aimacode · norvig · Mar 3, 2017 · Mar 1, 2017 · Mar 1, 2017 · Mar 1, 2017
diff --git a/agents.py b/agents.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class Direction():
             To change directions:
             d = d + "right" or d = d + Direction.R #Both do the same thing
             Note that the argument to __add__ must be a string and not a Direction object.
-            Also, it (the argument) can only be right or left. '''
+            Also, it (the argument) can only be right or left.'''
 
     R = "right"
     L = "left"
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ def default_location(self, thing):
         return (random.choice(self.width), random.choice(self.height))
 
     def move_to(self, thing, destination):
-        '''Move a thing to a new location. Returns True on success or False if there is an Obstacle
-            If thing is grabbing anything, they move with him '''
+        '''Move a thing to a new location. Returns True on success or False if there is an Obstacle.
+            If thing is holding anything, they move with him.'''
         thing.bump = self.some_things_at(destination, Obstacle)
         if not thing.bump:
             thing.location = destination
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ def move_to(self, thing, destination):
     def add_thing(self, thing, location=(1, 1), exclude_duplicate_class_items=False):
         '''Adds things to the world.
             If (exclude_duplicate_class_items) then the item won't be added if the location
-            has at least one item of the same class'''
+            has at least one item of the same class.'''
         if (self.is_inbounds(location)):
             if (exclude_duplicate_class_items and
                 any(isinstance(t, thing.__class__) for t in self.list_things_at(location))):
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class Wall(Obstacle):
 # Continuous environment
 
 class ContinuousWorld(Environment):
-    """ Model for Continuous World. """
+    """ Model for Continuous World."""
     def __init__(self, width=10, height=10):
         super(ContinuousWorld, self).__init__()
         self.width = width
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ def add_obstacle(self, coordinates):
 
 class PolygonObstacle(Obstacle):
     def __init__(self, coordinates):
-        """ Coordinates is a list of tuples. """
+        """ Coordinates is a list of tuples."""
         super(PolygonObstacle, self).__init__()
         self.coordinates = coordinates
 
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ def init_world(self, program):
         self.add_thing(Explorer(program), (1, 1), True)
 
     def get_world(self, show_walls=True):
-        '''returns the items in the world'''
+        '''Returns the items in the world'''
         result = []
         x_start, y_start = (0, 0) if show_walls else (1, 1)
         x_end, y_end = (self.width, self.height) if show_walls else (self.width - 1, self.height - 1)
@@ -765,8 +765,8 @@ def percept(self, agent):
         return result
 
     def execute_action(self, agent, action):
-        '''Modify the state of the environment based on the agent's actions
-            Performance score taken directly out of the book'''
+        '''Modify the state of the environment based on the agent's actions.
+            Performance score taken directly out of the book.'''
 
         if isinstance(agent, Explorer) and self.in_danger(agent):
             return
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ def in_danger(self, agent):
 
     def is_done(self):
         '''The game is over when the Explorer is killed
-            or if he climbs out of the cave only at (1,1)'''
+            or if he climbs out of the cave only at (1,1).'''
         explorer = [agent for agent in self.agents if isinstance(agent, Explorer) ]
         if len(explorer):
                 if explorer[0].alive:

diff --git a/canvas.py b/canvas.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 class Canvas:
     """Inherit from this class to manage the HTML canvas element in jupyter notebooks.
     To create an object of this class any_name_xyz = Canvas("any_name_xyz")
-    The first argument given must be the name of the object being create
-    IPython must be able to refernce the variable name that is being passed
+    The first argument given must be the name of the object being created.
+    IPython must be able to refernce the variable name that is being passed.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, varname, id=None, width=800, height=600):

diff --git a/grid.py b/grid.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # OK, the following are not as widely useful utilities as some of the other
 # functions here, but they do show up wherever we have 2D grids: Wumpus and
-# Vacuum worlds, TicTacToe and Checkers, and markov decision Processes.
+# Vacuum worlds, TicTacToe and Checkers, and Markov Decision Processes.
 # __________________________________________________________________________
 import math
 

diff --git a/learning.py b/learning.py
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ def __init__(self, weights=None, inputs=None):
 
 def network(input_units, hidden_layer_sizes, output_units):
     """
-    Create of Directed Acyclic Network of given number layers
+    Create Directed Acyclic Network of given number layers.
     hidden_layers_sizes : list number of neuron units in each hidden layer
-    excluding input and output layers.
+    excluding input and output layers
     """
     # Check for PerceptronLearner
     if hidden_layer_sizes:
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def network(input_units, hidden_layer_sizes, output_units):
 
 
 def BackPropagationLearner(dataset, net, learning_rate, epoches):
-    "[Figure 18.23] The back-propagation algorithm for multilayer network"
+    """[Figure 18.23] The back-propagation algorithm for multilayer network"""
     # Initialise weights
     for layer in net:
         for node in layer:
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ def cross_validation_wrapper(learner, dataset, k=10, trials=1):
     """
     Fig 18.8
     Return the optimal value of size having minimum error
-    on validataion set
+    on validataion set.
     err_train: a training error array, indexed by size
     err_val: a validataion error array, indexed by size
     """

diff --git a/logic.py b/logic.py
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ def sat_count(sym):
 
 class HybridWumpusAgent(agents.Agent):
 
-    "An agent for the wumpus world that does logical inference. [Figure 7.20]"""
+    """An agent for the wumpus world that does logical inference. [Figure 7.20]"""
 
     def __init__(self):
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ def unify(x, y, s):
 
 
 def is_variable(x):
-    "A variable is an Expr with no args and a lowercase symbol as the op."
+    """A variable is an Expr with no args and a lowercase symbol as the op."""
     return isinstance(x, Expr) and not x.args and x.op[0].islower()
 
 
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ def occur_check(var, x, s):
 
 
 def extend(s, var, val):
-    "Copy the substitution s and extend it by setting var to val; return copy."
+    """Copy the substitution s and extend it by setting var to val; return copy."""
     s2 = s.copy()
     s2[var] = val
     return s2
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ def fetch_rules_for_goal(self, goal):
 
 def fol_bc_ask(KB, query):
     """A simple backward-chaining algorithm for first-order logic. [Figure 9.6]
-    KB should be an instance of FolKB, and query an atomic sentence. """
+    KB should be an instance of FolKB, and query an atomic sentence."""
     return fol_bc_or(KB, query, {})
 
 
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ def diff(y, x):
 
 
 def simp(x):
-    "Simplify the expression x."
+    """Simplify the expression x."""
     if isnumber(x) or not x.args:
         return x
     args = list(map(simp, x.args))
@@ -1058,5 +1058,5 @@ def simp(x):
 
 
 def d(y, x):
-    "Differentiate and then simplify."
+    """Differentiate and then simplify."""
     return simp(diff(y, x))
diff --git a/mdp.py b/mdp.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def T(self, state, action):
                     (0.1, self.go(state, turn_left(action)))]
 
     def go(self, state, direction):
-        "Return the state that results from going in this direction."
+        """Return the state that results from going in this direction."""
         state1 = vector_add(state, direction)
         return state1 if state1 in self.states else state
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def to_arrows(self, policy):
 
 
 def value_iteration(mdp, epsilon=0.001):
-    "Solving an MDP by value iteration. [Figure 17.4]"
+    """Solving an MDP by value iteration. [Figure 17.4]"""
     U1 = {s: 0 for s in mdp.states}
     R, T, gamma = mdp.R, mdp.T, mdp.gamma
     while True:
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ def best_policy(mdp, U):
 
 
 def expected_utility(a, s, U, mdp):
-    "The expected utility of doing a in state s, according to the MDP and U."
+    """The expected utility of doing a in state s, according to the MDP and U."""
     return sum([p * U[s1] for (p, s1) in mdp.T(s, a)])
 
 # ______________________________________________________________________________
 
 
 def policy_iteration(mdp):
-    "Solve an MDP by policy iteration [Figure 17.7]"
+    """Solve an MDP by policy iteration [Figure 17.7]"""
     U = {s: 0 for s in mdp.states}
     pi = {s: random.choice(mdp.actions(s)) for s in mdp.states}
     while True:

diff --git a/nlp.py b/nlp.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def Lexicon(**rules):
 class Grammar:
 
     def __init__(self, name, rules, lexicon):
-        "A grammar has a set of rules and a lexicon."
+        """A grammar has a set of rules and a lexicon."""
         self.name = name
         self.rules = rules
         self.lexicon = lexicon
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ def __init__(self, name, rules, lexicon):
                 self.categories[word].append(lhs)
 
     def rewrites_for(self, cat):
-        "Return a sequence of possible rhs's that cat can be rewritten as."
+        """Return a sequence of possible rhs's that cat can be rewritten as."""
         return self.rules.get(cat, ())
 
     def isa(self, word, cat):
-        "Return True iff word is of category cat"
+        """Return True iff word is of category cat"""
         return cat in self.categories[word]
 
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ def expand_pages( pages ):
     return expanded
 
 def relevant_pages(query):
-    """relevant pages are pages that contain the query in its entireity.
-    If a page's content contains the query it is returned by the function"""
+    """Relevant pages are pages that contain the query in its entireity.
+    If a page's content contains the query it is returned by the function."""
     relevant = {}
     print("pagesContent in function: ", pagesContent)
     for addr, page in pagesIndex.items():

diff --git a/planning.py b/planning.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 class PDLL:
     """
-    PDLL used to define a search problem
-    It stores states in a knowledge base consisting of first order logic statements
-    The conjunction of these logical statements completely define a state
+    PDLL used to define a search problem.
+    It stores states in a knowledge base consisting of first order logic statements.
+    The conjunction of these logical statements completely defines a state.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, initial_state, actions, goal_test):
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def goal_test(self):
 
     def act(self, action):
         """
-        Performs the action given as argument
+        Performs the action given as argument.
         Note that action is an Expr like expr('Remove(Glass, Table)') or expr('Eat(Sandwich)')
         """
         action_name = action.op
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ def act(self, action):
 
 class Action:
     """
-    Defines an action schema using preconditions and effects
-    Use this to describe actions in PDDL
-    action is an Expr where variables are given as arguments(args)
-    Precondition and effect are both lists with positive and negated literals
+    Defines an action schema using preconditions and effects.
+    Use this to describe actions in PDDL.
+    action is an Expr where variables are given as arguments(args).
+    Precondition and effect are both lists with positive and negated literals.
     Example:
     precond_pos = [expr("Human(person)"), expr("Hungry(Person)")]
     precond_neg = [expr("Eaten(food)")]

diff --git a/probability.py b/probability.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def pointwise_product(factors, bn):
 
 
 def sum_out(var, factors, bn):
-    "Eliminate var from all factors by summing over its values."
+    """Eliminate var from all factors by summing over its values."""
     result, var_factors = [], []
     for f in factors:
         (var_factors if var in f.variables else result).append(f)
@@ -367,40 +367,40 @@ def sum_out(var, factors, bn):
 
 class Factor:
 
-    "A factor in a joint distribution."
+    """A factor in a joint distribution."""
 
     def __init__(self, variables, cpt):
         self.variables = variables
         self.cpt = cpt
 
     def pointwise_product(self, other, bn):
-        "Multiply two factors, combining their variables."
+        """Multiply two factors, combining their variables."""
         variables = list(set(self.variables) | set(other.variables))
         cpt = {event_values(e, variables): self.p(e) * other.p(e)
                for e in all_events(variables, bn, {})}
         return Factor(variables, cpt)
 
     def sum_out(self, var, bn):
-        "Make a factor eliminating var by summing over its values."
+        """Make a factor eliminating var by summing over its values."""
         variables = [X for X in self.variables if X != var]
         cpt = {event_values(e, variables): sum(self.p(extend(e, var, val))
                                                for val in bn.variable_values(var))
                for e in all_events(variables, bn, {})}
         return Factor(variables, cpt)
 
     def normalize(self):
-        "Return my probabilities; must be down to one variable."
+        """Return my probabilities; must be down to one variable."""
         assert len(self.variables) == 1
         return ProbDist(self.variables[0],
                         {k: v for ((k,), v) in self.cpt.items()})
 
     def p(self, e):
-        "Look up my value tabulated for e."
+        """Look up my value tabulated for e."""
         return self.cpt[event_values(e, self.variables)]
 
 
 def all_events(variables, bn, e):
-    "Yield every way of extending e with values for all variables."
+    """Yield every way of extending e with values for all variables."""
     if not variables:
         yield e
     else:
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def rejection_sampling(X, e, bn, N):
 
 
 def consistent_with(event, evidence):
-    "Is event consistent with the given evidence?"
+    """Is event consistent with the given evidence?"""
     return all(evidence.get(k, v) == v
                for k, v in event.items())
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ def markov_blanket_sample(X, e, bn):
 
 class HiddenMarkovModel:
 
-    """ A Hidden markov model which takes Transition model and Sensor model as inputs"""
+    """A Hidden markov model which takes Transition model and Sensor model as inputs"""
 
     def __init__(self, transition_model, sensor_model, prior=[0.5, 0.5]):
         self.transition_model = transition_model

diff --git a/rl.py b/rl.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def __init__(self, init, actlist, terminals, gamma, states):
 
         def T(self, s, a):
             """Returns a list of tuples with probabilities for states
-            based on the learnt model P. """
+            based on the learnt model P."""
             return [(prob, res) for (res, prob) in self.P[(s, a)].items()]
 
     def __init__(self, pi, mdp):
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ def __call__(self, percept):
 
     def update_state(self, percept):
         ''' To be overridden in most cases. The default case
-        assumes th percept to be of type (state, reward)'''
+        assumes the percept to be of type (state, reward)'''
         return percept
 
 
 class PassiveTDAgent:
     """The abstract class for a Passive (non-learning) agent that uses
     temporal differences to learn utility estimates. Override update_state
     method to convert percept to state and reward. The mdp being provided
-    should be an instance of a subclass of the MDP Class.[Figure 21.4]
+    should be an instance of a subclass of the MDP Class. [Figure 21.4]
     """
 
     def __init__(self, pi, mdp, alpha=None):
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def __call__(self, percept):
 
     def update_state(self, percept):
         ''' To be overridden in most cases. The default case
-        assumes th percept to be of type (state, reward)'''
+        assumes the percept to be of type (state, reward)'''
         return percept