If you are planning a trip through several cities and want to find the shortest route, you resort to algorithms, a well-defined sequence of deterministic operations. This article accompanies the ...

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First, clarify what problem needs to be solved and whether there are already proven solutions. The example here searches for the shortest path between two cities. Algorithms like Dijkstra, A*, and ...

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