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min_weight_tree

minimum weight spanning tree

Calling Sequence

t = min_weight_tree([i],g)

Parameters

i

integer, node number of the root of the tree

g

a graph_data_structure.

t

row vector of integer numbers of the arcs of the tree if it exists

Description

min_weight_tree tries to find a minimum weight spanning tree for the graph g. The optional argument i is the number of the root node of the tree; its default value is node number 1. This node is meaningless for an undirected graph.

The weights are given by the weight field of the graph edges_data_structure. If its value is not given, it is assumed to be equal to 0 on each edge. Weigths can be positive, equal to 0 or negative. To compute a spanning tree without dealing with weights, give to weights a value of 0 on each edge.

The graph structure may not have a weight field defined. In this case min_weight_tree supposes that all weigths are equal to zero. To add the weight field to the graph structure one has to use the add_edge_datafunction.

min_weight_tree returns the tree t as a row vector of the arc numbers (directed graph) or edge numbers (undirected graph) if it exists or the empty vector [] otherwise. If the tree exists, the dimension of t is the number of nodes less 1. If t(i) is the root of the tree: - for j < i, t(j) is the number of the arc in the tree after node t(j) - for j > i, t(j) is the number of the arc in the tree before node t(j)

Examples

ta=[1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 17];
he=[2 10 3 5 7 4 2 4 6 8 6 9 7 7 11 15 12 13 9 10 14 11 16 1 17 14 15];
g=make_graph('foo',1,17,ta,he);
g.nodes.graphics.x=[117,57,7,4,57,57,112,111,145,167,227,232,195,287,291,354,296];
g.nodes.graphics.y=[5,42,87,134,89,135,86,137,191,46,80,135,189,197,69,51,126];
g.nodes.graphics.type(1)=2;
show_graph(g);

g=add_edge_data(g,"weight",ones(edge_number(g),1));
t=min_weight_tree(1,g); 

g.edges.graphics.foreground(t)=color('red');
show_graph(g);

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