title: How does best-first search suffer from plateau and local maxima?
body: <p>I understand that this particular algorithm suffers from these issues, however when I am researching the actual meanings of each one I can not grasp the concept. Can someone please explain how these are problems and whether 'Ridges and Alleys' affects it to.</p>
  
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