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shortest(1) -- Compute the distance between one node and all the other nodes of a graph
SYNOPSIS
shortest <graph_in> [SHOW]
DESCRIPTION
shortest computes the distance (and the shortest paths) between a
given node and all the other nodes of an undirected graph provided as
input. The program implements the Breadth-First Search algorithm.
PARAMETERS
-
<graph_in>: input graph (edge list) if equal to
-(dash), read the edge list from STDIN. -
: The label of the node from which distances are to be computed
-
SHOW: If the third (optional) parameter is equal to
SHOW, the program will dump on the standard error also all the shortest paths between and all the other nodes of the graph
OUTPUT
shortest prints on the standard output the distances betwen
and all the other nodes of the graph, in the format:
d0 d1 d2 d3.....
where d0 is the distance to node 0, d1 is the distance to node
1, and so forth. If SHOW is given, the list of all the shortest
paths between and the other nodes is printed on the standard
error, one path per line, in the format:
label0 label1 label2 ... node
where label1, label2, etc. are the labels of a shortest path
between label0 and
EXAMPLES
The following command:
$ shortest er_1000_5000.net 25
3 4 4 4 2.......
$
will show on output the distances between node 25 and all the other
nodes in the graph er_1000_5000.net. If we invoke the program with:
$ shortest er_1000_5000.net 25 SHOW 2>er_1000_5000.net_25_paths
3 4 4 4 2.......
$
the program will dump on STDERR the list of all the shortest paths
between 'node' and all the other nodes of the graph. Since we used the
redirection 2>er_1000_5000.net_25_paths (which can be read "redirect
STDERR to 'er_1000_5000.net_25_paths' "), the list of shortest
paths will be written to the file er_1000_5000.net_25_paths.
SEE ALSO
dijkstra(1), bet_dependency(1), betweenness(1), shortest_avg_max_hist(1)
REFERENCES
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V. Latora, V. Nicosia, G. Russo, "Complex Networks: Principles, Methods and Applications", Chapter 3, Cambridge University Press (2017)
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V. Latora, V. Nicosia, G. Russo, "Complex Networks: Principles, Methods and Applications", Appendix 6, Cambridge University Press (2017)
AUTHORS
(c) Vincenzo 'KatolaZ' Nicosia 2009-2017 <v.nicosia@qmul.ac.uk>.