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Parallel Processing
Floyd's Algorithm

1. Floyd-Warshall Shortest Path Algorithm

The Floyd-Warshall algorithm is an all-pair shortest paths algorithm, let
G=(V,E), be a directed graph with V vertices, then we can solve all-pair shortest
path by the Floyd-Warshall algorithm using a dynamic programming
approach on a directed graph. We store the nodes and edges of the graph in a
matrix form. The vertices of the graph are represented by the unique indices
along (nxn) matrix
(n:represents the number of nodes). The unique indices along (nxn) matrix .
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Example 1: Find the shortest path in figure 1 , using Floyd-Warshall algorithm.

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Example 2: Find the shortest path in figure 2 , using Floyd-Warshall algorithm.

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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D0 D1
1 0 8 ∞ 1 1 0 8 ∞ 1
2 ∞ 0 1 ∞ 2 ∞ 0 1 ∞ 3-1-4
3 4 ∞ 0 ∞ 3-1-2 3 4 12 0 5
4 ∞ 2 9 0 4 ∞ 2 9 0

1 2 3 4
D2 1-2-3
D3 1 2 3 4
1 0 8 9 1 1 0 8 9 1
2 ∞ 0 1 ∞
2 5 0 1 6
3 4 12 0 5 4-2-3 3 4 12 0 5
4 ∞ 2 3 0 4 7 2 3 0

2-3-1
4-3-1
4-2-3-1
2-3-1-4
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D4 1 2 3 4
1 0 3 4 1
2 5 0 1 6 1-4-3
1-4-2
3 4 7 0 5
1-4-2-3
4 7 2 3 0 3-1-4-2

The last table is final and have a shortest path of all node.

Also we can mean by the Floyd–Warshall algorithm : is an algorithm for finding

shortest paths in a weighted graph with positive or negative edge weights (but with
no negative cycles). A single execution of the algorithm will find the lengths
(summed weights) of the shortest paths between all pairs of vertices, though it
does not return details of the paths themselves. Versions of the algorithm can also
be used for finding the transitive closure of a relation R, or (in connection with the
Schulze voting system) widest paths between all pairs of vertices in a weighted
graph.

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