beam search

heuristic search algorithm
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beam search

Summary

beam search is a search algorithm[1]. It draws 250 Wikipedia views per month (search_algorithm category, ranking #3 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • beam search's instance of is recorded as search algorithm[3].
  • beam search's instance of is recorded as greedy algorithm[4].
  • beam search's subclass of is recorded as best-first search[5].
  • beam search's subclass of is recorded as local search[6].
  • beam search's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05n9z3[7].
  • beam search's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/beam-search[8].
  • beam search's Quora topic ID is recorded as Beam-Search[9].
  • beam search's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 19889080[10].
  • beam search's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C19889080[11].

Why It Matters

beam search draws 250 Wikipedia views per month (search_algorithm category, ranking #3 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). beam search. Retrieved March 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam-search
MLA “beam search.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Mar. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam-search.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beam-search_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{beam search}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam-search}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-11}}
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