Dijkstra's Shortest-Path Algorithm
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Overview
The Problem
The single-source shortest paths is formally defined as follows: given a directed graph G=(V, E) , with n = │V│ and m=│E│, where each edge e has a non-negative length ℓe, and a source vertex s, compute for each v ∈ V the length L(v) of the shortest path s → v.
The assumption that the length is non-negative is important. Dijkstra's shortest-path algorithm does not work correctly in presence of negative length paths.
Speed Up
The Dijkstra's algorithm can be speed up with the use of a heap. TODO: https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-graphs-data-structures/lecture/iIzo8/heaps-operations-and-applications.