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depth-first search

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depth-first search

Summary

depth-first search is an uninformed search algorithm[1]. It draws 907 Wikipedia views per month (uninformed_search_algorithm category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • depth-first search's video is recorded as Depth-First-Search.gif[3].
  • depth-first search's image is recorded as Depth-first-tree.svg[4].
  • depth-first search's instance of is recorded as uninformed search algorithm[5].
  • depth-first search's subclass of is recorded as graph traversal[6].
  • depth-first search's Commons category is recorded as Depth-first search[7].
  • depth-first search's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p0kp[8].
  • depth-first search's Commons gallery is recorded as Depth first search[9].
  • depth-first search's described at URL is recorded as https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Depth_first_search[10].
  • depth-first search's used by is recorded as intelligent agent[11].
  • depth-first search's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DFS'}[12].
  • depth-first search's uses is recorded as graph data structure[13].
  • depth-first search's uses is recorded as LIFO[14].
  • depth-first search's MathWorld ID is recorded as Depth-FirstTraversal[15].
  • depth-first search's Quora topic ID is recorded as Depth-First-Search-1[16].
  • depth-first search's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as dfs[17].
  • depth-first search's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as depthfirst[18].
  • depth-first search's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].
  • depth-first search's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 62692426[20].
  • depth-first search's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as depth-first-search-dfs[21].
  • depth-first search's De Agostini ID is recorded as depth-first+search[22].
  • depth-first search's Encyclopedia of Mathematics article ID is recorded as Depth-first_search[23].
  • depth-first search's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C62692426[24].
  • depth-first search's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 509063[25].
  • depth-first search's GitLab topic ID is recorded as depth-first-search[26].

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Designation and Status

depth-first search's instance of is recorded as uninformed search algorithm[5].

Why It Matters

depth-first search draws 907 Wikipedia views per month (uninformed_search_algorithm category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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