A* dates back to 1968 [0] It's an extension of Dijkstra's algorithm that adds a few heuristics. [0] http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4082128/ http://ieeexp

A* dates back to 1968 [0] It's an extension of Dijkstra's algorithm that adds a few heuristics. [0] http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4082128/ http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4082128/