Subject

    Computer Science

    Topic

    Artificial Intelligence

    Which technique helps hill climbing escape local maxima by sometimes accepting worse moves, with the chance falling over time?

    a)
    Simulated annealing
    b)
    Breadth-first search
    c)
    Alpha-beta pruning
    d)
    Forward chaining

    Explanation

    Simulated annealing is inspired by the cooling of metals: a high "temperature" allows bad moves early on.

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