Which search is equal to minimax search but eliminates the branches that can’t influence the final

decision?

a) Depth-first search

b) Breadth-first search

c) Alpha-beta pruning

d) None of the mentioned

1 Answer

Answer :

c) Alpha-beta pruning

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