze grid.
vertex_descriptor u = {{x, y}};
if (m.solution_contains(u))
output << ".";
else if (m.has_barrier(u))
output << BARRIER;
else
output << " ";
// Put a barrier on the right-hand side.
if (x == m.length(0)-1)
output << BARRIER;
}
// Put a newline after every row except the last one.
output << std::endl;
}
// Footer
for (vertices_size_type i = 0; i < m.length(0)+2; i++)
output << BARRIER;
if (m.solved())
output << std::endl << "Solution length " << m.m_solution_length;
return output;
}
// Return a random integer in the interval [a, b].
std::size_t random_int(std::size_t a, std::size_t b) {
if (b < a)
b = a;
boost::uniform_int<> dist(a, b);
boost::variate_generator<boost::mt19937&, boost::uniform_int<> >
generate(random_generator, dist);
return generate();
}
// Generate a maze with a random assignment of barriers.
maze random_maze(std::size_t x, std::size_t y) {
maze m(x, y);
vertices_size_type n = num_vertices(m.m_grid);
vertex_descriptor s = m.source();
vertex_descriptor g = m.goal();
// One quarter of the cells in the maze should be barriers.
int barriers = n/4;
while (barriers > 0) {
// Choose horizontal or vertical direction.
std::size_t direction = random_int(0, 1);
// Walls range up to one quarter the dimension length in this direction.
vertices_size_type wall = random_int(1, m.length(direction)/4);
// Create the wall while decrementing the total barrier count.
vertex_descriptor u = vertex(random_int(0, n-1), m.m_grid);
while (wall) {
// Start and goal spaces should never be barriers.
if (u != s && u != g) {
wall--;
if (!m.has_barrier(u)) {
m.m_barriers.insert(u);
barriers--;
}
}
vertex_descriptor v = m.m_grid.next(u, direction);
// Stop creating this wall if we reached the maze's edge.
if (u == v)
break;
u = v;
}
}
return m;
}
int main (int argc, char const *argv[]) {
// The default maze size is 20x10. A different size may be specified on
// the command line.
std::size_t x = 20;
std::size_t y = 10;
if (argc == 3) {
x = boost::lexical_cast<std::size_t>(argv[1]);
y = boost::lexical_cast<std::size_t>(argv[2]);
}
random_generator.seed(std::time(0));
maze m = random_maze(x, y);
if (m.solve())
std::cout << "Solved the maze." << std::endl;
else
std::cout << "The maze is not solvable." << std::endl;
std::cout << m << std::endl;
return 0;
}