A method and apparatus for dynamically providing a path through a network of nodes or granules may use a limited, advanced look at potential steps along a plurality of available paths. Given an initial position, at an initial node or granule within a network, and some destination node or granule in the...http://www.google.de/patents/US6067572?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6067572 - Extrinsically influenced near-optimal path apparatus and method