Implementation:Iamhankai Forest of Thought Init Numbers

Knowledge Sources	Forest-of-Thought
Domains	Ensemble_Methods, Data_Augmentation
Last Updated	2026-02-14 03:00 GMT

Overview

Concrete tool for generating shuffled input variations for ensemble tree search provided by the Forest-of-Thought repository.

Description

The init_numbers function creates count shuffled variations of a space-separated number string. The first variation preserves the original order, and subsequent variations are random shuffles. This provides input diversity for each tree in the forest.

Usage

Called at the start of forest_solve() to create distinct inputs for each tree in the Game24 forest.

Code Reference

Source Location

• Repository: Forest-of-Thought
• File: methods/bfs.py
• Lines: L176-185

Signature

def init_numbers(x, count):
    """
    Generate shuffled variations of input numbers.

    Args:
        x (str): Space-separated numbers (e.g., "1 2 3 4").
        count (int): Number of variations to generate.

    Returns:
        list[str]: List of space-separated number strings,
                   first is original order, rest are shuffled.
    """

Import

from methods.bfs import init_numbers

I/O Contract

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
x	str	Yes	Space-separated numbers (e.g., "1 2 3 4")
count	int	Yes	Number of shuffled variations (equals tree_num)

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
number_list	list[str]	List of count space-separated number strings

Usage Examples

from methods.bfs import init_numbers

variations = init_numbers("1 2 3 4", count=4)
# Possible output:
# ["1 2 3 4", "3 1 4 2", "4 2 1 3", "2 3 4 1"]

Related Pages

Implements Principle

• Principle:Iamhankai_Forest_of_Thought_Input_Diversity_Shuffling