A search strategy is a method or technique for traversing a search space in order to find a goal state. There are general strategies, such as breadth-first search and depth-first search, but the choice of strategies depends on the kind of search problem (finding any solution, optimisation, winning in a game) and the detailed structure of the search space.
Also known as: search methods, search techniques
Used in glossary entries: goal state, optimisation, search space