Abstract: This paper presents a detailed comparison of three popular path-finding algorithms: BFS, Dijkstra’s algorithm, and A*, for solving 2D mazes. Path-finding is a widely studied problem in ...

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Abstract: This paper presents a comparative analysis of three widely used pathfinding algorithms: A*, Dijistra’s, and Breadth-First Search (BFS). We evaluate these algorithms based on their complexity ...

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