Abstract: In this paper, we propose a variant of the anytime hybrid A* algorithm that generates a fast but suboptimal solution before progressively optimizing the paths to find the shortest ...

Google has rolled out fewer confirmed search ranking updates in 2025, then it did in all the past years where Google confirmed these updates. Google rolled out only four confirmed updates in 2025, ...

Abstract: When facing the dense ice layer structure of the polar region, the A* algorithm expands a large number of neighboring nodes to bypass obstacles, especially at narrow passages or curved paths ...

Google launched four official and confirmed algorithmic updates in 2025, three core updates and one spam update. This is in comparison to last year, in 2024, where we had seven confirmed updates, then ...