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Mathematical Programming-II

Lecture 7
Prim’s algorithm
Zulfiqar Ahmad
Lecturer
Department of Information Technology
Hazara University Mansehra
[email protected]

1
Prim’s algorithm

Prim’s algorithm is a greedy algorithm:


• Any connected sub-graph of k vertices and k – 1 edges is a partial
solution
• The value to any partial solution is the sum of the weights of the edges

Then given a partial solution, we


• Add that edge which does not create a cycle in the partial solution and
which minimizes the increase in the total weight
• We continue building the partial solution until the partial solution has n
vertices
• An optimal solution is found

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