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Eppstein's algorithm

Eppstein's algorithm proper noun: an algorithm that finds a number of shortest paths (allowing cycles) connecting a given pair of vertices in a digraph.

Proper noun

Eppstein's algorithm

  1. An algorithm that finds a number of shortest paths (allowing cycles) connecting a given pair of vertices in a digraph.

Origin of Eppstein's algorithm

After US mathematician David Eppstein (born 1963).

Questions about Eppstein's algorithm

What does Eppstein's algorithm mean?
Eppstein's algorithm means an algorithm that finds a number of shortest paths (allowing cycles) connecting a given pair of vertices in a digraph.
What part of speech is Eppstein's algorithm?
Eppstein's algorithm is a proper noun.

Words near Eppstein's algorithm in the dictionary

  1. EPPs
  2. Epps effect
  3. Epps effects
  4. Eppses
  5. Eppstein
  6. Eppstein's algorithm
  7. eppy
  8. EPQ
  9. EPQs
  10. EPR
  11. EPR telephone

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