graph_number_of_cliques¶

graph_number_of_cliques(G, cliques=None)[source]¶

Returns the number of maximal cliques in the graph.

Parameters

GNetworkX graph: An undirected graph.
cliqueslist: A list of cliques, each of which is itself a list of nodes. If not specified, the list of all cliques will be computed, as by find_cliques().

Returns

int: The number of maximal cliques in G.

Notes

You should provide cliques if you have already computed the list of maximal cliques, in order to avoid an exponential time search for maximal cliques.