When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

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Python simulation of the London Underground network that finds the fastest route between stations using weighted graph algorithms. Includes dynamic connections and optimization for travel time and ...

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There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O(m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...

Edge weights must be non-negative. Supplying a negative weight raises a GraphFormatError that points to the exact offending edge. Public modules and classes are ...

Abstract: Many problems in operations research can be formulated in terms of networks, among which the shortest path is a particularly important class. Using the PAR method, we formally derive and ...