Paths
shortest_path g v1 v2
computes the shortest path from vertex v1
to vertex v2
in graph g
. The path is returned as the list of
followed edges, together with the total length of the path.
raise Not_found
if the path from v1
to v2
does not exist.
Complexity: at most O((V+E)log(V))
shortest_path g vs
computes the distances of shortest paths
from vertex vs
to all other vertices in graph g
. They are
returned as a hash table mapping each vertex reachable from
vs
to its distance from vs
. If g
contains a
negative-length cycle reachable from vs
, raises
NegativeCycle l
where l
is such a cycle.
Complexity: at most O(VE)
Check for a path.
the abstract data type of a path checker; this is a mutable data structure
create g
builds a new path checker for the graph g
;
if the graph is mutable, it must not be mutated while this path
checker is in use (through the function check_path
below).
check_path pc v1 v2
checks whether there is a path from v1
to
v2
in the graph associated to the path checker pc
.
Complexity: The path checker contains a cache of all results computed so far. This cache is implemented with a hash table so access in this cache is usually O(1). When the result is not in the cache, Dijkstra's algorithm is run to check for the path, and all intermediate results are cached.
Note: if checks are to be done for almost all pairs of vertices, it
may be more efficient to compute the transitive closure of the graph
(see module Oper
).