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Pathfinding Algorithms

Pathfinding Algorithms. Josh Palmer Rachael Beers. Outline. Dijkstra’s Algorithm Best-First Search A*. Dijkstra’s. Visits vertices starting from starting point Looks at all closest vertices to the starting point From these points, we check the closest neighbors

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Pathfinding Algorithms

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  1. Pathfinding Algorithms Josh Palmer Rachael Beers

  2. Outline • Dijkstra’s Algorithm • Best-First Search • A*

  3. Dijkstra’s • Visits vertices starting from starting point • Looks at all closest vertices to the starting point • From these points, we check the closest neighbors • Stop checking once goal is reached • Guaranteed shortest path • Time consuming

  4. Dijkstra’s

  5. Best-First Search • Similar to Dijkstra’s • Difference: Has a heuristic (estimate) to tell it how far the goal is from any vertex • Selects vertex closest to the goal instead of closest to starting point • Does not guarantee shortest path • Very fast

  6. Best-first search

  7. g(n) = distance from start to a vertex n • Dijkstra’s uses a g(n) measure • Almost an exhaustive approach • h(n) = estimated cost from a vertex n to the goal • Best-first search uses an h(n) measure • A heuristically informed approach

  8. With an Obstacle Djikstra’s Best-first

  9. A* • Combines the use of g(n) and h(n) • f(n) = g(n) + h(n) • A* finds the vertex n with the lowest f(n) • Continues to find vertices with the lowest f(n) until the goal is reached • Guarantees shortest path • Relatively fast

  10. A*

  11. A* with an obstacle

  12. Other pathfinding algorithms • Breadth-first search and depth-first search • Many versions of A* • Lowest cost first • Heuristic depth-first • Iterative deepening • Bidirectional • Recursive best-first

  13. References • Amit’s A*pages (images from here) http://theory.stanford.edu/~amitp/GameProgramming/ • AI Depot http://aidepot.com/Tutorial/PathFinding.html • Game AI Page http://www.gameai.com/pathfinding.html • A* algorithm tutorial (code from here) http://www.geocities.com/jheyesjones/astar.html • Games++: Games and Game Programming http://www.gamespp.com/algorithms/pathfinding • A* Pathfinding for Beginners http://www.policyalmanac.org/games/aStarTutorial.htm

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