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Breadth-First Search

Artificial Intelligence · Level 2 of 5

Breadth-First Search

A search that explores all nodes at one depth before going deeper.

It finds shortest paths by number of edges in unweighted graphs.

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A maze solver checks all one-step moves before two-step moves.

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Breadth-First Search. A search that explores all nodes at one depth before going deeper. It finds shortest paths by number of edges in unweighted graphs. For example: A maze solver checks all one-step moves before two-step moves.

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