Search Terminology

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●      Problem Space − It is the environment in which the search takes place. (A set of states and set of operators to change those states)

●      Problem Instance − It is Initial state + Goal state.

●      Problem Space Graph − It represents problem state. States are shown by nodes and operators are shown by edges.

●      Depth of a problem − Length of a shortest path or shortest sequence of operators from Initial State to goal state.

●      Space Complexity − The maximum number of nodes that are stored in memory.

●      Time Complexity − The maximum number of nodes that are created.

●      Admissibility − A property of an algorithm to always find an optimal solution.

●      Branching Factor − The average number of child nodes in the problem space graph.

●      Depth − Length of the shortest path from initial state to goal state.

                                                                 

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