我有一个nxm个由非负整数组成的矩阵。例如:
2 3 4 7 1
1 5 2 6 2
4 3 4 2 1
2 1 2 4 1
3 1 3 4 1
2 1 4 3 2
6 9 1 6 4
“投下炸弹”会使目标细胞及其所有八个邻居的数量减少一个，直到最小值为零。
x x x
x X x
x x x
什么样的算法可以确定将所有细胞减少到零所需的最少炸弹数量?
B选项(因为我不是一个细心的读者)
事实上，问题的第一个版本并不是我要寻找的答案。我没有仔细阅读整个任务，有额外的约束条件，让我们说:
那么简单的问题是，当行中的序列必须是非递增的:
8 7 6 6 5是可能的输入序列
7 8 5 5 2是不可能的，因为7 -> 8在一个序列中增长。
也许为“简单”的问题找到答案会有助于为更难的问题找到解决方案。
PS:我相信当我们有几个相同的情况需要最少的炸弹来清除上面的线时，我们会选择在“左侧”使用最多炸弹的一个。还有什么证据是正确的吗?
当前回答
我想不出一个计算实际数字的方法除非用我最好的启发式方法计算轰炸行动并希望得到一个合理的结果。
So my method is to compute a bombing efficiency metric for each cell, bomb the cell with the highest value, .... iterate the process until I've flattened everything. Some have advocated using simple potential damage (i.e. score from 0 to 9) as a metric, but that falls short by pounding high value cells and not making use of damage overlap. I'd calculate cell value - sum of all neighbouring cells, reset any positive to 0 and use the absolute value of anything negative. Intuitively this metric should make a selection that help maximise damage overlap on cells with high counts instead of pounding those directly.
下面的代码在28个炸弹中达到了测试场的完全破坏(注意，使用潜在伤害作为度量，结果是31!)
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
namespace StackOverflow
{
internal class Program
{
// store the battle field as flat array + dimensions
private static int _width = 5;
private static int _length = 7;
private static int[] _field = new int[] {
2, 3, 4, 7, 1,
1, 5, 2, 6, 2,
4, 3, 4, 2, 1,
2, 1, 2, 4, 1,
3, 1, 3, 4, 1,
2, 1, 4, 3, 2,
6, 9, 1, 6, 4
};
// this will store the devastation metric
private static int[] _metric;
// do the work
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
int count = 0;
while (_field.Sum() > 0)
{
Console.Out.WriteLine("Round {0}:", ++count);
GetBlastPotential();
int cell_to_bomb = FindBestBombingSite();
PrintField(cell_to_bomb);
Bomb(cell_to_bomb);
}
Console.Out.WriteLine("Done in {0} rounds", count);
}
// convert 2D position to 1D index
private static int Get1DCoord(int x, int y)
{
if ((x < 0) || (y < 0) || (x >= _width) || (y >= _length)) return -1;
else
{
return (y * _width) + x;
}
}
// Convert 1D index to 2D position
private static void Get2DCoord(int n, out int x, out int y)
{
if ((n < 0) || (n >= _field.Length))
{
x = -1;
y = -1;
}
else
{
x = n % _width;
y = n / _width;
}
}
// Compute a list of 1D indices for a cell neighbours
private static List<int> GetNeighbours(int cell)
{
List<int> neighbours = new List<int>();
int x, y;
Get2DCoord(cell, out x, out y);
if ((x >= 0) && (y >= 0))
{
List<int> tmp = new List<int>();
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x - 1, y - 1));
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x - 1, y));
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x - 1, y + 1));
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x, y - 1));
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x, y + 1));
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x + 1, y - 1));
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x + 1, y));
tmp.Add(Get1DCoord(x + 1, y + 1));
// eliminate invalid coords - i.e. stuff past the edges
foreach (int c in tmp) if (c >= 0) neighbours.Add(c);
}
return neighbours;
}
// Compute the devastation metric for each cell
// Represent the Value of the cell minus the sum of all its neighbours
private static void GetBlastPotential()
{
_metric = new int[_field.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < _field.Length; i++)
{
_metric[i] = _field[i];
List<int> neighbours = GetNeighbours(i);
if (neighbours != null)
{
foreach (int j in neighbours) _metric[i] -= _field[j];
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < _metric.Length; i++)
{
_metric[i] = (_metric[i] < 0) ? Math.Abs(_metric[i]) : 0;
}
}
//// Compute the simple expected damage a bomb would score
//private static void GetBlastPotential()
//{
// _metric = new int[_field.Length];
// for (int i = 0; i < _field.Length; i++)
// {
// _metric[i] = (_field[i] > 0) ? 1 : 0;
// List<int> neighbours = GetNeighbours(i);
// if (neighbours != null)
// {
// foreach (int j in neighbours) _metric[i] += (_field[j] > 0) ? 1 : 0;
// }
// }
//}
// Update the battle field upon dropping a bomb
private static void Bomb(int cell)
{
List<int> neighbours = GetNeighbours(cell);
foreach (int i in neighbours)
{
if (_field[i] > 0) _field[i]--;
}
}
// Find the best bombing site - just return index of local maxima
private static int FindBestBombingSite()
{
int max_idx = 0;
int max_val = int.MinValue;
for (int i = 0; i < _metric.Length; i++)
{
if (_metric[i] > max_val)
{
max_val = _metric[i];
max_idx = i;
}
}
return max_idx;
}
// Display the battle field on the console
private static void PrintField(int cell)
{
for (int x = 0; x < _width; x++)
{
for (int y = 0; y < _length; y++)
{
int c = Get1DCoord(x, y);
if (c == cell)
Console.Out.Write(string.Format("[{0}]", _field[c]).PadLeft(4));
else
Console.Out.Write(string.Format(" {0} ", _field[c]).PadLeft(4));
}
Console.Out.Write(" || ");
for (int y = 0; y < _length; y++)
{
int c = Get1DCoord(x, y);
if (c == cell)
Console.Out.Write(string.Format("[{0}]", _metric[c]).PadLeft(4));
else
Console.Out.Write(string.Format(" {0} ", _metric[c]).PadLeft(4));
}
Console.Out.WriteLine();
}
Console.Out.WriteLine();
}
}
}
产生的轰炸模式输出如下(左边是字段值，右边是度量值)
Round 1:
2 1 4 2 3 2 6 || 7 16 8 10 4 18 6
3 5 3 1 1 1 9 || 11 18 18 21 17 28 5
4 [2] 4 2 3 4 1 || 19 [32] 21 20 17 24 22
7 6 2 4 4 3 6 || 8 17 20 14 16 22 8
1 2 1 1 1 2 4 || 14 15 14 11 13 16 7
Round 2:
2 1 4 2 3 2 6 || 5 13 6 9 4 18 6
2 4 2 1 1 [1] 9 || 10 15 17 19 17 [28] 5
3 2 3 2 3 4 1 || 16 24 18 17 17 24 22
6 5 1 4 4 3 6 || 7 14 19 12 16 22 8
1 2 1 1 1 2 4 || 12 12 12 10 13 16 7
Round 3:
2 1 4 2 2 1 5 || 5 13 6 7 3 15 5
2 4 2 1 0 1 8 || 10 15 17 16 14 20 2
3 [2] 3 2 2 3 0 || 16 [24] 18 15 16 21 21
6 5 1 4 4 3 6 || 7 14 19 11 14 19 6
1 2 1 1 1 2 4 || 12 12 12 10 13 16 7
Round 4:
2 1 4 2 2 1 5 || 3 10 4 6 3 15 5
1 3 1 1 0 1 8 || 9 12 16 14 14 20 2
2 2 2 2 2 [3] 0 || 13 16 15 12 16 [21] 21
5 4 0 4 4 3 6 || 6 11 18 9 14 19 6
1 2 1 1 1 2 4 || 10 9 10 9 13 16 7
Round 5:
2 1 4 2 2 1 5 || 3 10 4 6 2 13 3
1 3 1 1 0 [0] 7 || 9 12 16 13 12 [19] 2
2 2 2 2 1 3 0 || 13 16 15 10 14 15 17
5 4 0 4 3 2 5 || 6 11 18 7 13 17 6
1 2 1 1 1 2 4 || 10 9 10 8 11 13 5
Round 6:
2 1 4 2 1 0 4 || 3 10 4 5 2 11 2
1 3 1 1 0 0 6 || 9 12 16 11 8 13 0
2 2 2 2 0 2 0 || 13 16 15 9 14 14 15
5 4 [0] 4 3 2 5 || 6 11 [18] 6 11 15 5
1 2 1 1 1 2 4 || 10 9 10 8 11 13 5
Round 7:
2 1 4 2 1 0 4 || 3 10 4 5 2 11 2
1 3 1 1 0 0 6 || 8 10 13 9 7 13 0
2 [1] 1 1 0 2 0 || 11 [15] 12 8 12 14 15
5 3 0 3 3 2 5 || 3 8 10 3 8 15 5
1 1 0 0 1 2 4 || 8 8 7 7 9 13 5
Round 8:
2 1 4 2 1 0 4 || 1 7 2 4 2 11 2
0 2 0 1 0 0 6 || 7 7 12 7 7 13 0
1 1 0 1 0 2 0 || 8 8 10 6 12 14 15
4 2 0 3 3 [2] 5 || 2 6 8 2 8 [15] 5
1 1 0 0 1 2 4 || 6 6 6 7 9 13 5
Round 9:
2 1 4 2 1 0 4 || 1 7 2 4 2 11 2
0 2 0 1 0 0 6 || 7 7 12 7 6 12 0
1 1 0 1 0 [1] 0 || 8 8 10 5 10 [13] 13
4 2 0 3 2 2 4 || 2 6 8 0 6 9 3
1 1 0 0 0 1 3 || 6 6 6 5 8 10 4
Round 10:
2 1 4 2 1 0 4 || 1 7 2 4 2 10 1
0 2 [0] 1 0 0 5 || 7 7 [12] 7 6 11 0
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 || 8 8 10 4 8 9 10
4 2 0 3 1 1 3 || 2 6 8 0 6 8 3
1 1 0 0 0 1 3 || 6 6 6 4 6 7 2
Round 11:
2 0 3 1 1 0 4 || 0 6 0 3 0 10 1
0 1 0 0 0 [0] 5 || 4 5 5 5 3 [11] 0
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 || 6 8 6 4 6 9 10
4 2 0 3 1 1 3 || 1 5 6 0 5 8 3
1 1 0 0 0 1 3 || 6 6 6 4 6 7 2
Round 12:
2 0 3 1 0 0 3 || 0 6 0 2 1 7 1
0 1 0 0 0 0 4 || 4 5 5 4 1 7 0
1 0 0 0 0 [0] 0 || 6 8 6 4 5 [9] 8
4 2 0 3 1 1 3 || 1 5 6 0 4 7 2
1 1 0 0 0 1 3 || 6 6 6 4 6 7 2
Round 13:
2 0 3 1 0 0 3 || 0 6 0 2 1 6 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 3 || 4 5 5 4 1 6 0
1 [0] 0 0 0 0 0 || 6 [8] 6 3 3 5 5
4 2 0 3 0 0 2 || 1 5 6 0 4 6 2
1 1 0 0 0 1 3 || 6 6 6 3 4 4 0
Round 14:
2 0 3 1 0 [0] 3 || 0 5 0 2 1 [6] 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 3 || 2 5 4 4 1 6 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 4 4 4 3 3 5 5
3 1 0 3 0 0 2 || 0 4 5 0 4 6 2
1 1 0 0 0 1 3 || 4 4 5 3 4 4 0
Round 15:
2 0 3 1 0 0 2 || 0 5 0 2 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 2 5 4 4 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
3 1 0 3 0 [0] 2 || 0 4 5 0 4 [6] 2
1 1 0 0 0 1 3 || 4 4 5 3 4 4 0
Round 16:
2 [0] 3 1 0 0 2 || 0 [5] 0 2 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 2 5 4 4 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
3 1 0 3 0 0 1 || 0 4 5 0 3 3 1
1 1 0 0 0 0 2 || 4 4 5 3 3 3 0
Round 17:
1 0 2 1 0 0 2 || 0 3 0 1 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 1 3 3 3 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
3 1 [0] 3 0 0 1 || 0 4 [5] 0 3 3 1
1 1 0 0 0 0 2 || 4 4 5 3 3 3 0
Round 18:
1 0 2 1 0 0 2 || 0 3 0 1 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 1 3 3 3 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 3 3 2 2 2 3 3
3 [0] 0 2 0 0 1 || 0 [4] 2 0 2 3 1
1 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 2 4 2 2 2 3 0
Round 19:
1 0 2 1 0 [0] 2 || 0 3 0 1 1 [4] 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 1 3 3 3 1 4 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
2 0 0 2 0 0 1 || 0 2 2 0 2 3 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 2 2 2 2 2 3 0
Round 20:
1 [0] 2 1 0 0 1 || 0 [3] 0 1 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 1 3 3 3 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 0 0 2 0 0 1 || 0 2 2 0 2 3 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 2 2 2 2 2 3 0
Round 21:
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 || 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 0 1 2 2 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 0 0 2 0 [0] 1 || 0 2 2 0 2 [3] 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 || 2 2 2 2 2 3 0
Round 22:
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 || 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 0 1 2 2 1 2 0
[0] 0 0 0 0 0 0 || [2] 2 2 2 2 1 1
2 0 0 2 0 0 0 || 0 2 2 0 2 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 2 2 2 2 2 1 0
Round 23:
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 || 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
0 0 [0] 0 0 0 1 || 0 1 [2] 2 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
1 0 0 2 0 0 0 || 0 1 2 0 2 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
Round 24:
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 0 [0] 0 0 0 0 || 1 1 [2] 2 2 1 1
1 0 0 2 0 0 0 || 0 1 2 0 2 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
Round 25:
0 0 0 0 0 [0] 1 || 0 0 0 0 0 [2] 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 || 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Round 26:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
[0] 0 0 0 0 0 0 || [1] 1 1 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 || 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Round 27:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 [0] 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 [1] 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 || 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
Round 28:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 [0] 0 || 0 0 0 0 0 [1] 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 || 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Done in 28 rounds
其他回答
你可以使用状态空间规划。 例如，使用A*(或其变体之一)加上启发式f = g + h，如下所示:
G:到目前为止投下的炸弹数量 H:网格中所有值的总和除以9(这是最好的结果，意味着我们有一个可接受的启发式)
使用分支和定界的数学整数线性规划
As it has already been mentioned, this problem can be solved using integer linear programming (which is NP-Hard). Mathematica already has ILP built in. "To solve an integer linear programming problem Mathematica first solves the equational constraints, reducing the problem to one containing inequality constraints only. Then it uses lattice reduction techniques to put the inequality system in a simpler form. Finally, it solves the simplified optimization problem using a branch-and-bound method." [see Constrained Optimization Tutorial in Mathematica.. ]
我写了下面的代码，利用ILP库的Mathematica。它的速度快得惊人。
solveMatrixBombProblem[problem_, r_, c_] :=
Module[{},
bombEffect[x_, y_, m_, n_] :=
Table[If[(i == x || i == x - 1 || i == x + 1) && (j == y ||
j == y - 1 || j == y + 1), 1, 0], {i, 1, m}, {j, 1, n}];
bombMatrix[m_, n_] :=
Transpose[
Table[Table[
Part[bombEffect[(i - Mod[i, n])/n + 1, Mod[i, n] + 1, m,
n], (j - Mod[j, n])/n + 1, Mod[j, n] + 1], {j, 0,
m*n - 1}], {i, 0, m*n - 1}]];
X := x /@ Range[c*r];
sol = Minimize[{Total[X],
And @@ Thread[bombMatrix[r, c].X >= problem] &&
And @@ Thread[X >= 0] && Total[X] <= 10^100 &&
Element[X, Integers]}, X];
Print["Minimum required bombs = ", sol[[1]]];
Print["A possible solution = ",
MatrixForm[
Table[x[c*i + j + 1] /. sol[[2]], {i, 0, r - 1}, {j, 0,
c - 1}]]];]
对于问题中提供的示例:
solveMatrixBombProblem[{2, 3, 4, 7, 1, 1, 5, 2, 6, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6, 9, 1, 6, 4}, 7, 5]
输出
对于那些用贪婪算法读这篇文章的人
在下面这个10x10的问题上试试你的代码:
5 20 7 1 9 8 19 16 11 3
17 8 15 17 12 4 5 16 8 18
4 19 12 11 9 7 4 15 14 6
17 20 4 9 19 8 17 2 10 8
3 9 10 13 8 9 12 12 6 18
16 16 2 10 7 12 17 11 4 15
11 1 15 1 5 11 3 12 8 3
7 11 16 19 17 11 20 2 5 19
5 18 2 17 7 14 19 11 1 6
13 20 8 4 15 10 19 5 11 12
这里用逗号分隔:
5, 20, 7, 1, 9, 8, 19, 16, 11, 3, 17, 8, 15, 17, 12, 4, 5, 16, 8, 18, 4, 19, 12, 11, 9, 7, 4, 15, 14, 6, 17, 20, 4, 9, 19, 8, 17, 2, 10, 8, 3, 9, 10, 13, 8, 9, 12, 12, 6, 18, 16, 16, 2, 10, 7, 12, 17, 11, 4, 15, 11, 1, 15, 1, 5, 11, 3, 12, 8, 3, 7, 11, 16, 19, 17, 11, 20, 2, 5, 19, 5, 18, 2, 17, 7, 14, 19, 11, 1, 6, 13, 20, 8, 4, 15, 10, 19, 5, 11, 12
对于这个问题，我的解决方案包含208个炸弹。这里有一个可能的解决方案(我能够在大约12秒内解决这个问题)。
作为一种测试Mathematica产生结果的方法，看看你的贪婪算法是否能做得更好。
你可以把这个问题表示成整数规划问题。(这只是解决这个问题的一种可能的方法)
有分:
a b c d
e f g h
i j k l
m n o p
我们可以写出16个方程其中以点f为例
f <= ai + bi + ci + ei + fi + gi + ii + ji + ki
最小化所有索引的总和和整数解。
解当然是这些指标的和。
这可以通过将所有xi设置为边界0来进一步简化，因此在本例中最终得到4+1方程。
问题是没有解决这类问题的简单算法。我不是这方面的专家，但解决这个问题作为线性规划是NP困难。
这是另一个想法:
让我们先给黑板上的每个空格分配一个权重，计算在那里扔炸弹会减少多少数字。如果这个空间有一个非零数，它就得到一个点，如果它的相邻空间有一个非零数，它就得到一个额外的点。如果这是一个1000 * 1000的网格，我们为这100万个空间中的每一个都分配了权重。
然后根据权重对列表中的空格进行排序，并轰炸权重最高的空格。可以这么说，这是我们最大的收获。
在此之后，更新每个空间的重量是受炸弹的影响。这是你轰炸的空间，和它相邻的空间，以及它们相邻的空间。换句话说，任何空间的价值都可能因为爆炸而减少为零，或者相邻空间的价值减少为零。
然后，根据权重重新排序列表空间。由于轰炸只改变了一小部分空间的权重，因此不需要使用整个列表，只需在列表中移动这些空间。
轰炸新的最高权重空间，并重复上述步骤。
这保证了每次轰炸都能减少尽可能多的空格(基本上，它会击中尽可能少的已经为零的空格)，所以这是最优的，除非它们的权重是相同的。所以你可能需要做一些回溯跟踪，当有一个平局的顶部重量。不过，只有最高重量的领带重要，其他领带不重要，所以希望没有太多的回溯。
Edit: Mysticial's counterexample below demonstrates that in fact this isn't guaranteed to be optimal, regardless of ties in weights. In some cases reducing the weight as much as possible in a given step actually leaves the remaining bombs too spread out to achieve as high a cummulative reduction after the second step as you could have with a slightly less greedy choice in the first step. I was somewhat mislead by the notion that the results are insensitive to the order of bombings. They are insensitive to the order in that you could take any series of bombings and replay them from the start in a different order and end up with the same resulting board. But it doesn't follow from that that you can consider each bombing independently. Or, at least, each bombing must be considered in a way that takes into account how well it sets up the board for subsequent bombings.
这可以用深度为O(3^(n))的树来求解。其中n是所有平方和。
首先考虑用O(9^n)树来解决问题是很简单的，只需考虑所有可能的爆炸位置。有关示例，请参阅Alfe的实现。
接下来我们意识到，我们可以从下往上轰炸，仍然得到一个最小的轰炸模式。
Start from the bottom left corner. Bomb it to oblivion with the only plays that make sense (up and to the right). Move one square to the right. While the target has a value greater than zero, consider each of the 2 plays that make sense (straight up or up and to the right), reduce the value of the target by one, and make a new branch for each possibility. Move another to the right. While the target has a value greater than zero, consider each of the 3 plays that make sense (up left, up, and up right), reduce the value of the target by one, and make a new branch for each possibility. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the row is eliminated. Move up a row and repeat steps 1 to 7 until the puzzle is solved.
这个算法是正确的，因为
有必要在某一时刻完成每一行。 完成一行总是需要一个游戏，一个在上面，一个在下面，或者在这一行内。 选择在未清除的最低行之上的玩法总是比选择在该行之上或该行之下的玩法更好。
在实践中，这个算法通常会比它的理论最大值做得更好，因为它会定期轰炸邻居并减少搜索的大小。如果我们假设每次轰炸都会减少4个额外目标的价值，那么我们的算法将运行在O(3^(n/4))或大约O(1.3^n)。
Because this algorithm is still exponential, it would be wise to limit the depth of the search. We might limit the number of branches allowed to some number, X, and once we are this deep we force the algorithm to choose the best path it has identified so far (the one that has the minimum total board sum in one of its terminal leaves). Then our algorithm is guaranteed to run in O(3^X) time, but it is not guaranteed to get the correct answer. However, we can always increase X and test empirically if the trade off between increased computation and better answers is worthwhile.
