Search Terminology

      Problem SpaceIt is the environment in which the search takes place. (A set of states and set of operators to change those states)

      Problem Instance It is Initial state + Goal state.

      Problem Space Graph It represents problem state. States are shown by nodes and operators are shown by edges.

      Depth of a problem Length of a shortest path or shortest sequence of operators from Initial State to goal state.

      Space ComplexityThe maximum number of nodes that are stored in memory.

      Time ComplexityThe maximum number of nodes that are created.

      AdmissibilityA property of an algorithm to always find an optimal solution.

      Branching FactorThe average number of child nodes in the problem space graph.

      Depth Length of the shortest path from initial state to goal state.