Given N cities represented as vertices V₁, V2,..., UN on an undirected graph (i.e., each edge can be traversed in both directions). The graph is fully-connected where the edge ei, connecting any two vertices v; and vj is the straight-line distance between these two cities. We want to search for the shortest path from v₁ (the source) to VN (the destination). Assume that all edges have different values, and e₁, N has the largest value among the edges. That is, the source and destination have the largest straight-line distance. Compare the lists of explored vertices when we run the uniform-cost search and the A* search for this problem. Hint: The straight-line distance is the shortest path between any two cities. If you do not know how to start, try to run the algorithms by hand on some small cases first; but remember to make sure your graphs satisfy the conditions in the question.

Given N cities represented as vertices V₁, V2,..., UN on an undirected graph (i.e., each edge can be traversed in both directions). The graph is fully-connected where the edge ei, connecting any two vertices v; and vj is the straight-line distance between these two cities. We want to search for the shortest path from v₁ (the source) to VN (the destination). Assume that all edges have different values, and e₁, N has the largest value among the edges. That is, the source and destination have the largest straight-line distance. Compare the lists of explored vertices when we run the uniform-cost search and the A* search for this problem. Hint: The straight-line distance is the shortest path between any two cities. If you do not know how to start, try to run the algorithms by hand on some small cases first; but remember to make sure your graphs satisfy the conditions in the question.

Database System Concepts

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Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

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Chapter1: Introduction

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