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A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript, Volume 1
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A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript, Volume 1

by Jay Wengrow
August 2024
Intermediate to advanced
516 pages
11h 47m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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The two well-known approaches for graph search are depth-first search and breadth-first search. Both approaches can get the job done, but each provides unique advantages in particular situations. We’re going to start with depth-first search, also referred to as DFS, because it’s actually quite similar to the algorithm for binary tree traversal that we discussed back in Binary Search Tree Traversal. In fact, it’s also the same essential algorithm that we saw in Filesystem Traversal.

As mentioned earlier, graph search can be used either to find a particular vertex or to simply traverse the graph. We’re going to begin by using depth-first search to traverse the graph since that algorithm is slightly simpler.

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