/* ZEBRA, Who Owns the Zebra? */ /* Written in GNU MathProg by Andrew Makhorin */ ######################################################################## # The Zebra Puzzle is a well-known logic puzzle. # # It is often called "Einstein's Puzzle" or "Einstein's Riddle" # because it is said to have been invented by Albert Einstein as a boy, # with the common claim that Einstein said "only 2 percent of the # world's population can solve". It is also sometimes attributed to # Lewis Carroll. However, there is no known evidence for Einstein's or # Carroll's authorship. # # There are several versions of this puzzle. The version below is # quoted from the first known publication in Life International # magazine on December 17, 1962. # # 1. There are five houses. # 2. The Englishman lives in the red house. # 3. The Spaniard owns the dog. # 4. Coffee is drunk in the green house. # 5. The Ukrainian drinks tea. # 6. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house. # 7. The Old Gold smoker owns snails. # 8. Kools are smoked in the yellow house. # 9. Milk is drunk in the middle house. # 10. The Norwegian lives in the first house. # 11. The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the # man with the fox. # 12. Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse # is kept. # 13. The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice. # 14. The Japanese smokes Parliaments. # 15. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. # # Now, who drinks water? Who owns the zebra? # # In the interest of clarity, it must be added that each of the five # houses is painted a different color, and their inhabitants are of # different national extractions, own different pets, drink different # beverages and smoke different brands of American cigarettes. One # other thing: In statement 6, right means your right. # # (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) ######################################################################## set HOUSE := { 1..5 }; set COLOR := { "blue", "green", "ivory", "red", "yellow" }; set NATIONALITY := { "Englishman", "Japanese", "Norwegian", "Spaniard", "Ukranian" }; set DRINK := { "coffee", "milk", "orange_juice", "tea", "water" }; set SMOKE := { "Chesterfield", "Kools", "Lucky_Strike", "Old_Gold", "Parliament" }; set PET := { "dog", "fox", "horse", "snails", "zebra" }; var color{HOUSE, COLOR}, binary; c1{h in HOUSE}: sum{c in COLOR} color[h,c] = 1; c2{c in COLOR}: sum{h in HOUSE} color[h,c] = 1; var nationality{HOUSE, NATIONALITY}, binary; n1{h in HOUSE}: sum{n in NATIONALITY} nationality[h,n] = 1; n2{n in NATIONALITY}: sum{h in HOUSE} nationality[h,n] = 1; var drink{HOUSE, DRINK}, binary; d1{h in HOUSE}: sum{d in DRINK} drink[h,d] = 1; d2{d in DRINK}: sum{h in HOUSE} drink[h,d] = 1; var smoke{HOUSE, SMOKE}, binary; s1{h in HOUSE}: sum{s in SMOKE} smoke[h,s] = 1; s2{s in SMOKE}: sum{h in HOUSE} smoke[h,s] = 1; var pet{HOUSE, PET}, binary; p1{h in HOUSE}: sum{p in PET} pet[h,p] = 1; p2{p in PET}: sum{h in HOUSE} pet[h,p] = 1; /* the Englishman lives in the red house */ f2{h in HOUSE}: nationality[h,"Englishman"] = color[h,"red"]; /* the Spaniard owns the dog */ f3{h in HOUSE}: nationality[h,"Spaniard"] = pet[h,"dog"]; /* coffee is drunk in the green house */ f4{h in HOUSE}: drink[h,"coffee"] = color[h,"green"]; /* the Ukrainian drinks tea */ f5{h in HOUSE}: nationality[h,"Ukranian"] = drink[h,"tea"]; /* the green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house */ f6{h in HOUSE}: color[h,"green"] = if h = 1 then 0 else color[h-1,"ivory"]; /* the Old Gold smoker owns snails */ f7{h in HOUSE}: smoke[h,"Old_Gold"] = pet[h,"snails"]; /* Kools are smoked in the yellow house */ f8{h in HOUSE}: smoke[h,"Kools"] = color[h,"yellow"]; /* milk is drunk in the middle house */ f9: drink[3,"milk"] = 1; /* the Norwegian lives in the first house */ f10: nationality[1,"Norwegian"] = 1; /* the man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox */ f11{h in HOUSE}: (1 - smoke[h,"Chesterfield"]) + (if h = 1 then 0 else pet[h-1,"fox"]) + (if h = 5 then 0 else pet[h+1,"fox"]) >= 1; /* Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept */ f12{h in HOUSE}: (1 - smoke[h,"Kools"]) + (if h = 1 then 0 else pet[h-1,"horse"]) + (if h = 5 then 0 else pet[h+1,"horse"]) >= 1; /* the Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice */ f13{h in HOUSE}: smoke[h,"Lucky_Strike"] = drink[h,"orange_juice"]; /* the Japanese smokes Parliaments */ f14{h in HOUSE}: nationality[h,"Japanese"] = smoke[h,"Parliament"]; /* the Norwegian lives next to the blue house */ f15{h in HOUSE}: (1 - nationality[h,"Norwegian"]) + (if h = 1 then 0 else color[h-1,"blue"]) + (if h = 5 then 0 else color[h+1,"blue"]) >= 1; solve; printf "\n"; printf "HOUSE COLOR NATIONALITY DRINK SMOKE PET\n"; for {h in HOUSE} { printf "%5d", h; printf{c in COLOR: color[h,c]} " %-6s", c; printf{n in NATIONALITY: nationality[h,n]} " %-11s", n; printf{d in DRINK: drink[h,d]} " %-12s", d; printf{s in SMOKE: smoke[h,s]} " %-12s", s; printf{p in PET: pet[h,p]} " %-6s", p; printf "\n"; } printf "\n"; end;