Jump Point Search with Temporal Obstacles

heuristic pathfinding jump point search temporal obstacles PaperID: 34
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We consider a novel symmetry breaking algorithm - in the style of Jump Point Search – for pathfinding in 4-connected uniform-cost grids with temporal obstacles that appear and disappear at set times. This problem appears in several important contexts such as multi-agent coordination and computer games. Our approach is evaluated in these contexts and is shown to result in significant improvements, especially when the temporal obstacles are sparse