- Hedge mazes illuminate depth-first search
- Urban explorations demonstrate breadth-first search
- Intricate labyrinths reveal bridges and articulation points
- Strategic planning illustrates bipartite matching
From fundamental graph structures to advanced topics, you will:
- Implement powerful algorithms, including Dijkstra's, A*, and Floyd-Warshall
- Tackle puzzles and optimize pathfinding with newfound confidence
- Uncover real-world applications in social networks and transportation systems
- Develop robust intuition for when and why to apply specific graph techniques
Delve into topological sorting, minimum spanning trees, strongly connected components, and random walks. Confront challenges like graph coloring and the traveling salesperson problem. Prepare to view the world through the lens of graphs--where connections reveal insights and algorithms unlock new possibilities.