Finding All Spanning Trees of Undirected and Directed Graphs ; CU-CS-103-77

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Citeable URL: https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/reports/qj72p7673

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An algorithm for finding all spanning trees (arborescences) of a directed graph is presented. It uses backtracking and a method for detecting bridges based on depth-first search. The time required is 0(V+E+EN) and the space is 0(V+E), where V, E, and N represent the number of vertices, edges, and spanning trees, respectively. If the graph is undirected, the time is actually 0(V+E+VN), which is optimal to within a constant factor. The previously best known algorithm for undirected graphs requires time 0(V+E+EN).

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