Beispiel #1
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def verify_plan(planning_problem, plan):
    """
    Checks whether the given plan is a correct plan for the given planning problem.

    Parameters:
        planning_problem (PlanningProblem): The planning problem for which the plan
        is to be checked.
        plan (list(Expr)): The plan that is to be checked.

    Returns:
        (bool): Whether the plan achieves the goals of the planning problem when applied
        to the initial state in the planning problem.
    """

    # Make a copy of the problem
    copy = copy_planning_problem(planning_problem)
    # Execute the actions on the copy
    try:
        for action in plan:
            copy.act(expr(action))
    except:
        # If something goes wrong, it is not a correct plan
        return False
    # Return whether the goal is satisfied
    return copy.goal_test()
Beispiel #2
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 def on_model(model):
     for atom in model.symbols(shown=True):
         idx = atom.arguments[1].number - 1
         plan[idx] = expr(atom.arguments[0].name.swapcase())
     # plan = [str(atom) for atom in model.symbols(shown=True)]
     # plan.sort()
     print("Answer set:", plan)
Beispiel #3
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    def encode_goals_ASP(planning_problem):
        """
        Method for encoding the goals into ASP
        input: planning problem in PDDL
        returns: planning problem in ASP encoding
        """
        asp_code = ""
        goallist = []
        for goal in planning_problem.goals:
            if str(
                    goal
            )[0] == '~':  #check if a negation is present to alter rule to not state
                goal = expr(str(goal)[1:])
                goallist += [
                    "not state(Time, {})".format(goal.__repr__().swapcase())
                ]
            else:
                goallist += [
                    "state(Time, {})".format(goal.__repr__().swapcase())
                ]

        #add all goal rules, constraints and optimizations
        asp_code += "goal(Time) :- " + "{}. \n".format(', '.join(goallist))
        asp_code += "goal_saved(Time) :- goal(Time). \n"
        asp_code += "goal_saved(Time) :- time(Time), goal_saved(Time-1). \n"
        #constraint
        asp_code += ":- time(Time), not goal(_). \n"
        #optimization statement
        asp_code += "#minimize{Time : goal(Time)}. \n"
        #show the chosen in answer set
        asp_code += '#show chosen/2. \n'

        return asp_code
def encode_actions(planning_problem):
    action_rules = ""
    for action in planning_problem.actions:
        available_rule = "available(T,{}) :- not goal(T), time(T)".format(
            parse_action(action))
        if action.precond == []:
            available_rule = "available(T,{}) :- time(T), not goal(T)".format(
                parse_action(action))
        else:
            for precond in action.precond:
                # prevents unsafe variable...
                if str(precond)[0] == '~':
                    precond = expr(str(precond)[1:])
                    available_rule += ", not state(T,{})".format(
                        parse_expression(precond))
                else:
                    available_rule += ", state(T,{})".format(
                        parse_expression(precond))

        fluent_rule = "state(T,S) :- time(T), state(T-1,S), chosen(T-1,{})".format(
            parse_action(action))
        effect_rule = ""
        for effect in action.effect:
            if str(effect)[0] == '~':
                fluent_rule += ", S!={}".format(parse_action(effect))
            else:
                effect_rule += "state(T,{}) :- time(T), chosen(T-1,{}).\n".format(
                    parse_action(effect), parse_action(action))

        action_rules += effect_rule + (fluent_rule + ".\n") + (available_rule +
                                                               ".\n")

    return action_rules
Beispiel #5
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def read_problem_from_file(filename):

    # Auxiliary function to parse a string of the form (prefix + "rest")
    # If string is of this form, it returns True,"rest"
    # Otherwise, it returns False,""
    def remove_prefix_if_possible(line, prefix):
        if line[0:len(prefix)] == prefix:
            return True,line[len(prefix):];
        else:
            return False,"";

    try:
        file = open(filename, "r");
        # Initialize
        initial_str = "";
        goals_str = "";
        t_max_str = "20"; # default value is 20
        actions_list = [];
        # Read the file line by line
        for line in file.readlines():
            stripped_line = line.strip();
            if stripped_line != "" and stripped_line[0] != '#':
                # Lines specifying initial state
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"initial: ");
                if match:
                    initial_str = rest_of_line.strip();
                    if expr(initial_str) == True or expr(initial_str) == None:
                        initial_str = "[]";
                # Lines specifying goals
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"goals: ");
                if match:
                    goals_str = rest_of_line.strip();
                    if expr(goals_str) == True or expr(goals_str) == None:
                        goals_str = "[]";
                # Lines specifying t_max
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"t_max: ");
                if match:
                    t_max_str = rest_of_line.strip();
                # Lines specifying an action
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"action: ");
                if match:
                    action_strs = rest_of_line.split(";");
                    action = Action(action_strs[0], precond=action_strs[1], effect=action_strs[2]);
                    if expr(action.precond) == None or expr(action.precond) == True:
                        action.precond = [];
                    if expr(action.effect) == None or expr(action.effect) == True:
                        action.effect = [];
                    actions_list.append(action);
        # Create planning_problem and t_max from the data stored after reading, and return them
        planning_problem = PlanningProblem(initial=initial_str, goals=goals_str, actions=actions_list);
        t_max = int(t_max_str);
        return planning_problem, t_max;

    # If exception occurs, print error message and return None,None
    except Exception as e:
        print("Something went wrong while reading from " + filename + " (" + str(e) + ")");
        return None, None;
Beispiel #6
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def verify_plan(planning_problem, plan):

    # Make a copy of the problem
    copy = copy_planning_problem(planning_problem);
    # Execute the actions on the copy
    try:
        for action in plan:
            copy.act(expr(action));
    except:
        # If something goes wrong, it is not a correct plan
        return False;
    # Return whether the goal is satisfied
    return copy.goal_test();
def encode_goals(planning_problem):
    goals = []
    for goal in planning_problem.goals:
        if str(goal)[0] == '~':
            goal = expr(str(goal)[1:])
            goals += ["not state(T,{})".format(parse_expression(goal))]
        else:
            goals += ["state(T,{})".format(parse_expression(goal))]

    goal_rule = "goal(T) :- " + "{}.\n".format(', '.join(goals))
    integrity_constraint = ":- time(T), not goal(_).\n"
    optimization_rule = "#minimize{T : goal(T)}.\n"

    return goal_rule + integrity_constraint + optimization_rule
def asp_to_plan(program, actions_list, print_as=False):
    """
    Takes answer set program and list of possible actions in planning problem,
    solves program and returns plan as list of action expressions.
    Based on print_answer_sets(), from: https://github.com/rdehaan/KRR-course/blob/master/examples/guide-to-asp.ipynb
    """

    # Load the answer set program, and call the grounder
    control = clingo.Control()
    control.add("base", [], program)
    # asp_code = program
    control.ground([("base", [])])

    # Define a function that will be called when an answer set is found
    # This function sorts the answer set alphabetically, and prints it
    sorted_models = []

    def on_model(model):
        sorted_model = [str(atom) for atom in model.symbols(shown=True)]
        sorted_model.sort()
        sorted_models.append(sorted_model)
        if print_as:
            print("Answer Sset: {{{}}}".format(", ".join(sorted_model)))

    # Ask clingo to find all models (using an upper bound of 0 gives all models)
    control.configuration.solve.models = 0
    # Call the clingo solver, passing on the function on_model for when an answer set is found
    answer = control.solve(on_model=on_model)

    # Print a message when no answer set was found
    if answer.satisfiable == False:
        print("No answer sets")

    # empty list to be filled with actions expressions
    plan = []

    # iterate over action predicates from (the first of the optimal) model(s),
    # find action index, and append relevant action to plan
    #TODO: this now arbitrarily takes the first of the optimal models, does this
    # have any consequences?
    for asp_action_string in sorted_models[0]:
        action_plan_idx = int(asp_action_string[-2])
        action_plan_string = str(actions_list[action_plan_idx])
        plan.append(expr(action_plan_string))

    return plan
Beispiel #9
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    def encode_actions_ASP(planning_problem):
        """
        Method for encoding the actions into ASP
        input: planning problem in PDDL
        returns: planning problem in ASP encoding
        """
        asp_code = ""
        for action in planning_problem.actions:
            available_action = "available(Time, {}) :- not goal_saved(Time), time(Time)".format(
                action.__repr__().swapcase())
            if not action.precond:
                available_action = available_action
            else:
                for prec in action.precond:
                    if str(
                            prec
                    )[0] == '~':  #check if a negation is present to alter rule to not state
                        prec = expr(str(prec)[1:])
                        available_action += ", not state(Time, {})".format(
                            prec.__repr__().swapcase())
                    else:
                        available_action += ", state(Time, {})".format(
                            prec.__repr__().swapcase())

            fluent = "state(Time, S) :- time(Time), state(Time-1, S), chosen(Time-1, {})".format(
                action.__repr__().swapcase())
            effect = ""
            for effects in action.effect:
                if str(
                        effects
                )[0] == '~':  #check if a negation is present to alter rule to not same
                    fluent += ", S!={}".format(str(effects)[1:].swapcase())
                else:
                    effect += "state(Time, {}) :- time(Time), chosen(Time-1, {}). \n".format(
                        effects.__repr__().swapcase(),
                        action.__repr__().swapcase())

            available_rule = "1{chosen(Time, A) : available(Time, A)}1 :- time(Time), available(Time, _). \n"
            asp_code += effect + fluent + ". \n" + available_action + ". \n" + available_rule

        return asp_code
def solve_planning_problem_using_ASP(planning_problem, t_max):
    """
    If there is a plan of length at most t_max that achieves the goals of a given planning problem,
    starting from the initial state in the planning problem, returns such a plan of minimal length.
    If no such plan exists of length at most t_max, returns None.

    Finding a shortest plan is done by encoding the problem into ASP, calling clingo to find an
    optimized answer set of the constructed logic program, and extracting a shortest plan from this
    optimized answer set.

    NOTE: still needs to be implemented. Currently returns None for every input.

    Parameters:
        planning_problem (PlanningProblem): Planning problem for which a shortest plan is to be found.
        t_max (int): The upper bound on the length of plans to consider.

    Returns:
        (list(Expr)): A list of expressions (each of which specifies a ground action) that composes
        a shortest plan for planning_problem (if some plan of length at most t_max exists),
        and None otherwise.
    """
    # initiate the code for the asp solver
    asp_code = ''

    # declare constant and time variables
    asp_code += f'#const tmax={t_max - 1}. time(0..tmax). '

    # add the initial states as facts to the program
    for state in planning_problem.initial:
        asp_code += f'state({str(state).swapcase()}, 0). '

    # encode effects of acitons
    for action in planning_problem.actions:
        # gather preconditions in the form of states at a certain timestep Z
        preconds = ''.join([
            f'state({str(precond).swapcase()}, Z), ' if '~' not in str(precond)
            else f'-state({str(precond)[1:].swapcase()}, Z), '
            for precond in action.precond
        ])

        # create availability of actions, with precondition if these exist
        availability = f'available({str(action).swapcase()}, Z) :- {preconds}time(Z). '

        # add available actions to asp code
        asp_code += availability

    # ensure only one action is chosen at a time
    asp_code += '1 { chosen(A, Z) : available(A, Z) } 1 :- time(Z). '

    # ensure state is kept when moving to next timestep
    asp_code += 'state(P, Z+1) :- not -state(P, Z+1), state(P, Z), time(Z).'
    asp_code += '-state(P, Z+1) :- not state(P, Z+1), -state(P, Z), time(Z).'

    # encode effects of actions
    for action in planning_problem.actions:
        # create a new state for each effect
        for effect in action.effect:
            # create negative state if a negation is present and positive otherwise
            if '~' in str(effect):
                new_state = f'-state({str(effect)[1:].swapcase()}, Z+1) :- chosen({str(action).swapcase()}, Z), time(Z). '
            else:
                new_state = f'state({str(effect).swapcase()}, Z+1) :- chosen({str(action).swapcase()}, Z), time(Z). '
            asp_code += new_state

    # encode goals as states
    goals = ''.join([
        f'state({str(goal).swapcase()}, Z), '
        if '~' not in str(goal) else f'-state({str(goal)[1:].swapcase()}, Z), '
        for goal in planning_problem.goals
    ])

    # goals are met if all subsequent goals tates are satisfied
    asp_code += f'goal_met(Z) :- {goals} time(Z).'

    # once goals are met, ensure that this is remembered in the next timestep
    asp_code += 'goal_met(Z+1) :- goal_met(Z), time(Z).'

    # ensure goal is met before t_max
    asp_code += ':- not goal_met(tmax).'

    # ensure sum of Z for goal_met is maximised
    asp_code += '#maximize { Z : goal_met(Z) }.'

    # only return relevant variables
    asp_code += '#show chosen/2.'
    asp_code += '#show goal_met/1.'

    # solve model
    mod = solve(asp_code)

    # if no model was found, return None
    if not mod:
        return None

    # separate goals met and chosen variables in model
    goals_met = [a for a in mod if 'goal_met' in a]
    chosens = [a for a in mod if 'chosen' in a]

    # retrieve timesteps from goals_met and sort the result
    goals_met_min = []
    for goal in goals_met:
        _, t = goal.split('(')
        goals_met_min.append(t[:-1])
    goals_met_min.sort(key=int)

    # sort chosen actions by the time they were chosen
    chosens.sort(key=lambda x: x[-2])
    chosens.sort(key=lambda x: x[-3:-2])

    # iterate over chosen actions, up to the first time the goal was met
    plan = []
    for i, choice in enumerate(chosens[:int(goals_met_min[0])]):
        # separate action from variable
        _, action = choice.split('chosen(')
        action, _ = action.split(f',{i}')
        # swap upper- and lowercase to retrieve original action format
        plan.append(expr(action.swapcase()))

    return plan
Beispiel #11
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def read_problem_from_file(filename):
    """
    Reads a planning problem (together with an upper bound t_max on the length
    of plans for this problem) from a file.

    Parameters:
        filename (str): Name of the file that is to be read from.

    Returns:
        ((PlanningProblem,int)): Pair with the planning problem and the
        bound t_max that are read from the file.
    """

    # Auxiliary function to parse a string of the form (prefix + "rest")
    # If string is of this form, it returns True,"rest"
    # Otherwise, it returns False,""
    def remove_prefix_if_possible(line, prefix):
        if line[0:len(prefix)] == prefix:
            return True,line[len(prefix):]
        else:
            return False,""

    try:
        file = open(filename, "r")
        # Initialize
        initial_str = ""
        goals_str = ""
        t_max_str = "20" # default value is 20
        actions_list = []
        # Read the file line by line
        for line in file.readlines():
            stripped_line = line.strip()
            if stripped_line != "" and stripped_line[0] != '#':
                # Lines specifying initial state
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"initial: ")
                if match:
                    initial_str = rest_of_line.strip()
                    if expr(initial_str) == True or expr(initial_str) == None:
                        initial_str = "[]"
                # Lines specifying goals
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"goals: ")
                if match:
                    goals_str = rest_of_line.strip()
                    if expr(goals_str) == True or expr(goals_str) == None:
                        goals_str = "[]"
                # Lines specifying t_max
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"t_max: ")
                if match:
                    t_max_str = rest_of_line.strip()
                # Lines specifying an action
                match,rest_of_line = remove_prefix_if_possible(stripped_line,"action: ")
                if match:
                    action_strs = rest_of_line.split(";")
                    action = Action(action_strs[0], precond=action_strs[1], effect=action_strs[2])
                    if expr(action.precond) == None or expr(action.precond) == True:
                        action.precond = []
                    if expr(action.effect) == None or expr(action.effect) == True:
                        action.effect = []
                    actions_list.append(action)
        # Create planning_problem and t_max from the data stored after reading, and return them
        planning_problem = PlanningProblem(initial=initial_str, goals=goals_str, actions=actions_list)
        t_max = int(t_max_str)
        return planning_problem, t_max

    # If exception occurs, print error message and return None,None
    except Exception as e:
        print("Something went wrong while reading from " + filename + " (" + str(e) + ")")
        return None, None
def solve_planning_problem_using_ASP(planning_problem, t_max):
    """
    If there is a plan of length at most t_max that achieves the goals of a given planning problem,
    starting from the initial state in the planning problem, returns such a plan of minimal length.
    If no such plan exists of length at most t_max, returns None.

    Finding a shortest plan is done by encoding the problem into ASP, calling clingo to find an
    optimized answer set of the constructed logic program, and extracting a shortest plan from this
    optimized answer set.

    NOTE: still needs to be implemented. Currently returns None for every input.

    Parameters:
        planning_problem (PlanningProblem): Planning problem for which a shortest plan is to be found.
        t_max (int): The upper bound on the length of plans to consider.

    Returns:
        (list(Expr)): A list of expressions (each of which specifies a ground action) that composes
        a shortest plan for planning_problem (if some plan of length at most t_max exists),
        and None otherwise.
    """

    # initializing the initial state, the possible actions and the goals
    initials = planning_problem.initial
    actions = planning_problem.actions
    goals = planning_problem.goals

    # generating two lists of all possible actions that could be taken in this planning problem
    # one containing the original names, and one set to lower case.
    possible_actions = []
    possible_actions_lc = []
    for a in planning_problem.actions:
        possible_actions.append(a.name)
        possible_actions_lc.append((a.name).lower())

    # generating two lists of all possible arguments in this planning problem
    # one containing the original argument names, and one set to lower case.
    possible_arguments = []
    possible_arguments_lc = []
    for i in initials:
        for arg in i.args:
            possible_arguments.append(str(arg))
            possible_arguments_lc.append(str(arg).lower())
    for i in goals:
        for arg in i.args:
            possible_arguments.append(str(arg))
            possible_arguments_lc.append(str(arg).lower())

    #generating the asp code
    asp_code = ""

    # adding information about the time to the asp code
    # asp_code += '#const lasttime = {}.\n'.format(t_max)
    # asp_code += 'time(0..lasttime).\n'

    # adding the initial state to the asp code
    for initial in initials:
        asp_code += "state(0," + str(initial).lower() + ").\n"

    # adding the goal state to the asp code
    all_goals = ""
    for goal in goals:
        # checking if there are arguments in the goal
        if goal.args != ():
            for arg in goal.args:
                # if the argument is of lower case this means that it is simply a variable. Therefore, I have
                # implemented this bellow, so that it will take the arguments from the initial state to use as
                # arguments of the goal state
                if str(arg).islower():
                    for initial_arg in initial.args:
                        new_goal = str(goal).split('(')[0] + "(" + str(
                            initial_arg) + ")"
                        asp_code += ":- not state(lasttime," + new_goal.lower(
                        ) + ").\n"
                        all_goals += "state(Time, " + str(goal).lower() + "), "
                else:
                    asp_code += ":- not state(lasttime," + str(
                        goal).lower() + ").\n"
                    all_goals += "state(Time, " + str(goal).lower() + "), "
                    break
        # if there are no arguments in the goal, as is for the easy0 planning problem
        else:
            asp_code += ":- not state(lasttime," + str(goal).lower() + ").\n"
            all_goals += "state(Time, " + str(goal).lower() + "), "
    # adding this statement to the asp in combination with a maximization statement, can ensure that the solution will
    # be done so that in the maximum time steps the solution is found.
    asp_code += "done(Time) :- " + all_goals + "time(Time)."

    # adding the rules to the ASP code by looping trough all the possible actions
    # in every action we check what the preconditions are.
    # we create a rule containing; an action is available, if all the preconditions are true.
    # additionally we add the rule; a new state is reached (the effect of the action) if the action is performed.
    for action in actions:
        preconditions = ""
        for precondition in action.precond:
            neg_sign = False
            if str(precondition)[0] == "~":
                neg_sign = True
                precon_without_neg = precondition.args[0]
                new_state = str(precon_without_neg).split("(")[0].lower()
                new_args = "("
                for arg in precon_without_neg.args:
                    if str(arg) in possible_arguments and str(arg) != "x":
                        index = possible_arguments.index(str(arg))
                        new_args += possible_arguments_lc[index] + ","
                    else:
                        variable = list(str(arg))
                        variable[0] = variable[0].upper()
                        variable = "".join(variable)
                        new_args += variable + ","
                new_args = new_args[:-1] + ")"

                new_precon = new_state + new_args

            else:
                new_state = str(precondition).split("(")[0].lower()
                new_args = "("
                if str(precondition.args) != "()":
                    for arg in precondition.args:
                        if str(arg) in possible_arguments and str(arg) != "x":
                            index = possible_arguments.index(str(arg))
                            new_args += possible_arguments_lc[index] + ","
                        else:
                            variable = list(str(arg))
                            variable[0] = variable[0].upper()
                            variable = "".join(variable)
                            new_args += variable + ","
                    new_args = new_args[:-1] + ")"
                    new_precon = new_state + new_args
                else:
                    new_precon = new_state
            if neg_sign:
                preconditions += "-state(Time," + new_precon + "), "

            else:
                preconditions += "state(Time," + new_precon + "), "

        new_action = str(action).split("(")[0].lower()

        new_args = "("
        for arg in action.args:
            if str(arg) in possible_arguments and str(arg) != "x":
                index = possible_arguments.index(str(arg))
                new_args += possible_arguments_lc[index] + ","
            else:
                variable = list(str(arg))
                variable[0] = variable[0].upper()
                variable = "".join(variable)
                new_args += variable + ","
        if new_args != "(":
            new_args = new_args[:-1] + ")"
            action_str = new_action + new_args
        else:
            action_str = new_action

        # an action is only available if the goal is not reached yet. If the goal is reached no action should be available.
        asp_code +="available(Time,"+action_str+") :- " \
                                             ""+ preconditions +"time(Time),  not done(Time1), Time1<Time, time(Time1).\n"

        # This did not improve anything
        # asp_code += "-available(Time," + action_str + ") :- " \
        #                                              "" + preconditions + "time(Time),  done(Time1), Time1<Time, time(Time1).\n"

        preconditions = "action(Time, " + action_str + "), time(Time).\n"

        effects = ""
        for effect in action.effect:
            if str(effect)[0] == "~":
                action_without_neg = effect.args[0]
                new_state = str(action_without_neg).split("(")[0].lower()
                new_args = "("
                for arg in action_without_neg.args:
                    if str(arg) in possible_arguments and str(arg) != "x":
                        index = possible_arguments.index(str(arg))
                        new_args += possible_arguments_lc[index] + ","
                    else:
                        variable = list(str(arg))
                        variable[0] = variable[0].upper()
                        variable = "".join(variable)
                        new_args += variable + ","
                new_args = new_args[:-1] + ")"

                new_effect = new_state + new_args
                effects += "-state(Time," + new_effect + "), "
                asp_code += "-state(Time+1," + new_effect + ") :- " + preconditions + "\n"
            else:
                new_state = str(effect).split("(")[0].lower()
                new_args = "("
                if str(effect.args) != "()":
                    for arg in effect.args:
                        if str(arg) in possible_arguments and str(arg) != "x":
                            index = possible_arguments.index(str(arg))
                            new_args += possible_arguments_lc[index] + ","
                        else:
                            variable = list(str(arg))
                            variable[0] = variable[0].upper()
                            variable = "".join(variable)
                            new_args += variable + ","
                    new_args = new_args[:-1] + ")"
                    new_effect = new_state + new_args
                else:
                    new_effect = new_state
                effects += "state(Time," + new_effect + "), "
                asp_code += "state(Time+1," + new_effect + ") :- " + preconditions + "\n"

    # If a state S is true on timestep T, then S should be true in timestep T+1 if and only if there is no action taken
    # in timestep T that has caused S to be false.
    asp_code += " state(Time, X) :- state(Time-1, X), not -state(Time,X), time(Time).\n"

    # If the goal is reached in timestep T, then it should be reached in all timesteps > T.
    asp_code += " done(Time+1) :- done(Time), time(Time).\n"

    # Not allowing an action to occur two times in a row. This could be commented out for other planning problems
    # that are not in this assignment.
    asp_code += ":- action(Time, A), action(Time+1,A).\n"

    # Choosing at most one action of all available actions at every time step.
    asp_code += "{action(Time, A) : available(Time, A)} 1:- time(Time), Time<lasttime.\n"

    # Minimzing the number of actions chosen. For me this actually increases the duration to solve the
    # planning problem. So for the grading I commented this out, as the autograder looks at the duration.
    # asp_code += "#minimize {1, action(Time,A) : time(Time), available(Time, A)}.\n"

    # Maximizing the timesteps that contain the goal state.
    # Unfortunately this did not improve the speed of the algorithm.
    # asp_code += "#maximize{1, done(Time) : time(Time)}.\n"

    asp_code += "#show action/2."

    #Finding the smallest possible answer set by iterating over the range of timesteps from 1 to t_max.
    for max_time in range(1, t_max + 1, 1):
        # saving all answer sets in the list plan
        plan = []
        asp_code_new = asp_code

        # adding the max time step to the ASP code
        asp_code_new += '#const lasttime = {}.\n'.format(max_time)
        asp_code_new += 'time(0..lasttime).\n'

        def on_model(model):
            plan.append(model.symbols(shown=True))

        # Generating the ASP solver
        control = clingo.Control()
        control.add("base", [], asp_code_new)
        control.ground([("base", [])])

        control.configuration.solve.opt_mode = "optN"
        control.configuration.solve.models = 0
        answer = control.solve(on_model=on_model)

        if answer.satisfiable == True:
            break

    # If an answer set exists, take the shortest answer set as plan (best_plan).
    if answer.satisfiable == True:
        best_plan = plan[
            0]  #as all the plans have the same length in the list of plans

        # Converting the shortest plan found to planning form
        # This is probably not done in the most efficient and proper way, but it works..
        return_plan = {}
        for i in range(len(best_plan)):
            number = []
            list_plan = list(str(best_plan[i])[7:])
            for j in range(len(list_plan)):
                if list_plan[j] in '0123456789':
                    number.append(list_plan[j])
                else:
                    begin_action = j
                    break
            number_int = int("".join(number))

            action_list = list_plan[begin_action + 1:-1]
            action_list = "".join(action_list)
            splitted_action = action_list.split("(")
            action = splitted_action[0]

            if action in possible_actions_lc:
                index = possible_actions_lc.index(action)
                new_action = possible_actions[index]
            if (len(splitted_action) > 1):
                arguments = splitted_action[1]
                new_arguments = "("
                if len(arguments[:-1]) > 1:
                    args = arguments[:-1].split(",")
                    for arg in args:
                        arg = possible_arguments[possible_arguments_lc.index(
                            arg)]
                        new_arguments += arg + ', '
                    new_arguments = new_arguments[:-2] + ")"
                else:
                    new_arguments += possible_arguments[
                        possible_arguments_lc.index(arguments[:-1])] + ")"

                return_plan[number_int] = new_action + new_arguments
            else:
                return_plan[number_int] = new_action

        sorted_plan = {}
        for i in sorted(return_plan):
            sorted_plan[i] = return_plan[i]

        final_plan = []
        for i in range(len(sorted_plan)):
            final_plan.append(expr(list(sorted_plan.values())[i]))
        return final_plan
    # if the problem is not satisfiable, return None
    else:
        return None