(defun new-nodes (path graph) (remove-if #'(lambda (n) (node-member n path)) (next-blocks-states (first path))))という具合に定義すれば, 図11のような 4つの積木の場合のstart状態からgoal状態への 縦型探索と横型探索を実行してみると以下のように なる.
> (depth-first nil '((b on c) (a on b) (c on table)) '((a on table) (b on c) (c on a))) (((b on c) (a on b) (c on table)) ((a on table) (b on c) (c on table)) ((b on table) (a on table) (c on table)) ((c on b) (b on table) (a on table)) ((c on a) (b on table) (a on table)) ((b on c) (c on a) (a on table))) > (breadth-first nil '((a on b) (b on table) (c on d) (d on table)) '((a on table) (b on a) (c on table) (d on c))) (((a on b) (b on table) (c on d) (d on table)) ((a on table) (b on table) (c on d) (d on table)) ((b on a) (a on table) (c on d) (d on table)) ((c on table) (b on a) (a on table) (d on table)) ((d on c) (c on table) (b on a) (a on table)))ということで,goal-searchは,
(defun goal-search (s g) (depth-first nil s g)) (defun goal-search (s g) (breadth-first nil s g))のように定義できる.