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    In graph theory, the shortest path problem is the problem of finding a path between two vertices (or nodes) in a graph such that the sum of the weights...
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    algorithm (/ˈdaɪkstrəz/ DYKE-strəz) is an algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a weighted graph, which may represent, for example...
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  • computer science, the longest path problem is the problem of finding a simple path of maximum length in a given graph. A path is called simple if it does...
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    Pathfinding (redirect from Path finding)
    Dijkstra's algorithm for finding the shortest path on a weighted graph. Pathfinding is closely related to the shortest path problem, within graph theory, which...
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  • k shortest path routing problem is a generalization of the shortest path routing problem in a given network. It asks not only about a shortest path but...
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    edge in the path. The widest path problem is also known as the maximum capacity path problem. It is possible to adapt most shortest path algorithms to...
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    the shortest path problem is a successive approximation scheme that solves the dynamic programming functional equation for the shortest path problem by...
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    The Euclidean shortest path problem is a problem in computational geometry: given a set of polyhedral obstacles in a Euclidean space, and two points, find...
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    computer science, a shortest-path tree rooted at a vertex v of a connected, undirected graph G is a spanning tree T of G, such that the path distance from root...
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    combinatorial optimization problems: the (non-negative) shortest path problem and the minimum spanning tree problem. If a Steiner tree problem in graphs contains...
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    The Bellman–Ford algorithm is an algorithm that computes shortest paths from a single source vertex to all of the other vertices in a weighted digraph...
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  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a routing protocol for Internet Protocol (IP) networks. It uses a link state routing (LSR) algorithm and falls into...
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    vertex-disjoint paths of length at most k. Glossary of graph theory Path graph Polygonal chain Shortest path problem Longest path problem Dijkstra's algorithm...
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  • A central problem in algorithmic graph theory is the shortest path problem. Hereby, the problem of finding the shortest path between every pair of nodes...
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    salesman problem (TSP) asks the following question: "Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible...
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  • Roy–Floyd algorithm, or the WFI algorithm) is an algorithm for finding shortest paths in a directed weighted graph with positive or negative edge weights...
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    multi-agent generalization of the pathfinding problem, and it is closely related to the shortest path problem in the context of graph theory. Several algorithms...
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  • A central problem in algorithmic graph theory is the shortest path problem. One of the generalizations of the shortest path problem is known as the...
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  • after the problem is reformulated as an equivalent assignment problem. A later variation of the auction algorithm that solves shortest path problems was introduced...
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  • Seidel's algorithm (category Polynomial-time problems)
    Seidel in 1992 for the all-pairs-shortest-path problem for undirected, unweighted, connected graphs. It solves the problem in O ( V ω log ⁡ V ) {\displaystyle...
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    flow, shortest path problem, transport problem, transshipment problem, location problem, matching problem, assignment problem, packing problem, routing...
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  • algorithms take advantage of algorithms developed much earlier for shortest path problems on graphs with nonnegative edge lengths. These algorithms take advantage...
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  • technique is also used in a version of the successive shortest paths algorithm for the minimum cost flow problem due to Edmonds and Karp, as well as in Suurballe's...
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  • Motion planning, also path planning (also known as the navigation problem or the piano mover's problem) is a computational problem to find a sequence of...
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    where he worked from 1952 until 1962. He formulated and solved the shortest path problem in 1956, and in 1960 developed the first compiler for the programming...
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  • Euclidean shortest path problem may be decomposed into two simpler subproblems: constructing the visibility graph, and applying a shortest path algorithm...
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    Geodesic (redirect from Geodesic path)
    -ˈdiːsɪk, -zɪk/) is a curve representing in some sense the locally shortest path (arc) between two points in a surface, or more generally in a Riemannian...
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    This determines the shortest time possible to complete the project. "Total float" (unused time) can occur within the critical path. For example, if a project...
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  • science and graph theory, the Canadian traveller problem (CTP) is a generalization of the shortest path problem to graphs that are partially observable. In...
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  • problems are special cases of the minimum cost flow problem (we provide brief sketches of each applicable reduction, in turn): Shortest path problem (single-source)...
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