Table 1.
Evaluation of the path-finding methods.
| Method 1 (DFS Algorithm) |
Method 2 (Dijkstra Algorithm) |
Method 3 (A* Algorithm) |
p-Value * | p-Value † | p-Value ‡ | No. of Undetected Paths | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Correct Paths | No. of Incorrect Paths | No. of Correct Paths | No. of Incorrect Paths | No. of Correct Paths | No. of Incorrect Paths | |||||||
| AComm | 19 | 25 | 44 | 0 | 36 | 8 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.006 | 16 | 60 | |
| ACA A1 | R | 51 | 9 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| L | 49 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 1 | 1 | 60 | |
| MCA M1 | R | 55 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0.057 | 0.057 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| L | 58 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 0.496 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | |
| PComm | R | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0.016 | 0.016 | 1 | 46 | 60 |
| L | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 1 | 42 | 60 | |
| PCA P1 | R | 52 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 0.204 | 0.095 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| L | 51 | 9 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 1 | 0 | 60 | |
| PCA P2 | R | 55 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0.057 | 0.057 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| L | 51 | 9 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 1 | 0 | 60 | |
| BA | 53 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0.013 | 0.013 | 1 | 0 | 60 | |
| ICA | R | 51 | 9 | 50 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| L | 51 | 9 | 52 | 8 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | |
| Total | 614 | 121 | 714 | 21 | 706 | 29 | 105 | 840 | ||||
* Comparison between Method 1 (DFS algorithm) and Method 2 (Dijkstra algorithm). † Comparison between Method 1 (DFS algorithm) and Method 3 (A* algorithm). ‡ Comparison between Method 2 (Dijkstra algorithm) and Method 3 (A* algorithm).