Search-Based Problem Solving in AI: State Space, Search Trees, Heuristics, A*, Local Search, and Game Search

Cross-posted from Zeromath. Original article: https://zeromathai.com/en/ai-search-based-problem-solving-en/ A lot of AI systems do not “know” one fixed answer in advance. They solve problems by searching through possibilities. That idea shows up in route planning, puzzle solving, robotics, optimization, and game-playing agents. The surface details change, but the pattern is often the same: represent the problem as a set of states, define how you can move between them, and then search for a go...