1.6.4 - Week 4: Advanced Graph Algorithms
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Practice Questions
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What is an adjacency list?
💡 Hint: Think about how you can list the neighbors of a vertex.
What does a minimum spanning tree do?
💡 Hint: Consider why this would be useful in networking.
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What is the time complexity of Dijkstra's algorithm using a priority queue?
💡 Hint: Remember that E is for edges and V is for vertices.
Kruskal’s algorithm can work with graphs that have negative weight edges.
💡 Hint: Consider how the algorithm functions.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a graph with 6 vertices and 7 weighted edges, implement Dijkstra’s algorithm in code, and analyze the results.
💡 Hint: Look carefully at how edges are added and distances updated.
Design a randomized graph with varying edge weights and demonstrate the behavior of both Prim’s and Kruskal's algorithms on it. Compare their output.
💡 Hint: Reflect on the edges added and cycles formed.
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