Consider the problem of constructing (not solving) crossword puzzles:5 fitting words into a rectangular grid. The grid, which is given as part of the problem, specifies which squares are blank and which are shaded. Assume that a list of words (i.e., a dictionary) is provided and that the task is to fill in the blank squares by using any subset of the list. Formulate this problem precisely in two ways: a. As a general search problem. Choose an appropriate search algorithm and specify a heuristic function. Is it better to fill in blanks one letter at a time or one word at a time? b. As a constraint satisfaction problem. Should the variables be words or letters?

Consider the problem of constructing (not solving) crossword puzzles:5

1.	Consider the problem of constructing (not solving) crossword puzzles:5 fitting words into a rectangular grid. The grid, which is given as part of the problem, specifies which squares are blank and which are shaded. Assume that a list of words (i.e., a dictionary) is provided and that the task is to fill in the blank squares by using any subset of the list. Formulate this problem precisely in two ways: a. As a general search problem. Choose an appropriate search algorithm and specify a heuristic function. Is it better to fill in blanks one letter at a time or one word at a time? b. As a constraint satisfaction problem. Should the variables be words or letters?
Answer» Consider the problem of constructing (not solving) crossword puzzles:5 fitting words into a rectangular grid. The grid, which is given as part of the problem, specifies which SQUARES are blank and which are shaded. Assume that a list of words (i.e., a dictionary) is provided and that the task is to fill in the blank squares by using any subset of the list. Formulate this problem PRECISELY in two ways: a. As a general SEARCH problem. Choose an appropriate search ALGORITHM and specify a heuristic function. Is it better to fill in blanks one letter at a TIME or one word at a time? b. As a constraint satisfaction problem. Should the variables be words or letters?