[jmt7les]

A* uses BFS but was a specialization of Dijkstra's, not the other way around.

[Sharlin]

No, Dijkstra is simply A* whose heuristic function is h(x)=0. A* is the more general one.

[amitp]

Another way of looking at it: A* is Dijkstra where the edge weights have been modified. http://11011110.livejournal.com/135302.html