Added Astar Search Algorithm

Author: mathangpeddi

Graphs/Astar.js

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+/**
+ * Author: Mathang Peddi
+ * A* Search Algorithm implementation in JavaScript
+ * A* Algorithm calculates the minimum cost path between two nodes.
+ * It is used to find the shortest path using heuristics.
+ * It uses graph data structure.
+ */
+
+function createGraph(V, E) {
+    // V - Number of vertices in graph
+    // E - Number of edges in graph (u,v,w)
+    const adjList = [] // Adjacency list
+    for (let i = 0; i < V; i++) {
+      adjList.push([])
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < E.length; i++) {
+      adjList[E[i][0]].push([E[i][1], E[i][2]])
+      adjList[E[i][1]].push([E[i][0], E[i][2]])
+    }
+    return adjList
+  }
+  
+  // Heuristic function to estimate the cost to reach the goal
+  // You can modify this based on your specific problem, for now, we're using Manhattan distance
+  function heuristic(a, b) {
+    return Math.abs(a - b)
+  }
+  
+  function aStar(graph, V, src, target) {
+    const openSet = new Set([src]) // Nodes to explore
+    const cameFrom = Array(V).fill(-1) // Keep track of path
+    const gScore = Array(V).fill(Infinity) // Actual cost from start to a node
+    gScore[src] = 0
+  
+    const fScore = Array(V).fill(Infinity) // Estimated cost from start to goal (g + h)
+    fScore[src] = heuristic(src, target)
+  
+    while (openSet.size > 0) {
+      // Get the node in openSet with the lowest fScore
+      let current = -1
+      openSet.forEach((node) => {
+        if (current === -1 || fScore[node] < fScore[current]) {
+          current = node
+        }
+      })
+  
+      // If the current node is the target, reconstruct the path and return
+      if (current === target) {
+        const path = []
+        while (cameFrom[current] !== -1) {
+          path.push(current)
+          current = cameFrom[current]
+        }
+        path.push(src)
+        return path.reverse()
+      }
+  
+      openSet.delete(current)
+  
+      // Explore neighbors
+      for (let i = 0; i < graph[current].length; i++) {
+        const neighbor = graph[current][i][0]
+        const tentative_gScore = gScore[current] + graph[current][i][1]
+  
+        if (tentative_gScore < gScore[neighbor]) {
+          cameFrom[neighbor] = current
+          gScore[neighbor] = tentative_gScore
+          fScore[neighbor] = gScore[neighbor] + heuristic(neighbor, target)
+  
+          if (!openSet.has(neighbor)) {
+            openSet.add(neighbor)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  
+    return [] // Return empty path if there's no path to the target
+  }
+  
+  export { createGraph, aStar }
+  
+  // const V = 9
+  // const E = [
+  //   [0, 1, 4],
+  //   [0, 7, 8],
+  //   [1, 7, 11],
+  //   [1, 2, 8],
+  //   [7, 8, 7],
+  //   [6, 7, 1],
+  //   [2, 8, 2],
+  //   [6, 8, 6],
+  //   [5, 6, 2],
+  //   [2, 5, 4],
+  //   [2, 3, 7],
+  //   [3, 5, 14],
+  //   [3, 4, 9],
+  //   [4, 5, 10]
+  // ]
+  
+  // const graph = createGraph(V, E)
+  // const path = aStar(graph, V, 0, 4) // Find path from node 0 to node 4
+  // console.log(path)
+  
+  /**
+   * The function returns the optimal path from the source to the target node.
+   * The heuristic used is Manhattan distance but it can be modified.
+   */
+