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Source code for networkx.algorithms.traversal.breadth_first_search

# breadth_first_search.py - breadth-first traversal of a graph
#
# Copyright (C) 2004-2019 NetworkX Developers
#   Aric Hagberg <hagberg@lanl.gov>
#   Dan Schult <dschult@colgate.edu>
#   Pieter Swart <swart@lanl.gov>
#
# This file is part of NetworkX.
#
# NetworkX is distributed under a BSD license; see LICENSE.txt for more
# information.
#
# Authors:
#     Aric Hagberg <aric.hagberg@gmail.com>
#
"""Basic algorithms for breadth-first searching the nodes of a graph."""
import networkx as nx
from collections import deque

__all__ = [
    'bfs_edges', 'bfs_tree', 'bfs_predecessors', 'bfs_successors',
    'descendants_at_distance'
]


def generic_bfs_edges(G, source, neighbors=None, depth_limit=None):
    """Iterate over edges in a breadth-first search.

    The breadth-first search begins at `source` and enqueues the
    neighbors of newly visited nodes specified by the `neighbors`
    function.

    Parameters
    ----------
    G : NetworkX graph

    source : node
        Starting node for the breadth-first search; this function
        iterates over only those edges in the component reachable from
        this node.

    neighbors : function
        A function that takes a newly visited node of the graph as input
        and returns an *iterator* (not just a list) of nodes that are
        neighbors of that node. If not specified, this is just the
        ``G.neighbors`` method, but in general it can be any function
        that returns an iterator over some or all of the neighbors of a
        given node, in any order.

    depth_limit : int, optional(default=len(G))
        Specify the maximum search depth

    Yields
    ------
    edge
        Edges in the breadth-first search starting from `source`.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> G = nx.path_graph(3)
    >>> print(list(nx.bfs_edges(G,0)))
    [(0, 1), (1, 2)]
    >>> print(list(nx.bfs_edges(G, source=0, depth_limit=1)))
    [(0, 1)]

    Notes
    -----
    This implementation is from `PADS`_, which was in the public domain
    when it was first accessed in July, 2004.  The modifications
    to allow depth limits are based on the Wikipedia article
    "`Depth-limited-search`_".

    .. _PADS: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/PADS/BFS.py
    .. _Depth-limited-search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth-limited_search
    """
    visited = {source}
    if depth_limit is None:
        depth_limit = len(G)
    queue = deque([(source, depth_limit, neighbors(source))])
    while queue:
        parent, depth_now, children = queue[0]
        try:
            child = next(children)
            if child not in visited:
                yield parent, child
                visited.add(child)
                if depth_now > 1:
                    queue.append((child, depth_now - 1, neighbors(child)))
        except StopIteration:
            queue.popleft()


[docs]def bfs_edges(G, source, reverse=False, depth_limit=None): """Iterate over edges in a breadth-first-search starting at source. Parameters ---------- G : NetworkX graph source : node Specify starting node for breadth-first search; this function iterates over only those edges in the component reachable from this node. reverse : bool, optional If True traverse a directed graph in the reverse direction depth_limit : int, optional(default=len(G)) Specify the maximum search depth Returns ------- edges: generator A generator of edges in the breadth-first-search. Examples -------- To get the edges in a breadth-first search:: >>> G = nx.path_graph(3) >>> list(nx.bfs_edges(G, 0)) [(0, 1), (1, 2)] >>> list(nx.bfs_edges(G, source=0, depth_limit=1)) [(0, 1)] To get the nodes in a breadth-first search order:: >>> G = nx.path_graph(3) >>> root = 2 >>> edges = nx.bfs_edges(G, root) >>> nodes = [root] + [v for u, v in edges] >>> nodes [2, 1, 0] Notes ----- The naming of this function is very similar to bfs_edges. The difference is that 'edge_bfs' yields edges even if they extend back to an already explored node while 'bfs_edges' yields the edges of the tree that results from a breadth-first-search (BFS) so no edges are reported if they extend to already explored nodes. That means 'edge_bfs' reports all edges while 'bfs_edges' only report those traversed by a node-based BFS. Yet another description is that 'bfs_edges' reports the edges traversed during BFS while 'edge_bfs' reports all edges in the order they are explored. Based on http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/PADS/BFS.py. by D. Eppstein, July 2004. The modifications to allow depth limits based on the Wikipedia article "`Depth-limited-search`_". .. _Depth-limited-search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth-limited_search See Also -------- bfs_tree dfs_edges edge_bfs """ if reverse and G.is_directed(): successors = G.predecessors else: successors = G.neighbors # TODO In Python 3.3+, this should be `yield from ...` for e in generic_bfs_edges(G, source, successors, depth_limit): yield e
[docs]def bfs_tree(G, source, reverse=False, depth_limit=None): """Returns an oriented tree constructed from of a breadth-first-search starting at source. Parameters ---------- G : NetworkX graph source : node Specify starting node for breadth-first search reverse : bool, optional If True traverse a directed graph in the reverse direction depth_limit : int, optional(default=len(G)) Specify the maximum search depth Returns ------- T: NetworkX DiGraph An oriented tree Examples -------- >>> G = nx.path_graph(3) >>> print(list(nx.bfs_tree(G,1).edges())) [(1, 0), (1, 2)] >>> H = nx.Graph() >>> nx.add_path(H, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) >>> nx.add_path(H, [2, 7, 8, 9, 10]) >>> print(sorted(list(nx.bfs_tree(H, source=3, depth_limit=3).edges()))) [(1, 0), (2, 1), (2, 7), (3, 2), (3, 4), (4, 5), (5, 6), (7, 8)] Notes ----- Based on http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/PADS/BFS.py by D. Eppstein, July 2004. The modifications to allow depth limits based on the Wikipedia article "`Depth-limited-search`_". .. _Depth-limited-search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth-limited_search See Also -------- dfs_tree bfs_edges edge_bfs """ T = nx.DiGraph() T.add_node(source) edges_gen = bfs_edges(G, source, reverse=reverse, depth_limit=depth_limit) T.add_edges_from(edges_gen) return T
[docs]def bfs_predecessors(G, source, depth_limit=None): """Returns an iterator of predecessors in breadth-first-search from source. Parameters ---------- G : NetworkX graph source : node Specify starting node for breadth-first search depth_limit : int, optional(default=len(G)) Specify the maximum search depth Returns ------- pred: iterator (node, predecessors) iterator where predecessors is the list of predecessors of the node. Examples -------- >>> G = nx.path_graph(3) >>> print(dict(nx.bfs_predecessors(G, 0))) {1: 0, 2: 1} >>> H = nx.Graph() >>> H.add_edges_from([(0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6)]) >>> print(dict(nx.bfs_predecessors(H, 0))) {1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 1, 4: 1, 5: 2, 6: 2} >>> M = nx.Graph() >>> nx.add_path(M, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) >>> nx.add_path(M, [2, 7, 8, 9, 10]) >>> print(sorted(nx.bfs_predecessors(M, source=1, depth_limit=3))) [(0, 1), (2, 1), (3, 2), (4, 3), (7, 2), (8, 7)] Notes ----- Based on http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/PADS/BFS.py by D. Eppstein, July 2004. The modifications to allow depth limits based on the Wikipedia article "`Depth-limited-search`_". .. _Depth-limited-search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth-limited_search See Also -------- bfs_tree bfs_edges edge_bfs """ for s, t in bfs_edges(G, source, depth_limit=depth_limit): yield (t, s)
[docs]def bfs_successors(G, source, depth_limit=None): """Returns an iterator of successors in breadth-first-search from source. Parameters ---------- G : NetworkX graph source : node Specify starting node for breadth-first search depth_limit : int, optional(default=len(G)) Specify the maximum search depth Returns ------- succ: iterator (node, successors) iterator where successors is the list of successors of the node. Examples -------- >>> G = nx.path_graph(3) >>> print(dict(nx.bfs_successors(G,0))) {0: [1], 1: [2]} >>> H = nx.Graph() >>> H.add_edges_from([(0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6)]) >>> print(dict(nx.bfs_successors(H, 0))) {0: [1, 2], 1: [3, 4], 2: [5, 6]} >>> G = nx.Graph() >>> nx.add_path(G, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) >>> nx.add_path(G, [2, 7, 8, 9, 10]) >>> print(dict(nx.bfs_successors(G, source=1, depth_limit=3))) {1: [0, 2], 2: [3, 7], 3: [4], 7: [8]} Notes ----- Based on http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/PADS/BFS.py by D. Eppstein, July 2004.The modifications to allow depth limits based on the Wikipedia article "`Depth-limited-search`_". .. _Depth-limited-search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth-limited_search See Also -------- bfs_tree bfs_edges edge_bfs """ parent = source children = [] for p, c in bfs_edges(G, source, depth_limit=depth_limit): if p == parent: children.append(c) continue yield (parent, children) children = [c] parent = p yield (parent, children)
def descendants_at_distance(G, source, distance): """Returns all nodes at a fixed `distance` from `source` in `G`. Parameters ---------- G : NetworkX DiGraph A directed graph source : node in `G` distance : the distance of the wanted nodes from `source` Returns ------- set() The descendants of `source` in `G` at the given `distance` from `source` """ if not G.has_node(source): raise nx.NetworkXError("The node %s is not in the graph." % source) current_distance = 0 queue = {source} visited = {source} # this is basically BFS, except that the queue only stores the nodes at # current_distance from source at each iteration while queue: if current_distance == distance: return queue current_distance += 1 next_vertices = set() for vertex in queue: for child in G[vertex]: if child not in visited: visited.add(child) next_vertices.add(child) queue = next_vertices return set()