Questions tagged [pathfinding]
Pathfinding or pathing is the plotting of the shortest route between two points. It is a more practical variant on solving mazes. This field of research is based heavily on Dijkstra's algorithm for finding the shortest path on a weighted graph.
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Multithreading a shortest path algorithm
I would like to modify my shortest path finding code to use multithreading and improve its performance. The algorithm must be able to work with negative weights, and as a result, we cannot use ...
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Bellman-Ford optimisation in C with Shortest Path Algorithm (SPFA) and Small Label first (SLF)
I am trying to code an optimized version of Bellman-Ford algorithm. This post is a continuation of the following post Bellman-Ford optimisation in C in which I posted a first version of the classic ...
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Figure out all paths of all nodes up to k depth
I'm trying to figure out all the paths of all the nodes up to K depth.
It seems to be a dynamic programming problem, my attempt seems to be working however its slower than I expected
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A-star pathfinding algorithm to route through a raster maze
I have a problem that needs path finding to solve. It is a vector of ints; 1 for passable terrain and 0 for non-passable. My implementation is not fast enough for the test. How could I make it faster?
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Finding the cheapest path between two points using Dijkstra
I am trying to use Dijkstra to find the cheapest path between two pixels in an image.
Implementation:
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Optimizing a recursive path finding algorithm
On input i get width and height of matrix, string of text and another string of finalText I want to reach. The characters of the first string are assigned to matrix. My goal is to find shortest way to ...
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Dijkstra's algorithm in Perl
I have this Perl module project.
My implementation of the Dijkstra's algorithm follows:
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The shortest path between airports
Airlines need to provide their customers with flights to every corner, so they need an app that allows them to do so. The customer must be able to transfer when there is no direct connection.
The ...
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Traditional vs. bidirectional Dijkstra's algorithm in C
I have this CLion project on GitHub. It constructs a directed, weighted graph consisting of 100 thousand nodes and 500 thousand directed arcs, picks two random nodes, and computes the shortest paths ...
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Priority Queue for D* Lite
So, I needed a priority queue for D* lite and I wanted to know whether this is an acceptable implementation or not.
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Searching for a performance bug in a C++20 pathfinding algorithm (NBA*) - follow up
I have followed some advice in the previous iteration, yet even the current version is too slow compared to the Java implementation of the same algorithm. (C++ version with ...
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Searching for a performance bug in a C++20 pathfinding algorithm (NBA*)
(See the next iteration.)
I have this pathfinding algorithm:
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Pathfinders.hpp - Dijkstra's algorithm
I have this Visual Studio 2022 project, in which I compared the performance of 4 point-to-point shortest path algorithms. This one presents the Dijkstra's algorithm:
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My code generates a path through a grid - How can I simplfy it in terms of list, dictionary's, stacks and queues?
This code works but is cluttered and I think could be improved in terms of how it is implemented.
Basically my code works - what it does is from the start location, it chooses a random direction and ...
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Improving generic A* algorithm performance
Here is my A* algorithm. I tried hard to implement it generically, but come up only with one idea to use lambdas for heuristic and next nodes (neighbours / successors) functions. I know that using ...
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Shortest route algo terribly slow
First post. I posted this on stack as well but somebody suggested I post it here too/instead.
I wrote a shortest-path script for a Unity game project, and while it works, it gets so slow when applied ...
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Compute shortest path in undirected graph
In a recent coding interview I was asked to write a program which takes as input two text lines:
The first one represents a graph, formatted as a sequence of undirected edges like ...
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Google Foobar challenge optimization
I am trying to solve Google Foobar challenge prepare-the-bunnies-escape using my own approach, instead of BFS. I attempt to solve two ends of the maze and try to ...
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AStar Implementation and Efficiency
This is my implementation of an AStar-like algorithm for maze solving.
A quick summary of the problem I am trying to solve with my algorithm might be:
A simple binary maze is given to you to solve, ...
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Dijkstra from scratch
I implemented the Dijkstra algorithm from scrath and wonder if I can save some code? The whole algorithm is here.
n is the number of nodes, and m the number of edges. 1 ≤ 𝑛 ≤ 10^4, 0 ≤ 𝑚 ≤ 10^5, 𝑢 ...
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How can I speed up my IDA* algorithm for N-puzzle?
I'm trying to solve the N-Puzzle problem using IDA* algorithm with a Manhattan heuristic. I already implemented the algorithm from the pseudocode in this Wikipedia page (link).
Here's my code so far :
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A* Pathfinding Algorithm
I have programmed a A* Pathfinding algorithm in the Console. I would now like to know if there are any things that I could do to improve the time it takes, to find a path. Right now it takes around ...
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A* (shortest path) with the ability to remove up to one wall
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You are given an HxW matrix. Each element is either 0 (passable space) or 1 (wall).
Given that you can remove one wall, find the shortest path from [0,0] (start)
to [width-1, height-1] (end).
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Navigating the robot by finding the shortest way
I have this task where I have to make my robot find the shortest way when I enter a destination point. I've created some functions to assign numbers (distances) for each square and counts its way back ...
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Implementation of Dijkstra's algorithm in Python
I have implemented Dijkstra's algorithm for my research on an Economic model, using Python.
In my research I am investigating two functions and the differences ...
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Python: Astar algorithm implementation
I have implemented Astar algorithm for a problem on an online judge relating to maze given start and end positions along with a grid representing the maze. I output the length of the path along with ...
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A* and ALT pathfinding in C tips
I adding some pathfinding to a game I'm working on. It primarily used A* with as suggested in the pathfinding articles at reb blob games.
It works, but isn't very fast.
It is a square grid map that (...
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C#: A* pathfinding - performance and simplicity
Yet another implementation of A* pathfinding. It is focused on:
Performance (both speed and memory allocations).
Readability and simplicity.
Well defined objects and methods.
Accordance with general ...
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Speed Up Flow Field Algorithm?
I am slowly creating a flow field pathfinding solution for Unity3D. I'm trying to follow Elijah Emerson's description, which appears in the book 'Game AI Pro' (volume 1). In this question I ask about ...
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Coordinates Struct for Flow Field Pathfinding... am I doing this right?
I am slowly creating a flow field pathfinding solution for Unity3D. I'm trying to follow Elijah Emerson's description, which appears in the book 'Game AI Pro' (volume 1).
The map is divided into ...
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I wrote my first pathfinding algorithm
I'm currently writing a small game in Lua, using the Love2d framework. I guess I'm doing it as a practice of sorts, but it did give me the opportunity to write my first pathfinding algorithm. I wrote ...
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Sum of all Paths in Binary Tree
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For the given binary tree return the list which has sum of every paths in a tree. i.e Every path from root to leaf.
I've written following solution.
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Directed graph and Dijkstra algorithm using heap
I have implemented directed graph and Dijkstra algorithm using heap in Python.
I first implemented an abstract base class WeightedGraph, of which ...
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Performance Enhancement of A Star Path Finder algorithm with 1024 multidimentional array
I have the below code for a A* pathfinder, however it is taking upwards of 10 minutes to find a solution using a simple 1024 x 1024 array.
I had to comment out ...
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Python3 BFS Flood Fill with Deque and 2D Indexing
I'm currently in a programming competition where time is key, therefore I'm trying to optimize my solution as much as possible. I am trying to implement a BFS Flood Fill solution on a map size of ...
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Bellman Ford algorithm using vector
I have written this code for bellman-ford algorithm. Please review and suggest improvements:
This code takes input graph as an adjacency matrix, and stores it the ...
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A* pathfinding for integer Vectors
This class is for calculating the shortest path in a 2D World (without minding obstacles).
I'm using the A* algorithm and 2D Vectors (from the SFML Framework).
It is working but takes (a lot of) time ...
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Advice on path-finding visualisation program
Im looking for some help on improving my code which visualizes path-finding algorithms. The code is working however I know it can be improved. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Dijkstra Algorithm implementation in C++
I have implemented Dijkstra's algorithm in C++, but it seems a bit complicated since I really tried to follow the process of the algorithm as much as I could. If there's any simplification you would ...
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Path finding solution for a maze whose state changes during the solve
This is not a traditional maze where you find the shortest path (like the gif on the left). In order to solve it, you need to visit every available node before reaching the end, where once a node is ...
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A-Star for 2D Graph (not grid)
This is my A-Star implementation for a 2D space of nodes but allowing to specifically set connections between nodes because my usecase does not have points tied to a grid (however for clarification ...
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A Brushfire algorithm to generate a distance map in a grid
I'm working on implementing a goal-based pathfinding.
first step is to set a goal and calculate the shortest walkable distance between the goal and all points in the grid, using a brushfire algorithm.
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Find the closest enemy in a 2D grid with wrapping allowed
I'd like feedback on my solution to the outlined programming challenge. Is numpy a good candidate module for this? What might be a more efficient or Pythonic solution?
Closest Enemy II
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Find the correct path through a 5 x 5 grid (coderbyte 'Correct path')
I've completed the following coderbyte question and would like feedback as to whether it follows Python best practices, is efficient and so forth.
The coderbyte problem:
Have the function ...
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Codewars: Remote Control Virtual Keyboard
This is my solution to the Codewars problem TV Remote (symbols).
Description
In short, you are given a virtual keyboard with 3 modes between which can be switched by pressing the ...
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