breadth-first search

algorithm for searching the nodes of a graph in order by their hop count from a starting node
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breadth-first search

Summary

breadth-first search is an uninformed search algorithm[1]. It draws 771 Wikipedia views per month (uninformed_search_algorithm category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • breadth-first search is credited with the discovery of Konrad Zuse[3].
  • breadth-first search's video is recorded as Breadth-First-Search-Algorithm.gif[4].
  • breadth-first search's image is recorded as Breadth-first-tree.svg[5].
  • breadth-first search's instance of is recorded as uninformed search algorithm[6].
  • breadth-first search's subclass of is recorded as graph traversal[7].
  • breadth-first search's Commons category is recorded as Breadth-first search[8].
  • breadth-first search's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • breadth-first search's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p0jb[10].
  • breadth-first search's described at URL is recorded as https://www.javatpoint.com/ai-uninformed-search-algorithms[11].
  • breadth-first search's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/breadth-first-search[12].
  • breadth-first search's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BFS'}[13].
  • breadth-first search's uses is recorded as graph data structure[14].
  • breadth-first search's uses is recorded as FIFO[15].
  • breadth-first search's Quora topic ID is recorded as Breadth-first-Search-1[16].
  • breadth-first search's worst-case time complexity is recorded as O(|V|+|E|) = O(b^d)[17].
  • breadth-first search's worst-case space complexity is recorded as O(|V|) = O(b^d)[18].
  • breadth-first search's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as bfs[19].
  • breadth-first search's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as breadthfirst[20].
  • breadth-first search's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 138843760[21].
  • breadth-first search's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as breadth-first-search-bfs[22].
  • breadth-first search's De Agostini ID is recorded as breadth-first+search[23].
  • breadth-first search's Golden ID is recorded as Breadth-first_search-8N4GJ[24].
  • breadth-first search's GitHub topic is recorded as breadth-first-search[25].
  • breadth-first search's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C138843760[26].
  • breadth-first search's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 509027[27].

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Designation and Status

breadth-first search's instance of is recorded as uninformed search algorithm[6].

Why It Matters

breadth-first search draws 771 Wikipedia views per month (uninformed_search_algorithm category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . javatpoint.com. Retrieved . javatpoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . javatpoint.com. Retrieved . javatpoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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