Practice - Informed Search Strategies
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Practice Questions
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What is a heuristic?
💡 Hint: Think about how you would navigate a maze.
Name one strength of the Greedy Best-First Search.
💡 Hint: Consider its approach to selecting nodes.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does A* Search use to evaluate nodes?
💡 Hint: Think about the formula f(n) = g(n) + h(n).
Is the Greedy Best-First Search guaranteed to find an optimal solution?
💡 Hint: Consider how it selects nodes for exploration.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a heuristic suitable for searching through a chess game. Explain its components and how it improves search efficiency.
💡 Hint: Think about what makes a position advantageous in chess.
Discuss the trade-offs involved when using A* Search with a very memory-intensive heuristic. How would you mitigate these trade-offs?
💡 Hint: Consider adjustments to the search strategy that maintain effectiveness yet reduce memory requirements.
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