CS 136 - Lecture 29

  1. Graphs
    1. Definition and Terminology
    2. A Sample Graph Problem
    3. The Graph Interface
    4. Implementations of Graphs
      1. Adjacency matrix

Graphs

Definition and Terminology

A graph is a collection of nodes or vertices, joined by edges. Vertices have labels. Edges can also have labels (often weights).


A Sample Graph Problem

Many problems can be converted to graph problems. Consider, for example, an application in which we need to plan a driving route from Williamstown to Boston. We might represent Williamstown and all other towns in Massachusetts as vertices; we might represent roads as edges between the vertices. If we labeled the edges with the mileage between the vertex cities, the path planning problem then becomes a problem of finding the shortest path in the graph between Williamstown and Boston.

The Graph Interface

public interface Graph extends Collection
{
    public void add(Object label);
    // pre: label is a non-null label for vertex
    // post: a vertex with label is added to graph.
    //   if vertex with label is already in graph, no action.

    public void addEdge(Object vtx1, Object vtx2, Object label);
    // pre: vtx1 and vtx2 are labels of existing vertices
    // post: an edge (possibly directed) is inserted between
    //       vtx1 and vtx2.

    public Object remove(Object label);
    // pre: label is non-null vertex label
    // post: vertex with "equals" label is removed, if found

    public Object removeEdge(Object vLabel1, Object vLabel2);  
    // pre: vLabel1 & vLabel2 are labels of existing vertices
    // post: edge is removed, its label is returned

    public Object get(Object label);
    // post: returns actual label of indicated vertex

    public Edge getEdge(Object label1, Object label2);
    // post: returns actual label of edge between vertices.

    public boolean contains(Object label);
    // post: return true iff vertex w/ "equals" label exists.

    public boolean containsEdge(Object vLabel1,Object vLabel2);
    // post: returns true iff edge with "equals" label exists

    public boolean visit(Object label);
    // post: sets visited flag on vertex, returns prev. value

    public boolean visitEdge(Edge e);
    // pre: sets visited flag on edge; returns previous value

    public boolean isVisited(Object label);
    // post: returns visited flag on labelled vertex

    public boolean isVisitedEdge(Edge e);
    // post: returns visited flag on edge between vertices

    public void reset();
    // post: resets visited flags to false

    public int size();
    // post: returns the number of vertices in graph

    public int degree(Object label);
    // pre: label labels an existing vertex
    // post: returns the no. of vertices adjacent to vertex

    public int edgeCount();
    // post: returns the number of edges in graph

    public Iterator elements();
    // post: returns iterator across all vertices of graph

    public Iterator neighbors(Object label);
    // pre: label is label of vertex in graph
    // post: returns iterator over vertices adj. to vertex
    //      each edge beginning at label visited exactly once

    public Iterator edges();
    // post: returns iterator across edges of graph
    //       iterator returns edges; each edge visited once

    public void clear();
    // post: removes all vertices from graph

    public boolean isEmpty();
    // post: returns true if graph contains no vertices

    public boolean isDirected();
    // post: returns true if edges of graph are directed
}

Implementations of Graphs

Classes to represent vertices and edges. Quite simple:
class Vertex
{
    protected Object label;     // the user's label
    protected boolean visited;  // this vertex visited

    public Vertex(Object label)
    // post: constructs unvisited vertex with label
    {
            Assert.pre(label != null, "Vertex key is non-null");
            this.label = label;
            visited = false;
    }

    public Object label()
    // post: returns user label associated w/vertex
    {
            return label;
    }

    public boolean visit()
    // post: marks vertex as being visited.
    {
            boolean was = visited;
            visited = true;
            return was;
    }

    public boolean isVisited()
    // post: returns true iff vertex has been visited
    {
            return visited;
    }
 
    public void reset()
    // post: marks vertex unvisited
    {
            visited = false;
    }
    
    public boolean equals(Object o)
    // post: returns true iff vertex labels are equal
    {
            Vertex v = (Vertex)o;
            return label.equals(v.label());
    }

}

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public class Edge
{
    protected Object[] vLabel;  // labels of adjacent vertices
    protected Object label;     // edge label
    protected boolean visited;  // this edge visited
    protected boolean directed; // this edge directed

    public Edge(Object vtx1, Object vtx2, Object label, boolean directed)
    // post: edge associates vtx1 & vtx2. labeled with label.
    //       directed if "directed" set true
    {
            vLabel = new Object[2];
            vLabel[0] = vtx1;
            vLabel[1] = vtx2;
            this.label = label;
            visited = false;
            this.directed = directed;
    }

    public Object here()
    // post: returns first node in edge
    {
            return vLabel[0];
    }

    public Object there()
    // post: returns second node in edge
    {
            return vLabel[1];
    }

    public void setLabel(Object label)
    // post: sets label of this edge to label 
    {
            this.label = label;
    }

    public Object label()
    // post: returns label associated with this edge
    {
            return label;
    }

    public boolean visit()
    // post: visits node, returns whether previously visited
    {
            boolean was = visited;
            visited = true;
            return was;
    }

    public boolean isVisited()
    // post: returns true iff node has been visited
    {
            return visited;
    }

    public void reset()
    // post: resets edge's visited flag to initial state
    {
            visited = false;
    }

    public boolean equals(Object o)
    // post: returns true iff edges connect same vertices
    {   
            Edge e = (Edge)o;
            return ((here().equals(e.here()) && 
                                            there().equals(e.there())) ||
                (!directed && (here().equals(e.there()) && 
                                        there().equals(e.here()))));
    }
    

}
If there are a fixed number of edges from each node then we can have fixed number of edges stored with each node (like a binary tree).

Otherwise we typically use an adjacency matrix or adjacency lists.

Example: Here is an undirected graph of the Northeastern states.

NY, VT, NH, ME, MA, CN, RI

We will draw a line between capitals if the corresponding states share a common border:

We will represent this graph as both an adjacency matrix and an adjacency list.


Adjacency matrix

Representation

In an adjacency matrix we fill in the entries with values giving information about the existence or non-existence of edges. Represent no edge with null and existence of edge w/ positive number representing the edge weight.

Labels of vertices are stored in a dictionary, so we can look up corresponding index for each vertex label.

NYVTNHMEMACN RI
NYnull2nullnull 11null
VT2null1null1 nullnull
NHnull1null13 nullnull
MEnullnull1nullnull nullnull
MA1 1 3 null null 1 1
CN1 null null null 1 null 1
RI null null null null 1 1 null
Adjacency matrix representation of NE graph

If the graph is undirected, then we can just keep the lower (or upper) triangular part, since the matrix is symmetric.

First define abstract GraphMatrix, then two subclasses, GraphMatrixDirected and GraphMatrixUndirected, which add in missing method bodies for adding, removing, and iterating through edges.

It is simple to add and delete edges.

Addition of or finding node is also simple. (Though there is a clear problem in adding a new node if all rows or columns in the array are already filled.)

Deleting node may require shifting all following nodes over to fill hole (unless we just leave the hole!).

Solve by keeping a list of available indices for vertices and pull off one when it's needed.

Clearly with n nodes, this representation requires an array with n2 slots.

In order to implement a GraphMatrix, we will first extend our notion of a vertex so that the vertex can remember its index in the matrix. class GraphMatrixVertex extends Vertex { protected int index; public GraphMatrixVertex(Object label, int idx) // post: constructs a new augmented vertex { super(label); index = idx; } public int index() // post: returns index associated with vertex { return index; } public String toString() // post: returns string representation of vertex { return "<GraphMatrixVertex: "+label()+">"; } } And now we can implement the GraphMatrix class.

abstract public class GraphMatrix implements Graph
{
    protected int size;          // allocation size for graph
    protected Edge data[][];     // matrix - array of arrays
    protected Dictionary dict;   // translate labels ->  
                                              // vertices
    protected List freeList;   // available indices in matrix
    protected boolean directed;  // graph is directed

    protected GraphMatrix(int size, boolean dir)
    // pre: size > 0
    // post: construct an empty graph that may be expanded to
    //     at most size vertices.  Graph directed if dir true
    //     and undirected otherwise
    {
        this.size = size; // set maximum size
        directed = dir;   // fix direction of edges
        // the following constructs a size x size matrix
        data = new Edge[size][size];
        // label to index translation table
        dict = new Hashtable(size);  // come back to later
        // put all indices in the the free list
        freeList = new SinglyLinkedList();
        for (int row = size-1; row >= 0; row--)
          freeList.add(new Integer(row));
    }

    public void add(Object label)
    // pre: label is a non-null label for vertex
    // post: a vertex with label is added to graph.
    //   if vertex with label is already in graph, no action.
    {
        // if there already, do nothing.
        if (dict.containsKey(label)) return;

        Assert.pre(!freeList.isEmpty(), "Matrix not full");
        // allocate a free row and column
        int row = ((Integer) freeList.removeFromHead()).intValue();
        // add vertex to dictionary
        dict.put(label, new GraphMatrixVertex(label, row));
    }

    abstract public void addEdge(Object v1, Object v2, Object label);
    // pre: v1 & v2 are labels of existing vertices
    // post: an edge (possibly directed) inserted btn v1 & v2
    //    if edge new, it is labeled with label (can be null)

    public Object remove(Object label)
    // pre: label is non-null vertex label
    // post: vertex with "equals" label is removed, if found
    {      
        // find and extract vertex
        GraphMatrixVertex vert;
        vert = (GraphMatrixVertex)dict.remove(label);
        if (vert == null) return null;
        // remove vertex from matrix
        int index = vert.index();
        // clear row and column entries
        for (int row=0; row<size; row++) {
          data[row][index] = null;
          data[index][row] = null;
        }
        // add node index to free list
        freeList.add(new Integer(index));
        return vert.label();
    }

    abstract public Object removeEdge(Object vLabel1, Object vLabel2);
    // pre: vLabel1 & vLabel2 are labels of existing vertices
    // post: edge is removed, its label is returned
    
    public Object get(Object label)
    // post: returns actual label of vertex with label "equals" 'label'
    {
        GraphMatrixVertex vert;
        vert = (GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(label);
        return vert.label();
    }

    public Edge getEdge(Object label1, Object label2)
    // post: returns actual edge between vertices.
    {
        int row,col;
        row = ((GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(label1)).index();
        col = ((GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(label2)).index();
        return data[row][col];
    }

    public boolean contains(Object label)
    // post: return true iff vertex w/ "equals" label exists.
    {
        return dict.containsKey(label);
    }

    public boolean containsEdge(Object vLabel1, Object vLabel2)
    // post: returns true iff edge with "equals" label exists
    {
        GraphMatrixVertex vtx1, vtx2;
        vtx1 = (GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(vLabel1);
        vtx2 = (GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(vLabel2);
        Assert.condition(vtx1 != null, "Vertex exists");
        Assert.condition(vtx2 != null, "Vertex exists");
        return data[vtx1.index()][vtx2.index()] != null;
    }

    public boolean visit(Object label)
    // post: sets visited flag on vertex, 
     //         returns previous value
    { 
        Vertex vert = (Vertex) dict.get(label);
        return vert.visit();
    }

    public boolean visitEdge(Edge e)
    // pre: sets visited flag on edge; returns previous value
    {
        return e.visit();
    }

    public boolean isVisited(Object label)
    // post: returns visited flag on labelled vertex
    {
        GraphMatrixVertex vert;
        vert = (GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(label);
        return vert.isVisited();
    }

    public boolean isVisitedEdge(Edge e)
    // post: returns visited flag on edge
    {
        return e.isVisited();
    }

    public void reset()
    // post: resets visited flags to false
    {
        Iterator it = dict.elements();
        for (it.reset(); it.hasMoreElements(); it.nextElement()) 
          ((GraphMatrixVertex)it.value()).reset();
        for (int row=0; row<size; row++)
          for (int col=0; col<size; col++) {
            Edge e = data[row][col];
            if (e != null) e.reset();
          }
    }

    public int size()
    // post: returns the actual number of vertices in graph
    {
        return dict.size();
    }

    public int degree(Object label)
    // pre: label labels an existing vertex
    // post: returns number of vertices adjacent to label
    {
        // get index
        int row = ((GraphMatrixVertex)dict.get(label)).index();
        int col;
        int result = 0;
        // count non-null columns in row
        for (col = 0; col < size; col++)
          if (data[row][col] != null) result++;
        return result;
    }

    abstract public int edgeCount();
    // post: returns the number of edges in graph

    public Iterator elements()
    // post: returns iterator across all vertices of graph
    {
        return dict.keys();
    }

    public Iterator neighbors(Object label)
    // pre: label is label of vertex in graph
    // post: returns iterator vertices adj. to labeled vertex
     {
        GraphMatrixVertex vert;
        vert = (GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(label);
        List list = new SinglyLinkedList();
        for (int row=size-1; row>=0; row--)
        {
          Edge e = data[vert.index()][row];
          if (e != null) {
            if (e.here().equals(vert.label()))
             list.add(e.there());
            else 
             list.add(e.here());
          }
        }
        return list.elements();
     }
      
    abstract public Iterator edges();
    // post: returns iterator across all edges of graph 
            (returns Edges)

    public void clear()
    // post: removes vertices and edges from graph
    {
        dict.clear();
        for (int row=0; row<size; row++)
          for (int col=0; col<size; col++)
            data[row][col] = null;
        freeList = new SinglyLinkedList();
        for (int row=size-1; row>=0; row--)
          freeList.add(new Integer(row));
    }

    public boolean isEmpty()
    // post: returns true iff graph is empty
    {
      return dict.isEmpty();
    }

    public boolean isDirected()
    // post: returns true iff graph is directed
    {
        return directed;
    }

}

Specialize for either directed or undirected graphs. E.g.,

public class GraphMatrixUndirected extends GraphMatrix
{
    public GraphMatrixUndirected(int size)
    // pre: size > 0
    // post: constructs an empty graph that may be expanded 
    //     to at most size vertices.  Graph is directed if 
    //     dir true and undirected otherwise
    {
        super(size,false);
    }
    public void addEdge(Object vLabel1, Object vLabel2, Object label)
    // pre: vLabel1 & vLabel2 are labels of existing 
    //      vertices, v1 & v2
    // post: edge (possibly directed) is inserted btn v1 & v2 
    //    if edge is new, it is labeled w/ label (can be null)
    {
        GraphMatrixVertex vtx1,vtx2;
        // get vertices
        vtx1 = (GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(vLabel1);
        vtx2 = (GraphMatrixVertex) dict.get(vLabel2);
        // update matrix with new edge
        Edge e = new Edge(vtx1.label(), vtx2.label(), label, directed);
        data[vtx1.index()][vtx2.index()] = e;
        data[vtx2.index()][vtx1.index()] = e;
    }
    ...
}

Directed graph is similar.