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# An arc length <math>l(a) \in \mathbb{R}</math> for each arc <math>a \in A</math> | # An arc length <math>l(a) \in \mathbb{R}</math> for each arc <math>a \in A</math> | ||
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For each pair <math>(v,w) \in A</math> with <math> v,w \in V</math>, the length <math>\Delta(v,w)</math> of a shortest <math>(v,w)</math>-path in <math>G</math> with respect to <math> | For each pair <math>(v,w) \in A</math> with <math> v,w \in V</math>, the length <math>\Delta(v,w)</math> of a shortest <math>(v,w)</math>-path in <math>G</math> with respect to <math>\ell</math> among all paths that have at most <math>|V|</math> arcs. | ||
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Obviously, a shortest path that contains no negative cycle is simple, so it has at most <math>|V|-1</math> arcs. If there are negative cycles, there are pairs <math>v,w\in V</math> for which the lengths of all <math>(v,w)</math> is unbounded from below. At least one of these paths runs exactly once through one simple negative cycle and For each such pair, there is a negative | |||
== Complexity == | == Complexity == |
Revision as of 07:41, 22 October 2014
Input
- A directed graph [math]\displaystyle{ G = (V,A) }[/math]
- An arc length [math]\displaystyle{ l(a) \in \mathbb{R} }[/math] for each arc [math]\displaystyle{ a \in A }[/math]
Output
For each pair [math]\displaystyle{ (v,w) \in A }[/math] with [math]\displaystyle{ v,w \in V }[/math], the length [math]\displaystyle{ \Delta(v,w) }[/math] of a shortest [math]\displaystyle{ (v,w) }[/math]-path in [math]\displaystyle{ G }[/math] with respect to [math]\displaystyle{ \ell }[/math] among all paths that have at most [math]\displaystyle{ |V| }[/math] arcs.
Remark: Obviously, a shortest path that contains no negative cycle is simple, so it has at most [math]\displaystyle{ |V|-1 }[/math] arcs. If there are negative cycles, there are pairs [math]\displaystyle{ v,w\in V }[/math] for which the lengths of all [math]\displaystyle{ (v,w) }[/math] is unbounded from below. At least one of these paths runs exactly once through one simple negative cycle and For each such pair, there is a negative
Complexity
Polynomial
Known algorithms
- Floyd-Warshall
- Bellman-Ford
- Shortest paths by repeated squaring (variant of Bellman-Ford)