networkx.algorithms.approximation.dominating_set.min_edge_dominating_set¶

min_edge_dominating_set(G)[source]¶

Returns minimum cardinality edge dominating set.

Parameters: G (NetworkX graph) – Undirected graph
Returns: min_edge_dominating_set – Returns a set of dominating edges whose size is no more than 2 * OPT.
Return type: set

Notes

The algorithm computes an approximate solution to the edge dominating set problem. The result is no more than 2 * OPT in terms of size of the set. Runtime of the algorithm is \(O(|E|)\).