Answer
Our heuristic system for solving the eight-puzzle is based on an analysis of the immediate situation, just like that of the mountain climber. This shortsightedness is what allowed our algorithm to proceed initially along the wrong path in the example of this section just as a mountain climber can be led into trouble by always plotting a course based only on the local terrain. (This analogy often causes heuristic systems based on local or immediate information to be called hill-climbing systems.)
Work Step by Step
Our heuristic system for solving the eight-puzzle is based on an analysis of the immediate situation, just like that of the mountain climber. This shortsightedness is what allowed our algorithm to proceed initially along the wrong path in the example of this section just as a mountain climber can be led into trouble by always plotting a course based only on the local terrain. (This analogy often causes heuristic systems based on local or immediate information to be called hill-climbing systems.)
