Definitions
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- noun computing The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points
- noun biology The
finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronalaxons or developing cells
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fremont's "pathfinding" virtually completed the exploration of the country.
American Men of Action Burton Egbert Stevenson 1917
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A significant tactical point was the mass use of flares and the selection of some experienced crews to open the raid, thus foreshadowing some of the 'pathfinding' methods to be used later in the war.
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A significant tactical point was the mass use of flares and the selection of some experienced crews to open the raid, thus foreshadowing some of the 'pathfinding' methods to be used later in the war.
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However, I would be particularly interested in the idea of taking a huge number of characters within a map or area and performing operations on each of these: collision detection, pathfinding, flocking behaviours or primitive AI behaviours.
Re-thinking My Honours Project Topic : KillerCodingNinjaBunny 2009
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The images below were taken with a greatly reduced number of cells, and the work involved in processing each cell is artificial: there are no pathfinding characters yet.
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Much of our technology used in the design of the space shuttle and in the development of the Constellation exploration program is based on the pathfinding work done by Mr. Crossfield in his numerous missions in the X-15.
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His footprint was deep and wide - from early pathfinding work on GPS, among other leading edge research (during his tenure heading the Air Force and MIT R&D labs) to the first director of research at Housing and Urban Development.
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NASA's supposed to be a pathfinding organization, not a navel-gazing one.
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Nokia has raised the smartphone pathfinding bar a little higher by letting people record (and share) their own voice instructions.
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But that would mean telling her about his pathfinding, and things were complicated enough already.
Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010
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