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Handbook of Graph Theory, 2nd Edition
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Handbook of Graph Theory, 2nd Edition

by Jonathan L. Gross, Jay Yellen, Ping Zhang
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1630 pages
46h
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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Chapter 10

Graphs in Computer Science

Section 10.1 Searching

Harold N. Gabow

University of Colorado

Introduction

A search of a graph is a methodical exploration of all the vertices and edges. It must run in “linear time,” i.e., in one pass (or a small number of passes) over the graph. Even with this restriction, a surprisingly large number of fundamental graph properties can be tested and identified.

This section examines the two most important search methods. Breadth-first search gives an efficient way to compute distances. Depth-first search is useful for checking many basic connectivity properties, for checking planarity, and also for data flow analysis for compilers. A treatment of at least some aspects of both these methods can be found ...

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