Depth First Search (DFS) in a Graph

Depth first search is an algorithm which searches or traverses all the vertices in a graph. It starts to traverse the graph based on a start vertex. The algorithm traverses the vertices in depth. As graphs can have cycles we should not visit any visited vertex twice. For this purpose the algorithm must know if … Continue reading Depth First Search (DFS) in a Graph

Breadth First Search (BFS) in a Graph

Breadth first search is an algorithm which searches or traverses all the vertices in a graph. It starts to traverse the graph based on a start vertex. The algorithm traverses the vertices from closest ones to farthest ones. As graphs can have cycles we should not visit any visited vertex twice. For this purpose the … Continue reading Breadth First Search (BFS) in a Graph

Dijkstra’s Algorithm

Dijkstra's algorithm is a popular algorithm created by Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956 to find the shortest path between two vertices in a weighted graph, where edges have weight or distance which shows the distance/weight between two vertices. The algorithm has many applications in real world like in maps finding the shortest route between two locations, … Continue reading Dijkstra’s Algorithm