[erlang-questions 79] Re: A sudoku solver in Erlang compared to Python
Andreas Pauley
apauley@REDACTED
Mon Mar 28 11:59:17 CEST 2011
Wow, ct_expand made quite a big difference:
https://github.com/apauley/sudoku-in-erlang/commit/10cb1a106d6a1681155b64b158a21bfcf9b0488e
Solved 50 of 50 puzzles from easy50.txt in 1.277456 secs (39.14 Hz)
(92538 total eliminations, avg 1850.76, median 1811, max 2628, min 1767).
Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 8.024644 secs (11.84 Hz)
(901201 total eliminations, avg 9486.33, median 6267, max 56820, min 1792).
Solved 11 of 11 puzzles from hardest.txt in 0.384212 secs (28.63 Hz)
(33653 total eliminations, avg 3059.36, median 3023, max 5346, min 1786).
Previously:
Solved 50 of 50 puzzles from easy50.txt in 1.960654 secs (25.50 Hz)
(92538 total eliminations, avg 1850.76, median 1811, max 2628, min 1767).
Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 13.472294 secs (7.05 Hz)
(901201 total eliminations, avg 9486.33, median 6267, max 56820,
min 1792).
Solved 11 of 11 puzzles from hardest.txt in 0.600741 secs (18.31 Hz)
(33653 total eliminations, avg 3059.36, median 3023, max 5346, min 1786).
I don't see the same speeds as other people, but I guess it's because
my Macbook only has 2 cores.
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Evans, Matthew <mevans@REDACTED> wrote:
> Awesome point, I was going to actually suggest that since this is all calculating static data he just pre-calculates it and puts it in a -define. Or even better, if he is brave he could write a parse transform.
>
> Using Ulf's ct_expand module (http://forum.trapexit.org/viewtopic.php?p=20260) I get even better performance:
>
> Without the parse transform (but using native):
>
> 4> sudoku:print_results("top95.txt", "\n").
> Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 0.827966 secs (114.74 Hz)
> (901201 total eliminations, avg 9486.33, median 6267, max 56820, min 1792).
> ok
>
>
> With a parse transform:
>
> 2> sudoku:print_results("top95.txt", "\n").
> Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 0.469908 secs (202.17 Hz)
> (901201 total eliminations, avg 9486.33, median 6267, max 56820, min 1792).
>
>
> The code looks like:
>
> -compile({parse_transform, ct_expand}).
>
>
> squares() ->
> %% Returns a list of 81 square names, including "A1" etc.
> ct_expand:term(
> [[X,Y] || X <- "ABCDEFGHI", Y <- "123456789"]
> ).
> col_squares() ->
> %% All the square names for each column.
> ct_expand:term(
> [[[X,Y] || X <- "ABCDEFGHI", Y <- [C]] || C <- "123456789"]
> ).
> row_squares() ->
> %% All the square names for each row.
> ct_expand:term(
> [[[X,Y] || X <- [R], Y <- "123456789"] || R <- "ABCDEFGHI"]
> ).
> box_squares() ->
> %% All the square names for each box.
> ct_expand:term(
> [[[X,Y] || X <- R, Y <- C] || R <- ["ABC", "DEF", "GHI"], C <- ["123", "456", "789"]]
> ).
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Ahmed Omar [spawn.think@REDACTED]
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:39 PM
> To: Evans, Matthew
> Cc: Andreas Pauley; erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions 20] Re: A sudoku solver in Erlang compared to Python
>
> BTW, beside looking into reducing eleminations (which requires deep dive), if u do some time profiling using eprof u will find that most of the time spent actually in the cross functions
> sudoku:'-cross/2-lc$^1/1-1-'/4 96558660 37.46 35024918 [ 0.36]
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Ahmed Omar <spawn.think@REDACTED<mailto:spawn.think@REDACTED>> wrote:
> actually instead of doing
>
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> NonUniquePeers = shallow_flatten([S || S <- units(Square)]),
>
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>
> PeerSet = sets:from_list(NonUniquePeers),
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> PeersWithSelf = sets:to_list(PeerSet),
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> can't u just do
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> PeersWithSelf = lists:usort(NonUniquePeers).
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> ?
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> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Evans, Matthew <mevans@REDACTED<mailto:mevans@REDACTED>> wrote:
> Good call....gb_sets should be faster. Compiled to native it runs faster still
>
> 9> sudoku:print_results("top95.txt", "\n").
> Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 0.810156 secs (117.26 Hz)
> (901201 total eliminations, avg 9486.33, median 6267, max 56820, min 1792).
> ok
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Ahmed Omar [spawn.think@REDACTED<mailto:spawn.think@REDACTED>]
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 3:08 PM
> To: Andreas Pauley
> Cc: Evans, Matthew; erlang-questions@REDACTED<mailto:erlang-questions@REDACTED>
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions 20] Re: A sudoku solver in Erlang compared to Python
>
> using gb_sets instead of sets could decrease eliminations a bit and give u some boost. However, i didn't dive deeper into the code or the algorithm.
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Andreas Pauley <apauley@REDACTED<mailto:apauley@REDACTED><mailto:apauley@REDACTED<mailto:apauley@REDACTED>>> wrote:
> Thanks, I've changed the compile options and this definitely makes it
> somewhat faster:
> https://github.com/apauley/sudoku-in-erlang/commit/b7ce2abb6ca013850ed8f3e8fd7f5f6be7004cbb
>
> Strangely the native flag is not documented here:
> http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/compile.html#file-2
>
> The more interesting improvement would be to decrease the number of
> eliminations performed, but for that I'll have to go deep into the
> code :-)
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Evans, Matthew <mevans@REDACTED<mailto:mevans@REDACTED><mailto:mevans@REDACTED<mailto:mevans@REDACTED>>> wrote:
>> Without going deep into the code, one thing to try is compile with the native flag (running the tests from the VM shell here):
>>
>> Without native set:
>> 18> c(sudoku).
>> {ok,sudoku}
>> 19> sudoku:print_results("top95.txt", "\n").
>> Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 2.038825 secs (46.60 Hz)
>> (922678 total eliminations, avg 9712.40, median 6596, max 55370, min 1797).
>> ok
>>
>>
>> With native set:
>> 20> c(sudoku,[native]).
>> {ok,sudoku}
>> 21> sudoku:print_results("top95.txt", "\n").
>> Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 1.613416 secs (58.88 Hz)
>> (922678 total eliminations, avg 9712.40, median 6596, max 55370, min 1797).
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED<mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED><mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED<mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED>> [mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED<mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED><mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED<mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED>>] On Behalf Of Andreas Pauley
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>> To: erlang-questions@REDACTED<mailto:erlang-questions@REDACTED><mailto:erlang-questions@REDACTED<mailto:erlang-questions@REDACTED>>
>> Subject: [erlang-questions 4] A sudoku solver in Erlang compared to Python
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In my quest to learn Erlang I've translated Peter Norvig's sudoku
>> solver into Erlang:
>> https://github.com/apauley/sudoku-in-erlang
>>
>> For comparison, my slightly modified version of Norvig's Python code
>> can be found here:
>> https://github.com/apauley/sudoku-by-norvig
>>
>> I like the pattern matching, it was fun to do the entire solution
>> without a single if or case statement :-)
>> Something that bothers me though is that the Python solution seems to
>> be faster, even after I've made the Erlang solution use multiple
>> processors.
>>
>> In order to compare the two solutions I counted the number of
>> eliminations each performed.
>> The eliminate function is the core of the solution, for example
>> assigning a single value to a square is implemented as the elimination
>> of all other values.
>>
>> With the Erlang implementation I get:
>> sudoku-in-erlang$ ./sudoku
>> All tests passed :-)
>> Solved 50 of 50 puzzles from easy50.txt in 2.890978 secs (17.30 Hz)
>> (93403 total eliminations, avg 1868.06, median 1810, max 2517, min 1770).
>> Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 22.004369 secs (4.32 Hz)
>> (922678 total eliminations, avg 9712.40, median 6596, max 55370, min 1797).
>> Solved 11 of 11 puzzles from hardest.txt in 0.851678 secs (12.92 Hz)
>> (32339 total eliminations, avg 2939.91, median 2894, max 4779, min 1781).
>>
>> And with the Python implementation:
>> sudoku-by-norvig$ ./sudoku.py
>> All tests pass.
>> Solved 50 of 50 puzzles from easy50.txt in 0.792008 secs (63.13 Hz)
>> (33059 total eliminations, avg 661.00, median 648, max 830, min 648).
>> Solved 95 of 95 puzzles from top95.txt in 5.903875 secs (16.09 Hz)
>> (221997 total eliminations, avg 2336.00, median 1492, max 11512, min 648).
>> Solved 11 of 11 puzzles from hardest.txt in 0.237532 secs (46.31 Hz)
>> (9436 total eliminations, avg 857.00, median 817, max 1198, min 648).
>>
>> So according to the stats above, the Python solution performs less
>> computations when given exactly the same input.
>> The Erlang code is as close to the Python as I could make it, I've
>> done more or less a direct translation of the algorithms used.
>>
>> I suspect that there are some lazy evaluation happening in the Python
>> version, possibly generators, although I haven't pinpointed it yet.
>>
>> How can I improve my Erlang code in this solution?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Andreas
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