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A* (pronounced "A-star") is a graph traversal and pathfinding algorithm that is used in many fields of computer science due to its completeness, optimality, and optimal efficiency. [1] Given a weighted graph, a source node and a goal node, the algorithm finds the shortest path (with respect to the given weights) from source to goal.
A* or A star may refer to: A* search algorithm, a pathfinding algorithm used in computing; A*, the highest grade in some examination systems such as the GCE Advanced Level; A*STAR, the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research; AStar, the Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter; Class A star, a star of spectral class A
A common example of a graph-based pathfinding algorithm is Dijkstra's algorithm. [3] This algorithm begins with a start node and an "open set" of candidate nodes. At each step, the node in the open set with the lowest distance from the start is examined.
In computer science, anytime A* is a family of variants of the A* search algorithm.Like other anytime algorithms, it has a flexible time cost, can return a valid solution to a pathfinding or graph traversal problem even if it is interrupted before it ends, by generating a fast, non-optimal solution before progressively optimizing it.
The path found by A* on an octile grid vs. the shortest path between the start and goal nodes. Any-angle path planning algorithms are pathfinding algorithms that search for a Euclidean shortest path between two points on a grid map while allowing the turns in the path to have any angle.
In computer science, jump point search (JPS) is an optimization to the A* search algorithm for uniform-cost grids. It reduces symmetries in the search procedure by means of graph pruning, [1] eliminating certain nodes in the grid based on assumptions that can be made about the current node's neighbors, as long as certain conditions relating to the grid are satisfied.
Dijkstra's algorithm (/ ˈ d aɪ k s t r ə z / DYKE-strəz) is an algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a weighted graph, which may represent, for example, a road network. It was conceived by computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956 and published three years later.
D* (pronounced "D star") is any one of the following three related incremental search algorithms: The original D*, [1] by Anthony Stentz, is an informed incremental search algorithm. Focused D* [2] is an informed incremental heuristic search algorithm by Anthony Stentz that combines ideas of A* [3] and the original D*. Focused D* resulted from ...