Practice - What Is a Heuristic?
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Practice Questions
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Define a heuristic in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about practical shortcuts in problem-solving.
What is an admissible heuristic?
💡 Hint: Consider how heuristics are supposed to guide us.
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What is a heuristic?
💡 Hint: Think about how you would find a solution efficiently.
An admissible heuristic never overestimates the cost to reach a goal.
💡 Hint: Consider examples of how assumptions might fail.
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Discuss the importance of both admissible and consistent heuristics in the context of the A* search algorithm.
💡 Hint: Refer to A*'s efficiency in pathfinding.
Create an example where a heuristic fails to provide a solution due to being non-admissible. Describe the scenario and its implications.
💡 Hint: Consider how decisions can be impacted by incorrect assumptions.
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