Breadth-first search (BFS) is an algorithm for traversing or searching tree or graph data structures. It starts at the tree root (or some arbitrary node of a graph, sometimes referred to as a `search key') and explores the neighbor nodes first, before moving to the next level neighbors. Compare BFS with the equivalent, but more memory-efficient iterative deepening depth-first search and contrast with depth-first search.
BFS was invented in the late 1950's by E. F. Moore, who used it to find the shortest path out of a maze, and discovered independently by C. Y. Lee as a wire routing algorithm (published 1961).
The Program for BFS is given Below:
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class Queue
{
private final int SIZE = 20;
private int[] queArray;
private int front;
private int rear;
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public Queue() // constructor
{
queArray = new int[SIZE];
front = 0;
rear = -1;
}
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public void insert(int j) // put item at rear of queue
{
if(rear == SIZE-1)
rear = -1;
queArray[++rear] = j;
}
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public int remove() // take item from front of queue
{
int temp = queArray[front++];
if(front == SIZE)
front = 0;
return temp;
}
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public boolean isEmpty() // true if queue is empty
{
return ( rear+1==front || (front+SIZE-1==rear) );
}
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} // end class Queue
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class Vertex
{
public char label; // label (e.g. 'A')
public boolean wasVisited;
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public Vertex(char lab) // constructor
{
label = lab;
wasVisited = false;
}
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} // end class Vertex
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class Graph
{
private final int MAX_VERTS = 20;
private Vertex vertexList[]; // list of vertices
private int adjMat[][]; // adjacency matrix
private int nVerts; // current number of vertices
private Queue theQueue;
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public Graph() // constructor
{
vertexList = new Vertex[MAX_VERTS];
// adjacency matrix
adjMat = new int[MAX_VERTS][MAX_VERTS];
nVerts = 0;
for(int j=0; j<MAX_VERTS; j++) // set adjacency
for(int k=0; k<MAX_VERTS; k++) // matrix to 0
adjMat[j][k] = 0;
theQueue = new Queue();
} // end constructor
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public void addVertex(char lab)
{
vertexList[nVerts++] = new Vertex(lab);
}
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public void addEdge(int start, int end)
{
adjMat[start][end] = 1;
adjMat[end][start] = 1;
}
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public void displayVertex(int v)
{
System.out.print(vertexList[v].label);
}
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public void bfs() // breadth-first search
{ // begin at vertex 0
vertexList[0].wasVisited = true; // mark it
displayVertex(0); // display it
theQueue.insert(0); // insert at tail
int v2;
while( !theQueue.isEmpty() ) // until queue empty,
{
int v1 = theQueue.remove(); // remove vertex at head
// until it has no unvisited neighbors
while( (v2=getAdjUnvisitedVertex(v1)) != -1 )
{ // get one,
vertexList[v2].wasVisited = true; // mark it
displayVertex(v2); // display it
theQueue.insert(v2); // insert it
} // end while
} // end while(queue not empty)
// queue is empty, so we're done
for(int j=0; j<nVerts; j++) // reset flags
vertexList[j].wasVisited = false;
} // end bfs()
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// returns an unvisited vertex adj to v
public int getAdjUnvisitedVertex(int v)
{
for(int j=0; j<nVerts; j++)
if(adjMat[v][j]==1 && vertexList[j].wasVisited==false)
return j;
return -1;
} // end getAdjUnvisitedVertex()
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} // end class Graph
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class BFSApp
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Graph theGraph = new Graph();
theGraph.addVertex('A'); // 0 (start for bfs)
theGraph.addVertex('B'); // 1
theGraph.addVertex('C'); // 2
theGraph.addVertex('D'); // 3
theGraph.addVertex('E'); // 4
theGraph.addEdge(0, 1); // AB
theGraph.addEdge(1, 2); // BC
theGraph.addEdge(0, 3); // AD
theGraph.addEdge(3, 4); // DE
System.out.print("Visits: ");
theGraph.bfs(); // breadth-first search
System.out.println();
} // end main()
} // end class BFSApp
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