j-puzzle-2011_experiments package
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(c) 2011 Pavel Surynek, Petr Michalík


This is an experimental package for the article:

An Improved Sub-optimal Algorithm for Solving (N^2-1)-Puzzle

by Pavel Surynek and Petr Michalík

The purpose of this package is to allow full reproducibility of results presented in the paper. The complete
source code as well as experimental data in the raw form are provided. The reader of the paper can easily check
the results by himself. The package is intended to be archived on this web for as long as possible.

Experimental data was obtained on Intel Core2 3.0GHz CPU, 2 GiB of RAM, under Windows XP, 32-bit edition


Directory	Content
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data		Contains experimental data used in the article.
		Data are in the form of excel tables.

source		Contains source code of all the tested algorithms, namely
		source code for snake-based algorithm and algorithm of Parberry;
		test instance generator is also available.

exe		Executable of the program for conducting tests.