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+module Sift.Encode.Queens
+  ( queens
+  , queensCell
+  , decodeQueens
+  , validQueens
+  ) where
+
+import Sift.Types
+import Sift.Encode.Cardinality
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
+
+queensCell :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Var
+queensCell n r c = Var ((r - 1) * n + c)
+
+queens :: Int -> CNF
+queens n = CNF (rowExactly ++ colAtMost ++ diagAtMost)
+  where
+    cell r c = posLit (queensCell n r c)
+    rowExactly = concat
+      [ exactlyOne [ cell r c | c <- [1 .. n] ] | r <- [1 .. n] ]
+    colAtMost = concat
+      [ atMostOne [ cell r c | r <- [1 .. n] ] | c <- [1 .. n] ]
+    diagAtMost = concatMap atMostOne (downDiagonals ++ upDiagonals)
+    downDiagonals =
+      [ [ cell r c | r <- [1 .. n], c <- [1 .. n], r - c == k ]
+      | k <- [negate (n - 1) .. n - 1] ]
+    upDiagonals =
+      [ [ cell r c | r <- [1 .. n], c <- [1 .. n], r + c == k ]
+      | k <- [2 .. 2 * n] ]
+
+decodeQueens :: Int -> Assignment -> [(Int, Int)]
+decodeQueens n asn =
+  [ (r, c)
+  | r <- [1 .. n], c <- [1 .. n]
+  , Map.findWithDefault False (queensCell n r c) asn ]
+
+validQueens :: Int -> Assignment -> Bool
+validQueens n asn =
+  length placed == n
+    && distinct (map fst placed)
+    && distinct (map snd placed)
+    && distinct (map (\(r, c) -> r - c) placed)
+    && distinct (map (\(r, c) -> r + c) placed)
+  where
+    placed = decodeQueens n asn
+
+distinct :: Ord a => [a] -> Bool
+distinct xs = length xs == Map.size (Map.fromList (zip xs (repeat ())))