Computer Science ›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 184-186.

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Solving Einstein's Puzzle with SAT

TIAN Cong,DUAN Zhen-hua,WANG Xiao-bing   

  • Online:2018-12-01 Published:2018-12-01

Abstract: Einstein Puzzle, or Zebra Puzzle, is a widely known riddle given by Einstein in the early 20th century. He said 98% people in the world cannot solve this riddle. The question is a typical logical question which can be formalized as a SAT problem. We investigated how to solve the riddle by SAT. And then the currently popular SAT solvers, such as MinSat, was employed in solving this riddle automatically.

Key words: Einstein's puzzle, Propositional logic, SAT, Verification, Formal methods

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