Used when path to goal doesn’t matter – only the final state.
Applications: N-Queens, VLSI layout, scheduling artificial intelligence a modern approach third edition ppt
For chapters on problem-solving (Chapters 3-5), static text is useless. Excellent PPTs contain animated BFS, DFS, A, and Hill Climbing* diagrams. Look for slides that show step-by-step node expansion. 7‑slide feature PPT outline — Artificial Intelligence: A
| Chapter | Algorithm | Purpose | |---|---|---| | 3 | A* | Optimal search | | 5 | Minimax | Game playing (with α-β pruning) | | 9 | Resolution | Logical inference | | 14 | Variable Elimination | Bayesian network inference | | 18 | ID3 | Decision tree learning | | 21 | Q-Learning | Reinforcement learning | Hill Climbing – Greedy, prone to local maxima