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What is greedy best first search?

  • A.Expanding the node with the lowest sum of cost and estimate
  • B.Expanding the node with the lowest heuristic estimate
  • C.Expanding the node with the lowest path cost from the start
  • D.Expanding the node that appeared most recently on the frontier

Answer: B

Greedy search ignores the cost already incurred and always heads for whatever looks closest to the goal, which is often very fast and often produces a poor path. Path cost ordering is uniform cost and the sum of the two is A star. It is neither complete in general nor optimal, which is the price of ignoring half the information available. An algorithm that discards a term and gains speed is worth understanding precisely because A star is what results from putting the term back.

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