Prolog (Sicstus) - nonmember and setof issues - prolog

Given following facts:
route(TubeLine, ListOfStations).
route(green, [a,b,c,d,e,f]).
route(blue, [g,b,c,h,i,j]).
...
I am required to find all the pairs of tube Lines that do not have any stations in common, producing the following:
| ?- disjointed_lines(Ls).
Ls = [(yellow,blue),(yellow,green),(yellow,red),(yellow,silver)] ? ;
no
I came up with the below answer, however it does not only give me incorrect answer, but it also does not apply my X^ condition - i.e. it still prints results per member of Stations lists separately:
disjointed_lines(Ls) :-
route(W, Stations1),
route(Z, Stations2),
setof(
(W,Z),X^
(member(X, Stations1),nonmember(X, Stations2)),
Ls).
This is the output that the definition produces:
| ?- disjointed_lines(L).
L = [(green,green)] ? ;
L = [(green,blue)] ? ;
L = [(green,silver)] ? ;
...
I believe that my logic relating to membership is incorrect, however I cannot figure out what is wrong. Can anyone see where am I failing?
I also read Learn Prolog Now chapter 11 on results gathering as suggested here, however it seems that I am still unable to use the ^ operator correctly. Any help would be appreciated!
UPDATE:
As suggested by user CapelliC, I changed the code into the following:
disjointed_lines(Ls) :-
setof(
(W,Z),(Stations1, Stations2)^
((route(W, Stations1),
route(Z, Stations2),notMembers(Stations1,Stations2))),
Ls).
notMembers([],_).
notMembers([H|T],L):- notMembers(T,L), nonmember(H,L).
The following, however, gives me duplicates of (X,Y) and (Y,X), but the next step will be to remove those in a separate rule. Thank you for the help!

I think you should put route/2 calls inside setof' goal, and express disjointness more clearly, so you can test it separately. About the ^ operator, it requests a variable to be universally quantified in goal scope. Maybe a concise explanation like that found at bagof/3 manual page will help...
disjointed_lines(Ls) :-
setof((W,Z), Stations1^Stations2^(
route(W, Stations1),
route(Z, Stations2),
disjoint(Stations1, Stations2)
), Ls).
disjoint(Stations1, Stations2) :-
... % could be easy as intersection(Stations1, Stations2, [])
% or something more efficient: early fail at first shared 'station'

setof/3 is easier to use if you create an auxiliary predicate that expresses the relationship you are interested in:
disjoint_routes(W, Z) :-
route(W, Stations1),
route(Z, Stations2),
disjoint(Stations1, Stations2).
With this, the definition of disjointed_lines/1 becomes shorter and simpler and no longer needs any ^ operators:
disjointed_lines(Ls) :-
setof((W, Z), disjoint_routes(W, Z), Ls).
The variables you don't want in the result of setof/3 are automatically hidden inside the auxiliary predicate definition.

Related

PROLOG, meaning of

I don't understand what is the meaning of
[sopio|...], [...|...]|...
in the result of
?- findall([X,Y], indirectowner(X, Y), L).:
L = [[sopio, badri], [temur, badri], [temur, leila], [badri, anuki], [badri, tamar], [tamar, ioseb], [sopio, anuki], [sopio|...], [...|...]|...].
I have dafined following facts:
owner(sopio,badri).
owner(temur,badri).
owner(temur,leila).
owner(badri,anuki).
owner(badri,tamar).
owner(tamar,ioseb).
and clauses:
indirectowner(X,Z) :-
owner(X,Z).
indirectowner(X,Z) :-
owner(X,Y), owner(Y,Z).
The answer is abbreviated in order to avoid having too much output on the screen.
In SWI-Prolog you can press w after the query to write the whole answer but for your query you need YOURquery ; true. because it is deterministic and for the w to be accepted it needs a non-deterministic query.
You can also change the behaviour using Prolog flags.

Ask Prolog for predicates of an argument [duplicate]

another way to ask the question is:
How I can list all the properties of an atom?
For example:
movie(agora).
director(agora, 'Alejandro Amenabar')
duration(agora, '2h').
so, I will like to receive all the predicates that has agora for argument. In this case it will be: movie, director, duration, with the other parameters ('Alejandro Amenabar', '2h').
I found: this, and this questions, but I couldn't understand well.
I want to have the value of false in the "variable Answer" if PersonInvited doesn't like something about the movie.
My query will be:
answer(Answer, PersonInvited, PersonWhoMadeInvitation, Movie)
Answer: I don't like this director
answer(false, PersonInvited, PersonWhoMadeInvitation, Movie):-
director(Movie, DirectorName),not(like(PersonInvited,DirectorName)).
The same thing will happen with any property like genre, for example.
Answer: I don't like this genre
answer(false, PersonInvited, PersonWhoMadeInvitation, Movie):-
genre(Movie, Genre), not(like(PersonInvited,Genre)).
So, I want to generalize this situation, instead of writing repeatedly every feature of every object.
I found two solutions the 2nd is cleaner from my point of view, but they are different.
Parameters:
PredName: Name of the predicate.
Arity: The Arity of the Predicate.
ParamValue: If I want to filter by one specific parameter.
PosParam: Which is the position of the parameter in the predicate.
ListParam: All the value of the posibles values parameters (mustbe a Variable all the time).
Solution 1:
filter_predicate(PredName, Arity, ParamValue,PosParam, ListParam):-
current_predicate(PredName/Arity),
Arity >= PosParam,
nth(PosParam, ListParam, ParamValue),
append([PredName], ListParam, PredList),
GlobalArity is Arity + 1,
length(PredList, GlobalArity),
Predicate =.. PredList,
Predicate.
Query
filter_predicate(PredName, Arity, agora, 1, Pm).
Output
Arity = 2
Pm = [agora,'Alejandro Amenabar']
PredName = director ?
yes
Solution2:
filter_predicate(PredName, Arity, ParamList):-
current_predicate(PredName/Arity),
append([PredName], ParamList, PredList),
GlobalArity is Arity + 1,
length(PredList, GlobalArity),
Predicate =.. PredList,
Predicate.
Query 1:
filter_predicate(PredName, Arity, [agora, X]).
Output
Arity = 2
PredName = director
X = 'Alejandro Amenabar' ?
Query 2:
filter_predicate(PredName, Arity, [X, 'Alejandro Amenabar']).
Output
Arity = 2
PredName = director
X = agora ?
here is my attempt, using SWI-Prolog
?- current_predicate(so:F/N), N>0, length(As,N), Head =.. [F|As], clause(so:Head,Body), As=[A|_], A==agora.
note that I coded into a module called so the facts, so I qualify with the module name the relevant calls. Such builtins (clause/2 and current_predicate/1) are ISO compliant, while modules (in SWI-prolog) are not. So I'm not sure about portability, etc...
clause/2 it's a builtin that allows for easy writing metainterprets. See the link for an awesome introduction to this Prolog historical 'point of strength'.
The 2 last calls (I mean, As=[A|_], A==agora) avoid matching clauses having a variable as first argument.
Using reading lines into lists with prolog
All your predicates are in a file 'my_file.pl'.
e.g. my_file.pl contains:
movie(agora).
director(agora, 'Alejandro Amenabar').
duration(agora, '2h').
You can use:
getLines(File,L):-
setup_call_cleanup(
open(File, read, In),
readData(In, L),
close(In)
).
readData(In, L):-
read_term(In, H, []),
( H == end_of_file
-> L = []
; L = [H|T],
readData(In,T)
).
pred_arg_file(Pred,Argue,File):-
getLines(File,L),
member(M,L),
M=..List,
member(Argue,List),
List=[Pred|_].
Then you can query:
?-pred_arg_file(Pred,agora,'my_file.pl').
Pred = movie ;
Pred = director ;
Pred = duration ;
false
or
?- findall(Pred,pred_arg_file(Pred,agora,'my_file.pl'),Preds).
Preds = [movie,director,duration].
If you want to return the properties, return the whole List not just the head.
pred_arg_file(List,Argue,File):-
getLines(File,L),
member(M,L),
M=..List,
member(Argue,List).
From my understanding you should change your data representation so that you can query the relations.As other answers have pointed out, So use triples, you can easily write code to change all your relations into this form as a one off. You then need to work out what the best way to store likes or dislikes are. This will effect how negation works. In this example:
relation(starwars,is,movie).
relation(lucas, directs,starwars).
relation(agora, is,movie).
relation('Alejandro Amenabar', directs, agora).
relation(agora, duration, '2h').
like(ma,'Alejandro Amenabar').
like(ma,movie).
like(ma,'2h').
ma_does_not_want_to_go(Film):-
relation(Film,is,movie),
relation(Film,_,Test), \+like(ma,Test).
ma_does_not_want_to_go(Film):-
relation(Film,is,movie),
relation(Test,_,Film), \+like(ma,Test).
ma_wants_to_go(Film):-
relation(Film,is,movie),
\+ma_does_not_want_to_go(Film).
sa_invites_ma(Film,true):-
ma_wants_to_go(Film).
sa_invites_ma(Film,false):-
ma_does_not_want_to_go(Film).
A draft of a solution using Logtalk with GNU Prolog as the backend compiler:
% a movie protocol
:- protocol(movie).
:- public([
director/1,
duration/1,
genre/1
]).
:- end_protocol.
% a real movie
:- object('Agora',
implements(movie)).
director('Alejandro Amenabar').
duration(120).
genre(drama).
:- end_object.
% another real movie
:- object('The Terminator',
implements(movie)).
director('James Cameron').
duration(112).
genre(syfy).
:- end_object.
% a prototype person
:- object(person).
:- public([
likes_director/1,
likes_genre/1
]).
:- public(likes/1).
likes(Movie) :-
conforms_to_protocol(Movie, movie),
( Movie::genre(Genre),
::likes_genre(Genre) ->
true
; Movie::director(Director),
::likes_director(Director) ->
true
; fail
).
:- end_object.
% a real person
:- object(mauricio,
extends(person)).
likes_director('Ridlye Scott').
likes_genre(drama).
likes_genre(syfy).
:- end_object.
Some sample queries:
$ gplgt
...
| ?- {movies}.
...
(5 ms) yes
| ?- mauricio::likes('Agora').
true ?
yes
| ?- mauricio::likes(Movie).
Movie = 'Agora' ? ;
Movie = 'The Terminator' ? ;
no
| ?- 'The Terminator'::director(Director).
Director = 'James Cameron'
yes
The code can be improved in several ways but it should be enough to give you a clear idea to evaluate this solution.
If I understood your question properly I propose the follow:
What if you change your schema or following this idea you can make a method that simulate the same thing.
class(movie, agora).
property(director, agora, 'Alejandro Amenabar').
property(duration, agora, '2h').
If do you want the types of agora, the query will be:
class(Type, agora)
If you want all the properties of agora, that will be:
property( PropertyName, agora, Value).

Writing a predicate to add atoms

I have to write a predicate to do work like following:
?- cat(north,south,X).
X = northsouth
?- cat(alley,'91',Y).
X = alley91
?-cat(7,uthah,H).
Bad Input
H = H
Please Help..
atom_concat_redefined(A1, A2, A3) :-
( nonvar(A1) -> atom_chars(A1, Chs1) ; true ),
( nonvar(A2) -> atom_chars(A2, Chs2) ; true ),
( nonvar(A1), nonvar(A2) -> true ; atom_chars(A3, Chs3) ),
append(Chs1, Chs2, Chs3),
atom_chars(A1, Chs1),
atom_chars(A2, Chs2),
atom_chars(A3, Chs3).
This definition produces the same errors in a standard conforming implementation like SICStus or GNU - there should be no other differences, apart from performance. To compare the errors use the goal:
?- catch(atom_concat_redefined(A,B,abc+1), error(E,_), true).
E = type_error(atom,abc+1).
Note the underscore in error(E,_), which hides the implementation defined differences. Implementations provide additional information in this argument, in particular, they would reveal that atom_chars/2 or atom_concat/3 produced the error.
atom_codes/2 it's the ISO approved predicate to convert between an atom and a list of codes. When you have 2 lists corresponding to first two arguments, append/3 (alas, not ISO approved, but AFAIK available in every Prolog), will get the list corresponding to third argument, then, convert that list to atom...
Note that, while append/3 is a 'pure' Prolog predicate, and can work with any instantiation pattern, atom_codes/2 requires at least one of it's argument instantiated. Here is a SWI-Prolog implementation of cat/3, 'working' a bit more generally. I hope it will inspire you to read more about Prolog...
ac(X,Xs) :- when((ground(X);ground(Xs)), atom_codes(X,Xs)).
cat(X,Y,Z) :- maplist(ac, [X,Y,Z],[Xs,Ys,Zs]), append(Xs,Ys,Zs).
edit
as noted by #false I was wrong about append/3. Now I'll try to understand better what append/3 does... wow, a so simple predicate, so behaviour rich!

Using "=" in Prolog

I'd like to know why I get an error with my SWI Prolog when I try to do this:
(signal(X) = signal(Y)) :- (terminal(X), terminal(Y), connected(X,Y)).
terminal(X) :- ((signal(X) = 1);(signal(X) = 0)).
I get the following error
Error: trabalho.pro:13: No permission to modify static procedure
'(=)/2'
It doesn't recognize the "=" in the first line, but the second one "compiles". I guess it only accepts the "=" after the :- ? Why?
Will I need to create a predicate like: "equal(x,y) :- (x = y)" for this?
Diedre - there are no 'functions' in Prolog. There are predicates. The usual pattern
goes
name(list of args to be unified) :- body of predicate .
Usually you'd want the thing on the left side of the :- operator to be a predicate
name. when you write
(signal(X) = signal(Y))
= is an operator, so you get
'='(signal(X), signal(Y))
But (we assume, it's not clear what you're doing here) that you don't really want to change equals.
Since '=' is already in the standard library, you can't redefine it (and wouldn't want to)
What you probably want is
equal_signal(X, Y) :- ... bunch of stuff... .
or
equal_signal(signal(X), signal(Y)) :- ... bunch of stuff ... .
This seems like a conceptual error problem. You need to have a conversation with somebody who understands it. I might humbly suggest you pop onto ##prolog on freenode.net or
some similar forum and get somebody to explain it.
Because = is a predefined predicate. What you actually write is (the grounding of terms using the Martelli-Montanari algorithm):
=(signal(X),signal(Y)) :- Foo.
You use predicates like functions in Prolog.
You can define something like:
terminal(X) :- signal(X,1);signal(X,0).
where signal/2 is a predicate that contains a key/value pair.
And:
equal_signal(X,Y) :- terminal(X),terminal(Y),connected(X,Y).

Prolog error in loop

I would need help about Prolog.
I posted my code, the problem is that i do not obtain the expected result.
I want planning actions for moving on table all blocks until is possible. To do this I prompt :
?- do(while(some(x, block(x) & -onTable(x)),pi(x,putOnTable(x))),s0,S).
I expect to see a response like :
S = do(putOnTable(e), do(putOnTable(b), do(putOnTable(c), s0)))
but Prolog returns "false" only. Someone can help me??
% Golog interpreter
%:- [golog_swi].
:- discontiguous clear/2, on/3, onTable/2.
:- op(800,xfy,[&]).
do(E,S,do(E,S)):- primitive_action(E),poss(a,S).
% Primitive Action Declarations.
primitive_action(putOn(_,_)).
primitive_action(putOnTable(_)).
poss(putOn(X,Y),S) :- clear(X,S), clear(Y,S), \+ on(X,Y,S), \+ X=Y.
poss(putOnTable(X),S):- clear(X,S), \+(onTable(X,S)).
% Successor State Axioms.
on(X,Y,do(A,S)):- A = putOn(X,Y); on(X,Y,S), \+ (A = putOnTable(X); A = putOn(X,_)).
onTable(X,do(A,S)) :- A = putOnTable(X); onTable(X,S), \+ A= putOn(X,_).
clear(X,do(A,S)) :- on(Y,X,S), (A = putOn(Y,_) ; A = putOnTable(Y)); clear(X,S), \+ A = putOn(_,X).
% Restore suppressed situation arguments
restoreSitArg(onTable(X),S,onTable(X,S)).
restoreSitArg(on(X,Y),S,on(X,Y,S)).
restoreSitArg(clear(X),S,clear(X,S)).
block(X):- member(X,[a,b,c,d,e]).
% iniTial COndition
onTable(a,s0).
on(b,a,s0).
on(c,b,s0).
clear(c,s0).
onTable(d,s0).
on(e,d,s0).
clear(3,s0).
thank you!!!
Your predicate do/3 cannot succeed because the goal primitive_action/1 will fail with your query.
Currently, while/2 is not described in primitive_action/1 and it seems it is missing also from your program. So you need to extend primitive_action/1 by further facts, or add a new rule to do/3. And in addition to that you need to describe what while/2 means.
This question is actually about Golog. Your mistake is pretty mundane: you didn't copy the Golog interpreter code into your source file/directory.
Golog defines a number of high-level programming constructs, including while-loops and non-deterministic picks (pi), used here. I'm sure you don't want to reinvent Golog, so just go and get it. I'm assuming that your question is part of an assignment of sorts, and your teacher probably pointed you to the Golog interpreter. Otherwise, you can always find it on the pages of the cognitive robotics group at the Univ. of Toronto: http://www.cs.toronto.edu/cogrobo/main/systems/index.html

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