Top "Heuristics" questions

Heuristics refers to the use of algorithms to deal with highly complex problems.

PacMan: what kinds of heuristics are mainly used?

Beside A*, BFS, DFS and the like, what are other good path-finding algorithms/heuristics popularly used in Pacman? I don't …

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What are some algorithms for comparing how similar two strings are?

I need to compare strings to decide whether they represent the same thing. This relates to case titles entered by …

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Consistent and Admissible Heuristics

Any consistent heuristic is also admissible. But when is a heuristic admissible but not consistent (monotone)? Please provide an example …

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What are some good methods to finding a heuristic for the A* algorithm?

You have a map of square tiles where you can move in any of the 8 directions. Given that you have …

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Design patterns for converting recursive algorithms to iterative ones

Are there any general heuristics, tips, tricks, or common design paradigms that can be employed to convert a recursive algorithm …

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Split speech audio file on words in python

I feel like this is a fairly common problem but I haven't yet found a suitable answer. I have many …

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What is the difference between heuristics and metaheuristics?

After some research about algorithms I found two terms which confuses me. I've read at least 20 papers and yet, there …

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What's the difference between greedy and heuristic algorithm?

What's the difference between greedy and heuristic algorithm? I have read some articles about the argument and it seems to …

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Pacman: how do the eyes find their way back to the monster hole?

I found a lot of references to the AI of the ghosts in Pacman, but none of them mentioned how …

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