20.5 - Shortest Path in Unweighted Graphs
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What does BFS stand for?
💡 Hint: Think of how the algorithm explores a graph.
In which context would you use an adjacency list rather than an adjacency matrix?
💡 Hint: Consider storage efficiency.
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What does BFS stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the search method used.
True or False: BFS can be used for weighted graphs to find the shortest path.
💡 Hint: Recall the conditions for BFS applicability.
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Given an undirected graph represented as an adjacency list, implement BFS to find all reachable nodes from a starting node and return them in a list.
💡 Hint: Utilize a queue for managing nodes to visit next.
Describe how to modify BFS to also track the distance from the source vertex to each node.
💡 Hint: Think about how BFS layers relate to the coefficient of distance.
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