A* Search Flashcards

1
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What is A* search?

A

Selects path on the frontier with the minimum value of cost(p) + h(p)

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When is A* admissable?

A
  • Finite Branching Factor
  • edge costs > 0
  • h(n) > 0, and underestimates.
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What is the monotone restriction?

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Range of values for heuristics such that multiple path pruning will return the shortest path.

h(m) − h(n) | ≤ cost(m, n)

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