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Daniel, Last Week

My time at the lab is finished, though my ability to continue working on my project is not. 

I showed my A* visualization to Dr. Likhachev, and to my joy, he approved of it- even suggested that I add the Javascript applet of the search algorithm to the lab's website. Unfortunately, no one that I am working with is exactly sure how to add applets to the website, as the website has been up for ages and isn't updated frequently, so I was told to work that out myself.

My ARA* algorithm is almost complete- my theory and algorithm structure are correct, as I discussed my pseudo-code with Dr. Likhachev, but working its display has not found success due to the algorithm having to run multiple iterations of the main search. So cleaning up ARA*, as well as working out how to add the visualizations of both algorithms to the lab's website's servers, will be my objectives of the next week or so. Even though my 7 weeks are over, I'll still be in Pittsburgh for other activities, so continuing my project suits me. 
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