LinkedIn Puzzle Game Helpers

Queens

• A quantum solver that uses D-WAVE's CQM (Constrained Quadratic Model) quantum annealer
• Flow:
  • Read the input file and build a dictionary of regions
  • Create a ConstrainedQuadraticModel and add contraints
    • Only one queen per row and column
    • No 2 queens adjacent to each other
    • No 2 queens in the same region
  • Use the LeapHybridCQMSampler and find solutions (there should be only one)
  • Print the solution
• Input: problems.txt (grid where 2 spots having the same number mean the same region)

Tango

Quantum

• A quantum solver that uses D-WAVE's CQM (Constrained Quadratic Model) quantum annealer
• Flow:
  • Read the input file and find fixed suns/moons and links (x and =)
  • Create a ConstrainedQuadraticModel and add contraints
    • Fixed suns/moons
    • Same number of suns and moons in each row and column
    • No 2 suns or moons adjacent to each other in a row or column
    • Links
  • Use the LeapHybridCQMSampler and find solutions (there should be only one)
  • Print the solution
• Input: problems.txt
  • Grid where S means sun, M means moon, comma (only) separated
  • Afterwards, links are in the format: x1,y1,x2,y2,[link] where [link] is either x or =

Brute Force

• GUI using Macroquad
• Usage:
  • Left click on a square to toggle between sun, moon, and empty
  • Right click on a square then an adjacent square to toggle between x and =
  • Press space to trigger the solver
• It's really really slow though