Research Article

A Hybrid alldifferent-Tabu Search Algorithm for Solving Sudoku Puzzles

Table 2

Comparison of effectiveness by filtering techniques.

Difficulty group Difficulty subgroup % Domain reduction % Domain reduction
alldifferent AC-3

Easy 1 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
2 100% 100% 100% 79% 100% 100%
E 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Easy 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Medium 3 100% 100% 89% 92% 74% 82%
4 86% 100% 82% 75% 75% 76%
5 87% 100% 80% 73% 74% 79%
C 100% 100% 100% 88% 100% 100%
D 75% 100% 100% 68% 73% 77%
Medium 100% 100% 100% 81% 78% 76%

Difficult SD 80% 80% 84% 69% 68% 68%
Hard 68% 87% 100% 66% 74% 68%

Most difficult AI Escargot 71% 70%