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Floyd-Warshall algorithm

(algorithm)

Definition: An algorithm to solve the all pairs shortest path problem in a weighted, directed graph by multiplying an adjacency-matrix representation of the graph multiple times. The edges may have negative weights, but no negative weight cycles. The time complexity is Θ (V³).

See also Johnson's algorithm.

Author: SKS


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Sandeep Kumar Shukla, "Floyd-Warshall algorithm", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/floydWarshall.html