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Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix(3)

Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix - create and query transitive closure of graph

    use Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix;
    use Graph::Directed; # or Undirected

    my $g  = Graph::Directed->new;
    $g->add_...(); # build $g

    # Compute the transitive closure matrix.
    my $tcm = Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix->new($g);

    # Being reflexive is the default,
    # meaning that null transitions are included.
    my $tcm = Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix->new($g, reflexive => 1);
    $tcm->is_reachable($u, $v)

    # is_reachable(u, v) is always reflexive.
    $tcm->is_reachable($u, $v)

    # The reflexivity of is_transitive(u, v) depends on the reflexivity
    # of the transitive closure.
    $tcg->is_transitive($u, $v)

    my $tcm = Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix->new($g, path_length => 1);
    my $n = $tcm->path_length($u, $v)

    my $tcm = Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix->new($g, path_vertices => 1);
    my @v = $tcm->path_vertices($u, $v)

    my $tcm =
        Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix->new($g,
                                              attribute_name => 'length');
    my $n = $tcm->path_length($u, $v)

    my @v = $tcm->vertices

You can use "Graph::TransitiveClosure::Matrix" to compute the transitive closure matrix of a graph and optionally also the minimum paths (lengths and vertices) between vertices, and after that query the transitiveness between vertices by using the "is_reachable()" and "is_transitive()" methods, and the paths by using the "path_length()" and "path_vertices()" methods.

If you modify the graph after computing its transitive closure, the transitive closure and minimum paths may become invalid.

new($g)
Construct the transitive closure matrix of the graph $g.
new($g, options)
Construct the transitive closure matrix of the graph $g with options as a hash. The known options are
"attribute_name" => attribute_name
By default the edge attribute used for distance is "weight". You can change that by giving another attribute name with the "attribute_name" attribute to the new() constructor.
reflexive => boolean
By default the transitive closure matrix is not reflexive: that is, the adjacency matrix has zeroes on the diagonal. To have ones on the diagonal, use true for the "reflexive" option.
path => boolean
If set true, sets "path_length" and "path_vertices". If either of those are true (and "path_vertices" is by default), then both are calculated.
path_length => boolean
By default "false", but see above as overridden by default "path_vertices" being true. If calculated, they can be retrieved using the path_length() method.
path_vertices => boolean
By default the paths are computed, with the boolean transitivity, they can be retrieved using the path_vertices() method.
path_count => boolean
As an alternative to setting "path_length", if this is true then the matrix will store the quantity of paths between the two vertices. This is still retrieved using the path_length() method. The path vertices will not be available. You should probably only use this on a DAG, and not with "reflexive".

is_reachable($u, $v)
Return true if the vertex $v is reachable from the vertex $u, or false if not.
path_length($u, $v)
Return the minimum path length from the vertex $u to the vertex $v, or undef if there is no such path.
path_vertices($u, $v)
Return the minimum path (as a list of vertices) from the vertex $u to the vertex $v, or an empty list if there is no such path, OR also return an empty list if $u equals $v.
has_vertices($u, $v, ...)
Return true if the transitive closure matrix has all the listed vertices, false if not.
is_transitive($u, $v)
Return true if the vertex $v is transitively reachable from the vertex $u, false if not.
vertices
Return the list of vertices in the transitive closure matrix.
path_successor($u, $v)
Return the successor of vertex $u in the transitive closure path towards vertex $v.
all_paths($u, $v)
Return list of array-refs with all the paths from $u to $v. Will ignore self-loops.

For path_length() the return value will be the sum of the appropriate attributes on the edges of the path, "weight" by default. If no attribute has been set, one (1) will be assumed.

If you try to ask about vertices not in the graph, undefs and empty lists will be returned.

The transitive closure algorithm used is Warshall and Floyd-Warshall for the minimum paths, which is O(V**3) in time, and the returned matrices are O(V**2) in space.

Graph::AdjacencyMatrix

Jarkko Hietaniemi jhi@iki.fi

This module is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.
2021-08-27 perl v5.32.1

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