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# Source code for networkx.generators.line

#    Copyright (C) 2013-2019 by
#    Aric Hagberg <hagberg@lanl.gov>
#    Dan Schult <dschult@colgate.edu>
#    Pieter Swart <swart@lanl.gov>
#
# Authors:      James Clough <james.clough91@gmail.com>
#               Aric Hagberg <hagberg@lanl.gov>
#               Pieter Swart <swart@lanl.gov>
#               Dan Schult <dschult@colgate.edu>
#               chebee7i <chebee7i@gmail.com>
"""Functions for generating line graphs."""
from itertools import combinations
from collections import defaultdict

import networkx as nx
from networkx.utils import arbitrary_element
from networkx.utils.decorators import *

__all__ = ['line_graph', 'inverse_line_graph']

[docs]def line_graph(G, create_using=None):
r"""Returns the line graph of the graph or digraph G.

The line graph of a graph G has a node for each edge in G and an
edge joining those nodes if the two edges in G share a common node. For
directed graphs, nodes are adjacent exactly when the edges they represent
form a directed path of length two.

The nodes of the line graph are 2-tuples of nodes in the original graph (or
3-tuples for multigraphs, with the key of the edge as the third element).

For information about self-loops and more discussion, see the **Notes**
section below.

Parameters
----------
G : graph
A NetworkX Graph, DiGraph, MultiGraph, or MultiDigraph.
create_using : NetworkX graph constructor, optional (default=nx.Graph)
Graph type to create. If graph instance, then cleared before populated.

Returns
-------
L : graph
The line graph of G.

Examples
--------
>>> import networkx as nx
>>> G = nx.star_graph(3)
>>> L = nx.line_graph(G)
>>> print(sorted(map(sorted, L.edges())))  # makes a 3-clique, K3
[[(0, 1), (0, 2)], [(0, 1), (0, 3)], [(0, 2), (0, 3)]]

Notes
-----
Graph, node, and edge data are not propagated to the new graph. For
undirected graphs, the nodes in G must be sortable, otherwise the
constructed line graph may not be correct.

*Self-loops in undirected graphs*

For an undirected graph G without multiple edges, each edge can be
written as a set \{u, v\}.  Its line graph L has the edges of G as
its nodes. If x and y are two nodes in L, then \{x, y\} is an edge
in L if and only if the intersection of x and y is nonempty. Thus,
the set of all edges is determined by the set of all pairwise intersections
of edges in G.

Trivially, every edge in G would have a nonzero intersection with itself,
and so every node in L should have a self-loop. This is not so
interesting, and the original context of line graphs was with simple
graphs, which had no self-loops or multiple edges. The line graph was also
meant to be a simple graph and thus, self-loops in L are not part of the
standard definition of a line graph. In a pairwise intersection matrix,
this is analogous to excluding the diagonal entries from the line graph
definition.

Self-loops and multiple edges in G add nodes to L in a natural way, and
do not require any fundamental changes to the definition. It might be
argued that the self-loops we excluded before should now be included.
However, the self-loops are still "trivial" in some sense and thus, are
usually excluded.

*Self-loops in directed graphs*

For a directed graph G without multiple edges, each edge can be written
as a tuple (u, v). Its line graph L has the edges of G as its
nodes. If x and y are two nodes in L, then (x, y) is an edge in L
if and only if the tail of x matches the head of y, for example, if x
= (a, b) and y = (b, c) for some vertices a, b, and c in G.

Due to the directed nature of the edges, it is no longer the case that
every edge in G should have a self-loop in L. Now, the only time
self-loops arise is if a node in G itself has a self-loop.  So such
self-loops are no longer "trivial" but instead, represent essential
features of the topology of G. For this reason, the historical
development of line digraphs is such that self-loops are included. When the
graph G has multiple edges, once again only superficial changes are
required to the definition.

References
----------
* Harary, Frank, and Norman, Robert Z., "Some properties of line digraphs",
Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo, II. Ser. 9 (1960), 161--168.
* Hemminger, R. L.; Beineke, L. W. (1978), "Line graphs and line digraphs",
in Beineke, L. W.; Wilson, R. J., Selected Topics in Graph Theory,

"""
if G.is_directed():
L = _lg_directed(G, create_using=create_using)
else:
L = _lg_undirected(G, selfloops=False, create_using=create_using)
return L

def _node_func(G):
"""Returns a function which returns a sorted node for line graphs.

When constructing a line graph for undirected graphs, we must normalize
the ordering of nodes as they appear in the edge.

"""
if G.is_multigraph():
def sorted_node(u, v, key):
return (u, v, key) if u <= v else (v, u, key)
else:
def sorted_node(u, v):
return (u, v) if u <= v else (v, u)
return sorted_node

def _edge_func(G):
"""Returns the edges from G, handling keys for multigraphs as necessary.

"""
if G.is_multigraph():
def get_edges(nbunch=None):
return G.edges(nbunch, keys=True)
else:
def get_edges(nbunch=None):
return G.edges(nbunch)
return get_edges

def _sorted_edge(u, v):
"""Returns a sorted edge.

During the construction of a line graph for undirected graphs, the data
structure can be a multigraph even though the line graph will never have
multiple edges between its nodes.  For this reason, we must make sure not
to add any edge more than once.  This requires that we build up a list of
edges to add and then remove all duplicates.  And so, we must normalize
the representation of the edges.

"""
return (u, v) if u <= v else (v, u)

def _lg_directed(G, create_using=None):
"""Returns the line graph L of the (multi)digraph G.

Edges in G appear as nodes in L, represented as tuples of the form (u,v)
or (u,v,key) if G is a multidigraph. A node in L corresponding to the edge
(u,v) is connected to every node corresponding to an edge (v,w).

Parameters
----------
G : digraph
A directed graph or directed multigraph.
create_using : NetworkX graph constructor, optional
Graph type to create. If graph instance, then cleared before populated.
Default is to use the same graph class as G.

"""
L = nx.empty_graph(0, create_using, default=G.__class__)

# Create a graph specific edge function.
get_edges = _edge_func(G)

for from_node in get_edges():
# from_node is: (u,v) or (u,v,key)
for to_node in get_edges(from_node[1]):

return L

def _lg_undirected(G, selfloops=False, create_using=None):
"""Returns the line graph L of the (multi)graph G.

Edges in G appear as nodes in L, represented as sorted tuples of the form
(u,v), or (u,v,key) if G is a multigraph. A node in L corresponding to
the edge {u,v} is connected to every node corresponding to an edge that
involves u or v.

Parameters
----------
G : graph
An undirected graph or multigraph.
selfloops : bool
If True, then self-loops are included in the line graph. If False,
they are excluded.
create_using : NetworkX graph constructor, optional (default=nx.Graph)
Graph type to create. If graph instance, then cleared before populated.

Notes
-----
The standard algorithm for line graphs of undirected graphs does not
produce self-loops.

"""
L = nx.empty_graph(0, create_using, default=G.__class__)

# Graph specific functions for edges and sorted nodes.
get_edges = _edge_func(G)
sorted_node = _node_func(G)

# Determine if we include self-loops or not.
shift = 0 if selfloops else 1

edges = set([])
for u in G:
# Label nodes as a sorted tuple of nodes in original graph.
nodes = [sorted_node(*x) for x in get_edges(u)]

if len(nodes) == 1:
# Then the edge will be an isolated node in L.

# Add a clique of nodes to graph. To prevent double adding edges,
# especially important for multigraphs, we store the edges in
# canonical form in a set.
for i, a in enumerate(nodes):
edges.update([_sorted_edge(a, b) for b in nodes[i + shift:]])

return L

[docs]@not_implemented_for('directed')
@not_implemented_for('multigraph')
def inverse_line_graph(G):
""" Returns the inverse line graph of graph G.

If H is a graph, and G is the line graph of H, such that H = L(G).
Then H is the inverse line graph of G.

Not all graphs are line graphs and these do not have an inverse line graph.
In these cases this generator returns a NetworkXError.

Parameters
----------
G : graph
A NetworkX Graph

Returns
-------
H : graph
The inverse line graph of G.

Raises
------
NetworkXNotImplemented
If G is directed or a multigraph

NetworkXError
If G is not a line graph

Notes
-----
This is an implementation of the Roussopoulos algorithm.

References
----------
* Roussopolous, N, "A max {m, n} algorithm for determining the graph H from
its line graph G", Information Processing Letters 2, (1973), 108--112.

"""
if G.number_of_edges() == 0 or G.number_of_nodes() == 0:
msg = "G is not a line graph (has zero vertices or edges)"
raise nx.NetworkXError(msg)

starting_cell = _select_starting_cell(G)
P = _find_partition(G, starting_cell)
# count how many times each vertex appears in the partition set
P_count = {u: 0 for u in G.nodes()}
for p in P:
for u in p:
P_count[u] += 1

if max(P_count.values()) > 2:
msg = "G is not a line graph (vertex found in more " \
"than two partition cells)"
raise nx.NetworkXError(msg)
W = tuple([(u,) for u in P_count if P_count[u] == 1])
H = nx.Graph()
for a, b in combinations(H.nodes(), 2):
if len(set(a).intersection(set(b))) > 0:
return H

def _triangles(G, e):
""" Return list of all triangles containing edge e"""
u, v = e
if u not in G:
raise nx.NetworkXError("Vertex %s not in graph" % u)
if v not in G.neighbors(u):
raise nx.NetworkXError("Edge (%s, %s) not in graph" % (u, v))
triangle_list = []
for x in G.neighbors(u):
if x in G.neighbors(v):
triangle_list.append((u, v, x))
return triangle_list

def _odd_triangle(G, T):
""" Test whether T is an odd triangle in G

Parameters
----------
G : NetworkX Graph
T : 3-tuple of vertices forming triangle in G

Returns
-------
True is T is an odd triangle
False otherwise

Raises
------
NetworkXError
T is not a triangle in G

Notes
-----
An odd triangle is one in which there exists another vertex in G which is
adjacent to either exactly one or exactly all three of the vertices in the
triangle.

"""
for u in T:
if u not in G.nodes():
raise nx.NetworkXError("Vertex %s not in graph" % u)
for e in list(combinations(T, 2)):
if e[0] not in G.neighbors(e[1]):
raise nx.NetworkXError("Edge (%s, %s) not in graph" % (e[0], e[1]))

T_neighbors = defaultdict(int)
for t in T:
for v in G.neighbors(t):
if v not in T:
T_neighbors[v] += 1
for v in T_neighbors:
if T_neighbors[v] in [1, 3]:
return True
return False

def _find_partition(G, starting_cell):
""" Find a partition of the vertices of G into cells of complete graphs

Parameters
----------
G : NetworkX Graph
starting_cell : tuple of vertices in G which form a cell

Returns
-------
List of tuples of vertices of G

Raises
------
NetworkXError
If a cell is not a complete subgraph then G is not a line graph
"""
G_partition = G.copy()
P = [starting_cell]  # partition set
G_partition.remove_edges_from(list(combinations(starting_cell, 2)))
# keep list of partitioned nodes which might have an edge in G_partition
partitioned_vertices = list(starting_cell)
while G_partition.number_of_edges() > 0:
# there are still edges left and so more cells to be made
u = partitioned_vertices[-1]
deg_u = len(G_partition[u])
if deg_u == 0:
# if u has no edges left in G_partition then we have found
# all of its cells so we do not need to keep looking
partitioned_vertices.pop()
else:
# if u still has edges then we need to find its other cell
# this other cell must be a complete subgraph or else G is
# not a line graph
new_cell = [u] + list(G_partition.neighbors(u))
for u in new_cell:
for v in new_cell:
if (u != v) and (v not in G.neighbors(u)):
msg = "G is not a line graph" \
"(partition cell not a complete subgraph)"
raise nx.NetworkXError(msg)
P.append(tuple(new_cell))
G_partition.remove_edges_from(list(combinations(new_cell, 2)))
partitioned_vertices += new_cell
return P

def _select_starting_cell(G, starting_edge=None):
""" Select a cell to initiate _find_partition

Parameters
----------
G : NetworkX Graph
starting_edge: an edge to build the starting cell from

Returns
-------
Tuple of vertices in G

Raises
------
NetworkXError
If it is determined that G is not a line graph

Notes
-----
If starting edge not specified then pick an arbitrary edge - doesn't
matter which. However, this function may call itself requiring a
specific starting edge. Note that the r, s notation for counting
triangles is the same as in the Roussopoulos paper cited above.
"""
if starting_edge is None:
e = arbitrary_element(list(G.edges()))
else:
e = starting_edge
if e[0] not in G[e[1]]:
msg = 'starting_edge (%s, %s) is not in the Graph'
raise nx.NetworkXError(msg % e)
e_triangles = _triangles(G, e)
r = len(e_triangles)
if r == 0:
# there are no triangles containing e, so the starting cell is just e
starting_cell = e
elif r == 1:
# there is exactly one triangle, T, containing e. If other 2 edges
# of T belong only to this triangle then T is starting cell
T = e_triangles[0]
a, b, c = T
# ab was original edge so check the other 2 edges
ac_edges = [x for x in _triangles(G, (a, c))]
bc_edges = [x for x in _triangles(G, (b, c))]
if len(ac_edges) == 1:
if len(bc_edges) == 1:
starting_cell = T
else:
return _select_starting_cell(G, starting_edge=(b, c))
else:
return _select_starting_cell(G, starting_edge=(a, c))
else:
# r >= 2 so we need to count the number of odd triangles, s
s = 0
odd_triangles = []
for T in e_triangles:
if _odd_triangle(G, T):
s += 1
odd_triangles.append(T)
if r == 2 and s == 0:
# in this case either triangle works, so just use T
starting_cell = T
elif r - 1 <= s <= r:
# check if odd triangles containing e form complete subgraph
# there must be exactly s+2 of them
# and they must all be connected
triangle_nodes = set([])
for T in odd_triangles:
for x in T:
if len(triangle_nodes) == s + 2:
for u in triangle_nodes:
for v in triangle_nodes:
if u != v and (v not in G.neighbors(u)):
msg = "G is not a line graph (odd triangles " \
"do not form complete subgraph)"
raise nx.NetworkXError(msg)
# otherwise then we can use this as the starting cell
starting_cell = tuple(triangle_nodes)
else:
msg = "G is not a line graph (odd triangles " \
"do not form complete subgraph)"
raise nx.NetworkXError(msg)
else:
msg = "G is not a line graph (incorrect number of " \
"odd triangles around starting edge)"
raise nx.NetworkXError(msg)
return starting_cell