kl_connected_subgraph#

kl_connected_subgraph(G, k, l, low_memory=False, same_as_graph=False)[source]#

Returns the maximum locally (k, l)-connected subgraph of G.

A graph is locally (k, l)-connected if for each edge (u, v) in the graph there are at least l edge-disjoint paths of length at most k joining u to v.

Parameters:
GNetworkX graph

The graph in which to find a maximum locally (k, l)-connected subgraph.

kinteger

The maximum length of paths to consider. A higher number means a looser connectivity requirement.

linteger

The number of edge-disjoint paths. A higher number means a stricter connectivity requirement.

low_memorybool

If this is True, this function uses an algorithm that uses slightly more time but less memory.

same_as_graphbool

If True then return a tuple of the form (H, is_same), where H is the maximum locally (k, l)-connected subgraph and is_same is a Boolean representing whether G is locally (k, l)-connected (and hence, whether H is simply a copy of the input graph G).

Returns:
NetworkX graph or two-tuple

If same_as_graph is True, then this function returns a two-tuple as described above. Otherwise, it returns only the maximum locally (k, l)-connected subgraph.

See also

is_kl_connected

References

[1]

Chung, Fan and Linyuan Lu. “The Small World Phenomenon in Hybrid Power Law Graphs.” Complex Networks. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004. 89–104.