NAME
Algorithm::MasterMind::Secret - Minimal framework for MM secrets
SYNOPSIS
use Algorithm::MasterMind::Secret;
my $sikrit = new Algorithm::MasterMind::Secret 'ABCD';
my $blacks_whites = $sikrit->check('BBBB'}DESCRIPTION
Basically a string and a hash, caches the string in a hash so that it is faster to check against it in mastermind. This class is heavily optimized for speed, which might result in some inconvenients.
INTERFACE
new ( $string )
A string in an arbitrary alphabet, but should be the same as the ones you will use to solve
check( $string )
Checks a combination against the secret code, returning a hashref with the number of blacks (correct in position) and whites (correct in color, not position). The string must be a variable. So don't count on the variable after the call.
check_secret( $secret )
Same as above, but the argument must be a Algorithm::Mastermind::Secret.
string()
Returns the string corresponding to this secret.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Algorithm::MasterMind requires no configuration files or environment variables.
DEPENDENCIES
Algorithm::Evolutionary, but only for one of the strategies. Algorithm::Combinatorics, used to generate combinations and for exhaustive search strategies.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-algorithm-mastermind@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
SEE ALSO
Other modules in CPAN which you might find more useful than this one are at Games::Mastermind::Solver, which I didn't use and extend for no reason, although I should. Also Games::Mastermind::Cracker
You can try and play this game at http://geneura.ugr.es/~jmerelo/GenMM/mm-eda.cgi, restricted to 4 pegs and 6 colors. The program mm-eda.cgi should also be available in the apps directory of this distribution.
The development of this projects is hosted at sourceforge, https://sourceforge.net/projects/opeal/develop, check it out for the latest bleeding edge release.
If you use any of these modules for your own research, we would very grateful if you would reference the papers that describe this, such as this one:
@article{merelo2010finding,
title={{Finding Better Solutions to the Mastermind Puzzle Using Evolutionary Algorithms}},
author={Merelo-Guerv{\'o}s, J. and Runarsson, T.},
journal={Applications of Evolutionary Computation},
pages={121--130},
year={2010},
publisher={Springer}
}AUTHOR
JJ Merelo <jj@merelo.net>
LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009, JJ Merelo <jj@merelo.net>. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.
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