The starting state is Monterey and the only goal state is San Francisco.
The evaluation function values (measured as straight-line distance to San Francisco): Monterey: 100; Santa Cruz: 65; Gilroy: 74; San Jose: 45; San Francisco: 0; Oakland: 15.
The costs between states (measured as road distance in miles): Monterey to Santa Cruz, 45; Monterey to Gilroy, 35; Santa Cruz to San Jose, 30; Gilroy to San Jose, 35; Santa Cruz to San Francisco, 85; San Jose to San Francisco, 50; San Jose to Oakland, 50; Oakland to San Francisco, 20.
The working data structure for depth-first is a stack where items are added and removed only at the front; for breadth, a queue where items are added at the rear and removed from the front; for best-first and A*, a set of items where the lowest-value item is chosen at each step. The argument after the state name is the backpointer, and the number after that in best-first and A* is the evaluation of the state.
| Search method | States visited | Agenda | Solution path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth-first search | none | Stack top: Monterey | |
| Breadth-first search | none | Queue front: Monterey(-) | |
| Best-first search | none | Set item 1: Monterey(-,100) | |
| A* search | none | Set item 1: Monterey(-,100) |
Click here to see the next step with each of the four searches.