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What is the main purpose of a heuristic function in informed search strategies?
What is the main purpose of a heuristic function in informed search strategies?
Which of the following statements regarding Uniform Cost Search (UCS) is correct?
Which of the following statements regarding Uniform Cost Search (UCS) is correct?
In the context of A* Search, what does the function $f(n)$ represent?
In the context of A* Search, what does the function $f(n)$ represent?
What characterizes Greedy Best-First Search (GS)?
What characterizes Greedy Best-First Search (GS)?
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What is required for a search algorithm to be considered admissible?
What is required for a search algorithm to be considered admissible?
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Which statement about iterative-deepening search is true?
Which statement about iterative-deepening search is true?
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What does the term 'consistency' refer to in the context of heuristic functions?
What does the term 'consistency' refer to in the context of heuristic functions?
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Which search strategy evaluates nodes primarily based on their heuristic function value, disregarding path cost?
Which search strategy evaluates nodes primarily based on their heuristic function value, disregarding path cost?
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What is the primary evaluation criterion for Uniform Cost Search (UCS)?
What is the primary evaluation criterion for Uniform Cost Search (UCS)?
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In Greedy Best-First Search, which function serves as the basis for node evaluation?
In Greedy Best-First Search, which function serves as the basis for node evaluation?
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Which feature is crucial for A* Search to guarantee optimal solutions?
Which feature is crucial for A* Search to guarantee optimal solutions?
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What is the purpose of the heuristic function 'h(s)' in informed search strategies?
What is the purpose of the heuristic function 'h(s)' in informed search strategies?
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What does the term 'consistency' represent in the context of heuristic functions?
What does the term 'consistency' represent in the context of heuristic functions?
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What distinguishes Iterative-Deepening Search from Depth-First Search?
What distinguishes Iterative-Deepening Search from Depth-First Search?
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When considering pathfinding, which of the following represents the combined evaluation function used in A* Search?
When considering pathfinding, which of the following represents the combined evaluation function used in A* Search?
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Which search strategy prioritizes nodes based on the lowest estimated cost while ignoring depth considerations?
Which search strategy prioritizes nodes based on the lowest estimated cost while ignoring depth considerations?
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Study Notes
Heuristics
- Heuristic functions estimate the cost of reaching the goal state from a given node.
- They guide search algorithms toward promising paths.
Uniform Cost Search
- UCS guarantees finding the optimal solution by always expanding the node with the lowest path cost.
A* Search
- The function (f(n)) in A* Search represents the estimated total cost of the path from the start node to the goal node, passing through node (n). This is calculated as (f(n) = g(n) + h(n)), where (g(n)) is the actual cost from the start node to (n), and (h(n)) is the estimated cost from (n) to the goal.
Greedy Best-First Search
- Greedy Best-First Search (GS) prioritizes expanding the node with the lowest estimated cost to the goal, without considering the cost of reaching that node.
Admissible Search Algorithms
- An admissible search algorithm guarantees to find an optimal solution if one exists.
- This is achieved by ensuring that the heuristic function never overestimates the actual cost to reach the goal.
Iterative Deepening Search
- Iterative-deepening search combines the advantages of depth-first and breadth-first search.
- It systematically increases the depth limit of the search tree until the goal is found.
Consistent Heuristic Functions
- A consistent heuristic function satisfies the triangle inequality.
- This means the estimated cost from a node (n) to the goal (h(n)) is less than or equal to the estimated cost from a successor node (n') plus the cost of reaching (n') from (n): (h(n) \leq h(n') + c(n, n')).
Greedy Search
- Greedy search strategies prioritize expanding nodes with the lowest heuristic function value, giving higher importance to the estimated cost to the goal than the actual cost of reaching that node.
Uninformed Search Strategies
- Path Cost Function: Represents the cost of reaching a specific node from the starting node, denoted by g(n).
- Modified Graph Search Algorithm: Adapted to incorporate the path cost function g(n) in the evaluation of nodes.
- Uniform Cost Search (UCS): A search strategy that expands nodes in increasing order of their path cost, guaranteeing the shortest path if all edge costs are positive.
Informed Search Strategies
- Heuristic Function: Estimates the cost of reaching the goal from a given state, denoted by h(s).
- Greedy Best-First Search (GS): Uses the heuristic function h(s) to guide the search, expanding the node with the lowest estimated cost to the goal, but not guaranteeing optimality.
- A Search:* Combines the path cost function g(n) and heuristic function h(s) into a single evaluation function f(n) = g(n) + h(n), expanding nodes in increasing order of their estimated total cost.
- Admissibility: A heuristic is admissible if it never overestimates the actual cost to reach the goal.
- Consistency: A heuristic is consistent if its estimate for a node is less than or equal to the cost of moving to a neighboring node plus the estimated cost of reaching the goal from the neighbor. Consistent heuristics ensure that A* finds an optimal solution.
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Explore the fundamentals of uninformed search strategies, including Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search, Iterative-Deepening Search, and Uniform-Cost Search. Understand how each strategy explores the search space and the significance of the path cost function in graph search algorithms.
