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Automated method for solving mazes
A maze-solving algorithm is an automated method for solving a maze. The random mouse, wall follower, Pledge, Tarry's, and Trémaux's algorithms are designed
Maze-solving_algorithm
Automated methods for the creation of mazes
Maze generation algorithms are automated methods for the creation of mazes. A maze can be generated by starting with a predetermined arrangement of cells
Maze_generation_algorithm
Puzzle game
obstructions within an open area. Maze solving is the act of finding a route through the maze from the start to finish. Some maze solving methods are designed to
Maze
Algorithm to search the nodes of a graph
used it to find the shortest path out of a maze, and later developed by C. Y. Lee into a wire routing algorithm (published in 1961). The below pseudocode
Breadth-first_search
Surname list
include: Charles Pierre Trémaux (1859–1882), French inventor of a maze solving algorithm, named after him Pierre Trémaux (1818-1895), French architect, photographer
Trémaux
Topics referred to by the same term
Pledge (1867–1954), Australian pioneer and pastoralist Pledge, a maze-solving algorithm pledge, a system call which is one of the OpenBSD security features
Pledge
Class of algorithms
algorithms are used in computer networking and graphics. Flooding algorithms are also useful for solving many mathematical problems, including maze problems
Flooding_algorithm
colossal poster mazes of 200×200.[citation needed] Secrets of the Maze by Adrian Fisher, page 35 Maze Maze generation algorithm List of maze video games
Picture_maze
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Wall-following, a thigmotaxis behavior Wall-following, a maze-solving algorithm ("Hand On Wall Rule") This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Wall-following
Competitive event involving small robotic mice
Micromouse is an event where small robotic mice compete to solve a 16×16 maze. The first Micromouse event was announced by IEEE Spectrum in 1977 and held
Micromouse
Algorithm used for pathfinding and graph traversal
every algorithm A′ in Alts, the set of nodes expanded by A in solving P is a subset (possibly equal) of the set of nodes expanded by A′ in solving P. The
A*_search_algorithm
Algorithm to search the nodes of a graph
century by French mathematician Charles Pierre Trémaux as a strategy for solving mazes. The time and space analysis of DFS differs according to its application
Depth-first_search
Literary scholar and media theorist
Participants wrote and demonstrated particular algorithms. Examples included a maze-solving algorithm based on Shannon's Thesius robot mouse, a Markov
Friedrich_Kittler
Process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles
former is an example of simple problem solving (SPS) addressing one issue, whereas the latter is complex problem solving (CPS) with multiple interrelated obstacles
Problem_solving
Algorithm based on breadth-first search to solve mazes
The Lee algorithm is one possible solution for maze routing problems based on breadth-first search. It always gives an optimal solution, if one exists
Lee_algorithm
Plotting by a computer application
It is a more practical variant on solving mazes. This field of research is based heavily on Dijkstra's algorithm for finding the shortest path on a weighted
Pathfinding
Mathematical puzzle game
Frame–Stewart algorithm is known without proof of optimality since 1941. For the formal derivation of the exact number of minimum moves required to solve the problem
Tower_of_Hanoi
Problem solving method
of the Minotaur’s labyrinth, is solving a problem which has multiple apparent ways to proceed—such as a physical maze, a logic puzzle, or an ethical dilemma—through
Ariadne's_thread_(logic)
Self-contained autonomous mobile robot
through an unknown maze, learn from its mistakes, and solve the maze in subsequent runs. By comparison, Moonlight Special maze-solving predecessor Theseus
Moonlight_Special_Micromouse
Algorithm for solving boundary value problems of the Eikonal equation
level-set methods. More general algorithms exist but are normally slower. Extensions to non-flat (triangulated) domains solving | ∇ S u ( x ) | = 1 / f ( x
Fast_marching_method
Model-free reinforcement learning algorithm
Q-learning is a reinforcement learning algorithm that trains an agent to assign values to its possible actions based on its current state, without requiring
Q-learning
Computer science algorithm
tree to be re-constructed in an efficient manner); maze generation algorithms; flood fill algorithm for marking contiguous regions of a two dimensional
Graph_traversal
Computational problem of graph theory
of vertices. Several well-known algorithms exist for solving this problem and its variants. Dijkstra's algorithm solves the single-source shortest path
Shortest_path_problem
Method for finding minimum spanning trees
In computer science, Prim's algorithm is a greedy algorithm that finds a minimum spanning tree for a weighted undirected graph. This means it finds a
Prim's_algorithm
Logic puzzle forming a picture in a grid
comparison and discussion of nonogram solving algorithms is found at the WebPBN site (Web Paint-By-Number). A nonogram solver written in C++ and published in
Nonogram
Robot capable of locomotion
of these robots operated a simple "keep the line in the center sensor" algorithm. They could not circumnavigate obstacles; they just stopped and waited
Mobile_robot
Logic puzzle
2025-07-18. Hegeman, Meili (2022). Generating Pipes puzzles using maze-generating algorithm (PDF) (Thesis). Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
Pipes_(puzzle)
1976 mathematics text
strictly chronological. The first chapter, on paths, includes maze-solving algorithms as well as Euler's work on Euler tours. Next, a chapter on circuits
Graph_Theory,_1736–1936
Elaborate, confusing structure in Greek mythology
Mazes to Mathematics, Exposition by Tony Phillips Astrolog.org, Maze classification, Extensive classification of labyrinths and algorithms to solve them
Labyrinth
Type of cognitive architecture
spoken dialog systems, and solving NP-hard constraint satisfaction problems, and is general enough for many problem solving applications. FORR does not
FORR
Logic problem
nodes are generated by adding each of the possible action vectors. The algorithm continues alternating subtraction and addition for each level of the tree
Missionaries and cannibals problem
Missionaries_and_cannibals_problem
neural processing unit, feedback and feedforward neural networks, maze solving algorithm Computer vision – optical character recognition (OCR), augmented
List_of_MOSFET_applications
1984 video game
Breeder, a 1986 Famicom algorithm-based simulation combat game by SoftPro ChipWits COMSIGHT, a 1987 PC88, X1, and X68000 algorithm-based simulation combat
Robot_Odyssey
Oral puzzle guessing game
gun loaded?" Twenty Questions Divide and conquer algorithm Brain teaser Riddle Creative problem solving Edward De Bono, Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step
Situation_puzzle
List of concepts in artificial intelligence
It is a more practical variant on solving mazes. This field of research is based heavily on Dijkstra's algorithm for finding a shortest path on a weighted
Glossary of artificial intelligence
Glossary_of_artificial_intelligence
illusion Packing problems Paradox Problem solving Puzzlehunt Syllogism Tale Lists Impossible puzzles Maze video games Nikoli puzzle types Puzzle video
List_of_puzzle_video_games
20th episode of the 18th season of The Simpsons
leads the family into a cornfield maze. Lisa crafts an escape plan with Tremaux's algorithm, a real life maze-solving method, but Homer is left behind
Stop,_or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot!
3-D combination puzzle
described it as addictive and engaging. 2000s portal Toys portal Ball-in-a-maze puzzle Perplexus Rubik's Revenge Alastair Jamieson (2009-01-31). "Rubik's
Rubik's_360
Puzzle video game
maze in the game, the rules for solving each puzzle differ depending on the set of symbols included on each specific maze. The game map was divided into
The_Witness_(2016_video_game)
no-error randomized algorithms. In 1992, Nisan, Szemerédi, and Wigderson finally found a new deterministic algorithm to solve USTCON using only log1
SL_(complexity)
Spore-forming organisms
Nakagaki, Toshiyuki; Yamada, Hiroyasu; Toth, Agotha (September 28, 2000). "Maze-solving by an amoeboid organism". Nature. 407 (6803): 470. doi:10.1038/35035159
Slime_mold
is not impossible -gry, a word puzzle List of undecidable problems, no algorithm can exist to answer a yes–no question about the input Archer, Aaron F
List_of_impossible_puzzles
disguised as a mouse (its name derives from on their own time), is able to solve mazes the way an intelligent human would. Bozinovski, Stevo (1981) "Inverted
Timeline of artificial intelligence
Timeline_of_artificial_intelligence
American mathematician and computer scientist
authored "Variable Length Binary Encodings", "The Shortest Path Through a Maze", "A simplified universal Turing machine", and "Complete Relay Decoding Networks"
Edward_F._Moore
Problems which attempt to find the most efficient way to pack objects into containers
server. The problem is NP-complete in general, but there are fast algorithms for solving small instances. In tiling or tessellation problems, there are to
Packing_problems
Generalization of depth-first search trees
French author who used a form of depth-first search as a strategy for solving mazes. They have also been called normal spanning trees, especially in the
Trémaux_tree
Color filter array
select demosaicing algorithm and control the transformation parameters, which is used not only in consumer photography but also in solving various technical
Bayer_filter
Simple mechanical puzzles using topology
of many such puzzles can often be difficult, and there is no universal algorithm that will provide the solution generally to such puzzles. Wikimedia Commons
Disentanglement_puzzle
Discrete model of computation
straighter corridors compared with Maze, with the rule B3/S12345. Since these cellular automaton rules are deterministic, each maze generated is uniquely determined
Cellular_automaton
Sequence of points far from previous points
doi:10.1109/83.623193, PMID 18283019 Mazer, E.; Ahuactzin, J. M.; Bessiere, P. (1998), "The Ariadne's clew algorithm", Journal of Artificial Intelligence
Farthest-first_traversal
Question in combinatorial game theory
conditions. Oddvar Kloster discovered a constructive algorithm to solve the problem with a 2-angel. This algorithm is quite simple and also optimal, since, as
Angel_problem
1983 video game
features a command menu system, point-and-click interface, and 3D dungeon maze. Upon its release, The Portopia Serial Murder Case was well received in Japan
The Portopia Serial Murder Case
The_Portopia_Serial_Murder_Case
Israeli computer scientist and mathematician
Impagliazzo, Wigderson discovered that for algorithms that solve problems through coin flipping, there exists an algorithm that is almost as fast that does not
Avi_Wigderson
Biological molecules for computations
Computing with Engineered Bacteria and Its Application in Solving Chemically Generated 2 × 2 Maze Problems". ACS Synthetic Biology. 10 (10): 2456–2464. doi:10
Biological_computing
Puzzles solved by mechanical manipulation
is usually marked with different colours, intended to be scrambled, then solved by a sequence of moves that sort the facets by colour. Generally, combination
Combination_puzzle
of this algorithm in a program called the "General Problem Solver". Other "searching" programs accomplished impressive results like solving problems
History of artificial intelligence
History_of_artificial_intelligence
Australian reality competition series
while the losers are eliminated. Twists The Algorithm: Introduced after the first elimination, an algorithm assigns players a new partner of the opposite
The_Challenge:_Australia
German puzzle designer and inventor (1939–2022)
illusion Packing problems Paradox Problem solving Puzzlehunt Syllogism Tale Lists Impossible puzzles Maze video games Nikoli puzzle types Puzzle video
Uwe_Mèffert
Path in a graph that visits each vertex exactly once
is an edge decomposition of a graph into Hamiltonian circuits. A Hamilton maze is a type of logic puzzle in which the goal is to find the unique Hamiltonian
Hamiltonian_path
American puzzle designer
illusion Packing problems Paradox Problem solving Puzzlehunt Syllogism Tale Lists Impossible puzzles Maze video games Nikoli puzzle types Puzzle video
Larry_D._Nichols
Puzzle video game
search algorithm and was the first to solve the standard test suite, which had eluded a complete solution for more than twenty years. Humans solve Sokoban
Sokoban
Genre of card games
Glossary of patience and solitaire terms Patience sorting, a computer algorithm named after the card game genre See e.g. Parlett (1979) and Morehead &
Solitaire
Dutch puzzle maker (born 1965)
was mass-produced by WitEden. Treasure chest: A 3×3×3 puzzle that when solved, can be opened, revealing a small chamber inside. It was mass-produced by
Oskar_van_Deventer
British puzzle designer
when it was first released in the UK. He worked out his own solution to solve it. Fisher first began creating puzzles in 1981, when he modified two existing
Tony_Fisher_(puzzle_designer)
intelligence (AGI). The term game AI is used to refer to a broad set of algorithms that also include techniques from control theory, robotics, computer graphics
Artificial intelligence in video games
Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games
Type of logic puzzle
the board. labyrinths: player runs one convoluted path way, no dead ends. mazes: player runs fixed set of pathways, many dead ends. Sokoban-type puzzles:
Transport_puzzle
Class of software bugs
mazes and algorithmic complexity attacks. In both cases, the attacker manipulates the OS state to control scheduling of the victim. File system mazes
Time-of-check_to_time-of-use
2024 American Television series
storylines and secrets pile up, the mystery becomes more of a confusing maze than an intriguing puzzle." Death and Other Details was one of 200 television
Death_and_Other_Details
Argentine Reality TV show
twists below) later selected by the winners. Twists The Algorithm: From episodes 1 to 10, an algorithm assigns players a new partner of the opposite gender
The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío
The_Challenge_Argentina:_El_Desafío
Canadian neuropsychologist (1904–1985)
lobes with age, he designed a variable path maze for rats with Kenneth Williams called the Hebb-Williams maze, a method for testing animal intelligence
Donald_O._Hebb
American psychologist (1928–1971)
theorem states convergence of the learning algorithm if this realisation of an elementary perceptron can solve the problem. His work was done in collaboration
Frank_Rosenblatt
Robotics competition
various robotics challenges including Bots Combat, Robo Race, Robo Soccer, Maze Solver, Water Rocket, Drone Racing, RC Plane Racing and Innovation. 6th Edition
Technoxian
Engineering discipline specializing in the design of computer hardware
encompass areas such as electromagnetism, artificial intelligence (AI), algorithm engineering, robotics, computer networks, computer architecture and operating
Computer_engineering
Time spent concentrating before being distracted
complex analytical tasks such as structured education and long-term problem solving. Attention span can vary significantly along the human lifespan, as it
Attention_span
Type of go problem
illusion Packing problems Paradox Problem solving Puzzlehunt Syllogism Tale Lists Impossible puzzles Maze video games Nikoli puzzle types Puzzle video
Tsumego
Project in integrated circuit design
iterative search and repair process relying on maze routing. Using variants of the A* or Lee algorithms, in the "search and repair" phase congested wires
OpenROAD_Project
possible choices we might make", while Bush imagines "a challenging maze, waiting to be solved by an appropriately organized and clever team effort." Forward
Forward_Anywhere
Discipline related to computer vision and cartography
Internet of Things (IoT) Indoor positioning system Map database management Maze Simulator Mobile robot Neato Robotics Real-time locating system (RTLS). Robotics
Robotic_mapping
Field of study in Psychology
linking test construction with computer programming. It uses a computer algorithm to automatically create test items that are the basic building blocks
Automatic_item_generation
2025 Marvel Studios film
originally envisioned them as "ethereal and dreamy" but believed making them mazes akin to those seen in the film Being John Malkovich (1999) helped with visualizing
Thunderbolts*
Design practice critically concerned with future designs
(sup1): S4253–S4262. doi:10.1080/14606925.2017.1352923. ISSN 1460-6925. Mazé, Ramia; Redström, Johan (2009). "Difficult Forms: Critical practices of design
Speculative_design
demonstrated. Graphene quantum dot spin qubits are proposed. The HHL algorithm for solving linear equations is published. Graphene quantum dot qubits are described
Timeline of quantum computing and communication
Timeline_of_quantum_computing_and_communication
Disney media franchise
digital counterpart, Clu. Together with warrior Quorra, an Isomorphic Algorithm and the last of her kind, they embark on a mission to prevent Clu from
Tron_(franchise)
Entrance exam for health science courses in Australia and New Zealand
health sciences. These qualities include: critical thinking and problem solving, ability to understand people, and abstract non-verbal reasoning. The first
Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test
Undergraduate_Medicine_and_Health_Sciences_Admission_Test
Art design in video game development
game history, for example for box art and promotional materials. In 1974, Maze Wars achieved rudimentary 3D graphics using wireframes, and more detailed
Video_game_art_design
Mobile robot by EPFL
programming. It has featured in undergraduate lab assignments (e.g., maze solving, line following) and advanced projects (e.g., robot soccer, multi-robot
Khepera_mobile_robot
Probability concept
player controls Pac-Man through a maze, eating pac-dots. Meanwhile, he is being hunted by ghosts. For convenience, the maze shall be a small 3x3-grid and
Continuous-time_Markov_chain
Realistic artificially generated media
and artificial intelligence techniques, including facial recognition algorithms and artificial neural networks such as variational autoencoders and generative
Deepfake
enough to be stated formally, and even proven. See, for example, Euclid's algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers. By the High Middle
History_of_computing
American adult animated Netflix series
hopes of getting dating advice, who agrees to help her make a dating algorithm in return for the second season of Friends. Reagan makes a robot version
Inside_Job_(2021_TV_series)
Subgenre of role-playing video games
procedural generation using a modification of the random maze generator from the game Dragon Maze, role-playing elements for the characters, tile-based movement
Roguelike
Winners of satirical science award
Nakagaki, Toshiyuki; Yamada, Hiroyasu; Tóth, Ágota (28 September 2000). "Maze-solving by an amoeboid organism". Nature. 407 (6803): 470. doi:10.1038/35035159
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners
forests, sewers or buildings. Dungeons may be maze-like or contain puzzles that the player must solve and often hide valuable items within to encourage
Glossary_of_video_game_terms
Mathematical puzzle of avoiding crossings
266, pp. 751–753 Larsen, Mogens Esrom (1994), "Misunderstanding my mazy mazes may make me miserable", in Guy, Richard K.; Woodrow, Robert E. (eds.), Proceedings
Three_utilities_problem
Video game series
sequels. Repton, the titular protagonist, is moved around an underground maze in a quest to find all the diamonds (some are held in safes, their release
Repton_(video_game)
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
father of theoretical computer science. He formalised the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, a model of a general-purpose
Alan_Turing
American technology company
Benj (March 21, 2025). "Cloudflare turns "AI" against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts". Ars Technica. Retrieved July 2, 2025. Davis, Wes (March
Cloudflare
Model used to visualise relationship between genotypes and reproductive success
optimization methods such as genetic algorithms or evolution strategies. In evolutionary optimization, one tries to solve real-world problems (e.g., engineering
Fitness_landscape
can be solved using a variety of commercial and open-source exact algorithm solvers. In contrast to the algorithms conventionally used to solve conservation
Marxan
Method of statistical inference
probabilistic numerics to solve numerical problems The problem considered by Bayes in Proposition 9 of his essay, "An Essay Towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine
Bayesian_inference
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MAZE SOLVING-ALGORITHM
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Boy/Male
English
A mace was a medieval weapon used by knights.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling ‘pollard’, or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling ‘excessive drinking’.German (Bölling) : from a pet form of a personal name formed with Germanic bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’ (see Baldwin).Swedish : either an ornamental name composed of Boll + the suffix -ing ‘belonging to’, or possibly a habitational name from a place named Bolling(e).
Boy/Male
Australian, English, Indian, Latin, Malayalam
King; Derived from the Word Salvino; Saviour
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a virile man, from Middle English male ‘masculine’ (Old French masle, madle, Latin masculus).Belgian (van Male) : habitational name from any of a number of places in Flanders named Male.
Boy/Male
Indian
Expert, Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Irish
Great.
Male
Native American
Native American Dakota name MAZA BLASKA means "flat iron."
Girl/Female
Danish, German
Champion
Female
English
Variant spelling of English May, a pet form of Margaret, MAE means "pearl," and Mary, meaning "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."
Female
Swedish
Swedish form of Old Norse Solveig, SOLVIG means "strong house."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a survival of Old English Mæssa, which came to be taken as a pet form of Matthew.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a mace-bearer, from Old French masse ‘mace’.English : habitational name from Macé in Orne, France.French (Macé) : variant of Massey; also a vernacular form of the personal name Mathieu (see Matthew).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Krishna
Female
English
 Latin name MARE means "sea." Compare with another form of Mare.
Surname or Lastname
Danish
Danish : probably a habitational name from Kolding. This was originally the name of a river, from kaldr ‘cold’ + a derivational suffix -ung, hence ‘the cold river’.English : perhaps a spelling variant of Golding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse personal name Kollungr, a derivative of Koli, or from an Old English cognate, Colling, a derivative of Cola (see Cole 2).English : from a pet form of Coll 1.Altered spelling of German Kölling (see Kolling).
Female
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Maeve, MAVE means "intoxicating."Â
Boy/Male
Finnish, German, Irish
Morning; Great; Dawn
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the late Old English personal name Golding, in form a patronymic from Golda (see Gold 4).German : patronymic from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with gold, guld ‘gold’, ‘bright’.Jewish (from Latvia and Lithuania) : habitational name from Golding, the German and Yiddish name of the city of Kuldīga in Latvia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the personal name Rollo or Rolf.German : patronymic from the personal name Role, a reduced form of Rudolf.German : habitational name from any of several places called Rolling in Silesia.(Rölling) : variant of 2 and 3, or a nickname for a lecher, from Rölling ‘tom cat’.
Female
English
Short form of Old English Hazel, HAZE means "reddish-brown" or "hazel tree."
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