(algorithm)
Definition: An algorithm to find the shortest paths from a single source vertex to all other vertices in a weighted, directed graph. All weights must be nonnegative.
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Johnson's algorithm.
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priority queue, greedy algorithm.
See also Bellman-Ford algorithm, all pairs shortest path.
Note: A naive implementation of the priority queue gives a run time complexity O(V²), where V is the number of vertices. Implementing the priority queue with a Fibonacci heap makes the time complexity O(E + V log V), where E is the number of edges.
After [CLR90, page 527].
Author: PEB
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Paul E. Black, "Dijkstra's algorithm", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
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