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In progress: go back to nissy-style BFS for eosep data computation
- (done) compute selfsim and cocsep representatives
- (done) implement set_eo_fast for invcoord_h48
- add unit tests for invcoord_h48 (compute tables, if needed)
- in gendata_esep, compute representatives for esep inverse coordinate
- change to BFS
TODO pruning tables:
- four different ruotines for k=4,2,1 for eoesep
- try: do not compute CO, but use its binary representation
(x8 memory for cocsep)
(isn't this already done?)
numbers so far (eoesep h=0, k=0):
0 1
1 1
2 4
3 34
4 331
5 3612
6 41605
7 474128
8 4953846
9 34776317
TODO checkdata (available from cube.h) and hash check for cocsep
TODO benchmarks for solve and table generation
## H48 optimal solver (some has already been implemented)
First compute co + csep. Use csep as a binary number (2^7 instead of 70,
loose a factor of 1.8 but still fits in a few megabytes or less). Use
co + csep as an index in a table whose entries have: 6 bits for ttrep,
12 bits for rep, 4 bits for pruning. Optionally, 4 more bits could be
used for the base of the pruning table, if we want to have a different
base for each corner state; but probably not useful.
If the first pruning is enough, or if the base value of the pruning table
(see below) is too low, do not compute the full coordinate (which includes
epsep + partial EO, 12 different sizes depending on how many edges).
Otherwise, transform edges only using ttrep and compute full coordinate.
Look up in table. 3 types of table:
1. 4 bits per entry, full pruning table
2. 3 bits with base value (let's try, why not)
3. 2 bits with base value, nxopt style
4. 1 bit per entry, telling only if more or less than mid value
Types 2-4 require benchmarks, a lot of them.
Inverse probing (no need to compute inverse, compute one at the beginning
and keep adding premoves); better do first part of pruning for both
normal and inverse and only then search in the full table.
If inverse probing gives tight bound, reduce branching factor, optionally
switch. Here NISS may be useful.
## Other solvers
* nxopt (various sizes, for comparison; also use base value probing
and benchmarking)
* Coordinate solver for replacing nissy backend (specify in the comments
that coordinates return 0 if solved)
* simple solver with small table for short solutions
## ARM NEON intrinsics and other architectures
* For ARM: use two uint8x16_t (or uint8x16x2_t) and vqtbl* instructions;
see https://developer.arm.com/architectures/instruction-sets/intrinsics
* Implement also SSE? Why not...
## Optimizations
* Moves: don't do full compose for U*, D*, *2 (I removed this because I
was using shuffle intructions wrong, should re-do it)
* transform edges only for h48 coord calculation
* ptable: since it is fully symmetric, do only U or U2 at depth 1
* use threads: how to detect at runtime? what is sane number to default to?
pthreads or threads.h?
* multisolve with adaptive threading
* Trans: don't do full compose, for some trans composing perm is enough.
Split out sumco() as a separate function and refactor, optimize.
* Use multi-move (up to 4/5 moves at once)
* see if vcube's method to flip all corners is better
* find a better way for computing the inverse?
## Improvements and other things
* Rename to libnissy (prefix public functions with nissy_?)
* add centers (and slice moves and rotations)
for avx2: centers in the same lane as corners, numbered from 9 to 14
* for CO: move to bits 5 and 6, no need for padding bit
* manipulate move sequences (invert, unniss, cleanup, mirror / transform...)
* NISS: Add mask to moves (e.g. U | NISS where NISS = 32 or something);
adapt readmoves and writemoves.
* More I/O formats:
reid format
nissy
ascii art (color = 1 letter? color print?)
twizzle binary https://www.experiments.cubing.net/cubing.js/spec/binary/
## "Front-end"
* Write adapter code for other languages:
python
hare (see blog post 2023-12-01 for ffi)
rust, go
dart ffi, js
java
* add also example code (e.g. an optimal solver) in examples/
## More documentation?
* Add documentation comments inside cube.c?
* Copy this to cube.c
Transformations can be either simple rotations or a rotation composed
with a mirroring. A composed rotation + mirror is obtained by applying
the corresponding rotation to the solved cube mirrored along the M plane.
For example, to apply the transformation RBm (mirrored RB) to a cube C:
1. Apply a mirror along the M plane to the solved cube
2. Rotate the mirrored cube with z' y2
3. Apply the cube C to the transformed solved cube
4. Apply the transformations of step 1a and 1b in reverse
## Future work?
* A* on GPU? https://github.com/mwarzynski/uw_parallel_a_star
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