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Floyd's Algorithm

Floyd's Algorithm, or Floyd-Warshall Algorithm, is a dynamic programming method for finding the shortest paths between all pairs of vertices in a weighted graph, accommodating both directed and undirected graphs with negative weight edges but not negative weight cycles. It has a time complexity of O(V^3) and is simpler to implement than Dijkstra’s Algorithm for dense graphs, although it is less efficient for sparse graphs. Applications include network routing, aviation connectivity, and GIS spatial data analysis.

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Floyd's Algorithm

Floyd's Algorithm, or Floyd-Warshall Algorithm, is a dynamic programming method for finding the shortest paths between all pairs of vertices in a weighted graph, accommodating both directed and undirected graphs with negative weight edges but not negative weight cycles. It has a time complexity of O(V^3) and is simpler to implement than Dijkstra’s Algorithm for dense graphs, although it is less efficient for sparse graphs. Applications include network routing, aviation connectivity, and GIS spatial data analysis.

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FLOYD’S ALGORITHM

WHAT IS DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING?

To find a complicated problem by breaking


down into simple sub-problem in recursive
manner.
 Sequence of decision is taken at each steps.
 FLOYD’S ALGORITHM
Floyd’s algorithm, also known as Floyd-Warshall Algorithm, is a
graph algorithm used for finding the shortest paths between all
pairs of vertices in a weighted graph.
It works for both directed and undirected graphs and can handle
negative weight edges, but not negative weight cycles(where the sum
of the edges in a cycle is negative).
The Floyd-Warshall algorithm follows a dynamic programming
approach to progressively improve the shortest path estimates
between all pairs of vertices.
NEGATVE CYCLE
 FLOYD’S ALGORITHM
 All pair shortest path problem.
 Weighted Graph with both positive and negative
costs.
 Dijikstra’s algorithm uses only positive costs.
TRY IT YOUESELF
PSEUDOCODE
for k ← 1 to n do
for i ← 1 to n do
for j ← 1 to n do
D[i, j ] ← min{D[i, j ], D[i, k] + D[k, j ]}

return D
TIME AND SPACE complexity
TIME COMPLEXITY : O(V3)

SPACE COMPLEXITY : O(V2)


ADVANTAGE
✔️Handles negative weight edges (but not negative cycles).

✔️Simpler to implement compared to Dijkstra’s Algorithm for all-pairs shortest


paths.

✔️Works well for dense graphs (where the number of edges is close to V²).
DISADVANTAGES
❌ Does not work with negative weight cycles (it will keep reducing
distances indefinitely).

❌ Less efficient than Dijkstra’s Algorithm for sparse graphs.


APPLICATION
In computer networking, the algorithm can be used to find the shortest path between all pairs of
nodes in a network. This is termed as network routing.

Flight Connectivity In the aviation industry to find the shortest path between the airports.

GIS(Geographic Information Systems) applications often involve analyzing spatial data, such as
road networks, to find the shortest paths between locations.
Why Floyd-Warshall Algorithm better for Dense
Graphs and not for Sparse Graphs?

Dense Graph: A graph in which the number of edges are


significantly much higher than the number of vertices.

Sparse Graph: A graph in which the number of edges are


very much low.
How is Floyd-warshall
algorithm different from Dijkstra’s algorithm?

Dijkstra’s algorithm is a single-source shortest path algorithm used to find


the shortest paths from a single source vertex to all other vertices in a
weighted graph.
Greedy approach,as it selects the vertex with the shortest distance

The Floyd-Warshall algorithm is an all-pairs shortest path algorithm used to find


the shortest paths between all pairs of vertices in a weighted graph.
It uses Dynamic programming, to compute all pair shortest paths.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLOYD AND
WARSHALL ALGORITHM

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