Theoretical analysis

Applet Description

Applet Source Code

Application Code

We believe that neural information (combined with classical symbolic technics) can outperform symbolic algorithmic heuristics mantaining solution optimality very close to 100%. We present here a simple version of the application with which we generated, trained and tested neural heuristics. This applet can give an intuitive taste of this idea. Just be carefull, 15-tile and 24-tile puzzles are really difficult and could take minutes/hours/… to be solved.

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