"Canadian traveller problem" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Introduced by Christos Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis in 1989. Supposed to allude to the difficulties experienced by Canadian drivers with snowfall randomly blocking roads. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Canadian traveller problem
  1. (computing theory) A generalization of the shortest path problem to graphs that are only partially observable (i.e. the graph is revealed while it is being explored). Wikipedia link: Canadian traveller problem Categories (topical): Theory of computing
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