Shortest Path
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Shortest path: Dijkstra's algorithm
The shortest path algorithm is a graph theory algorithm that helps to find the shortest path between two nodes in a weighted graph (usually between the specified source and destination nodes). A weighted graph is a graph where each edge connecting two nodes has a numerical value assigned to it, called a weight. The weight typically represents the cost, distance, or time associated with traversing that edge. The shortest path between two nodes is the path with the lowest sum of edge weights.
There are several algorithms to find the shortest path, with Dijkstra's ...