pathfinding
Noun
Meaning
(computing) The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.
(biology) The finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells.
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Examples
Use graph nodes together with a object (or one of its subclasses) to perform actions that relate to the network of nodes as a whole, such as pathfinding to determine routes through the network.
Written accounts of the Tierra Amarilla locality by pathfinding Spanish friars in 1776 described it as suitable for pastoral and agricultural use.
However, the writer noticed poor pathfinding and disliked the limited audio.
To paraphrase the familiar poem: The reason there’s only one pair of footprints in the sand is because God got fed up with his people’s pathfinding, and split.