Pathfinding in multi goal, multi agent environment

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Published on 2011-11-23T21:20:19Z Indexed on 2011/11/24 2:22 UTC
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I have an environment in which I have multiple agents (a), multiple goals (g) and obstacles (o).

.  .  .  a  o  .  .  .
.  .  .  .  o  .  g  .
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.  .  .  .  o  .  .  .
.  o  o  o  o  .  g  .
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What would an appropriate algorithm for pathfinding in this environment?

The only thing I can think of right now, is to Run a separate version of A* for each goal separately, but i don't think that's very efficient.

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