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Knuth's Algorithm X

Algorithm X is an algorithm for solving the exact cover problem. It is a straightforward recursive, nondeterministic, depth-first, backtracking algorithm used by Donald Knuth to demonstrate an efficient implementation called DLX, which uses the dancing links technique. The exact cover problem is represented in Algorithm X by a matrix A consisting of 0s and 1s. The goal is to select a subset of the rows such that the digit 1 appears in each column exactly once. Algorithm X works as follows: # If the matrix A has no columns, the current partial solution is a valid solution; terminate successfully. 1. * Otherwise choose a column c (deterministically). 2. * Choose a row r such that Ar, c = 1 (nondeterministically). 3. * Include row r in the partial solution. 4. * For each column j such that Ar, j = 1,for each row i such that Ai, j = 1,delete row i from matrix A.delete column j from matrix A. 5. * Repeat this algorithm recursively on the reduced matrix A. The nondeterministic choice of r means that the algorithm recurses over independent subalgorithms; each subalgorithm inherits the current matrix A, but reduces it with respect to a different row r.If column c is entirely zero, there are no subalgorithms and the process terminates unsuccessfully. The subalgorithms form a search tree in a natural way, with the original problem at the root and with level k containing each subalgorithm that corresponds to k chosen rows.Backtracking is the process of traversing the tree in preorder, depth first. Any systematic rule for choosing column c in this procedure will find all solutions, but some rules work much better than others.To reduce the number of iterations, Knuth suggests that the column-choosing algorithm select a column with the smallest number of 1s in it. (Wikipedia).

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