org.jgrapht.alg.shortestpath

## Class KShortestPaths<V,E>

• Type Parameters:
V - the graph vertex type
E - the graph edge type
All Implemented Interfaces:
KShortestPathAlgorithm<V,E>

Deprecated.

@Deprecated
public class KShortestPaths<V,E>
extends Object
implements KShortestPathAlgorithm<V,E>
The algorithm determines the k shortest simple paths in increasing order of weight. Weights can be negative (but no negative cycle is allowed), and paths can be constrained by a maximum number of edges. Graphs with multiple (parallel) edges are allowed.

The algorithm is a variant of the Bellman-Ford algorithm but instead of only storing the best path it stores the "k" best paths at each pass, yielding a complexity of $O(k \cdot n \cdot (m^2))$ where $m$ is the number of edges and $n$ is the number of vertices.

Since:
July 5, 2007
• ### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph, int k)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to compute ranking shortest paths in a graph.
KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph, int k, int nMaxHops)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to calculate ranking shortest paths in a graph.
KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph, int k, int nMaxHops, PathValidator<V,E> pathValidator)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to calculate ranking shortest paths in a graph.
KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph, int k, PathValidator<V,E> pathValidator)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to compute ranking shortest paths in a graph.
• ### Method Summary

All Methods
Modifier and Type Method and Description
List<GraphPath<V,E>> getPaths(V startVertex, V endVertex)
Deprecated.
Returns the $k$ shortest simple paths in increasing order of weight.
List<GraphPath<V,E>> getPaths(V source, V sink, int k)
Deprecated.
Get a list of k-shortest paths from a source vertex to a sink vertex.
• ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
• ### Constructor Detail

• #### KShortestPaths

public KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph,
int k)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to compute ranking shortest paths in a graph.
Parameters:
graph - graph on which shortest paths are searched
k - number of paths to be computed
• #### KShortestPaths

public KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph,
int k,
PathValidator<V,E> pathValidator)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to compute ranking shortest paths in a graph. A non-null path validator may be used to accept/deny paths according to some external logic. These validations will be used in addition to the basic path validations which are that the path is from start to target with no loops.
Parameters:
graph - graph on which shortest paths are searched.
k - number of paths to be computed.
pathValidator - the path validator to use
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if k is negative or 0.
• #### KShortestPaths

public KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph,
int k,
int nMaxHops)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to calculate ranking shortest paths in a graph.
Parameters:
graph - graph on which shortest paths are searched
k - number of ranking paths between the start vertex and an end vertex
nMaxHops - maximum number of edges of the calculated paths
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if k is negative or 0.
IllegalArgumentException - if nMaxHops is negative or 0.
• #### KShortestPaths

public KShortestPaths(Graph<V,E> graph,
int k,
int nMaxHops,
PathValidator<V,E> pathValidator)
Deprecated.
Constructs an object to calculate ranking shortest paths in a graph. A non-null path validator may be used to accept/deny paths according to some external logic. These validations will be used in addition to the basic path validations which are that the path is from start to target with no loops.
Parameters:
graph - graph on which shortest paths are searched
k - number of ranking paths between the start vertex and the end vertex
nMaxHops - maximum number of edges of the calculated paths
pathValidator - the path validator to use
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if k is negative or 0.
IllegalArgumentException - if nMaxHops is negative or 0.
• ### Method Detail

• #### getPaths

public List<GraphPath<V,E>> getPaths(V startVertex,
V endVertex)
Deprecated.
Returns the $k$ shortest simple paths in increasing order of weight.
Specified by:
getPaths in interface KShortestPathAlgorithm<V,E>
Parameters:
startVertex - source vertex of the calculated paths.
endVertex - target vertex of the calculated paths.
Returns:
list of paths between the start vertex and the end vertex
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the graph does not contain the startVertex or the endVertex
IllegalArgumentException - if the startVertex and the endVertex are the same vertices
• #### getPaths

public List<GraphPath<V,E>> getPaths(V source,
V sink,
int k)
Deprecated.
Description copied from interface: KShortestPathAlgorithm
Get a list of k-shortest paths from a source vertex to a sink vertex. If no such paths exist this method returns an empty list.
Specified by:
getPaths in interface KShortestPathAlgorithm<V,E>
Parameters:
source - the source vertex
sink - the target vertex
k - the number of shortest paths to return
Returns:
a list of the k-shortest paths