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The Breadth First Search (BFS) traversal is an algorithm, which is used to visit all of the nodes of a given graph. In this traversal algorithm one node is selected and then all of the adjacent nodes are visited one by one. After completing all of the adjacent vertices, it moves further to check another vertices and checks its adjacent vertices again.To implement this algorithm, we need to use the Queue data structure. All the adjacent vertices are added into the queue, when all adjacent vertices are completed, one item is removed from the queue and start traversing through that ... Read More

The Depth First Search (DFS) is a graph traversal algorithm. In this algorithm one starting vertex is given, and when an adjacent vertex is found, it moves to that adjacent vertex first and try to traverse in the same manner.It moves through the whole depth, as much as it can go, after that it backtracks to reach previous vertices to find new path.To implement DFS in iterative way, we need to use the stack data structure. If we want to do it recursively, external stacks are not needed, it can be done internal stacks for the recursion calls.Input: The Adjacency ... Read More

The graph is a non-linear data structures. This represents data using nodes, and their relations using edges. A graph G has two sections. The vertices, and edges. Vertices are represented using set V, and Edges are represented as set E. So the graph notation is G(V, E). Let us see one example to get the idea.In this graph, there are five vertices and five edges. The edges are directed. As an example, if we choose the edge connecting vertices B and D, the source vertex is B and destination is D. So we can move B to D but not ... Read More

Amortize AnalysisThis analysis is used when the occasional operation is very slow, but most of the operations which are executing very frequently are faster. In Data structures we need amortized analysis for Hash Tables, Disjoint Sets etc.In the Hash-table, the most of the time the searching time complexity is O(1), but sometimes it executes O(n) operations. When we want to search or insert an element in a hash table for most of the cases it is constant time taking the task, but when a collision occurs, it needs O(n) times operations for collision resolution.Aggregate MethodThe aggregate method is used to ... Read More

Little o NotationsThere are some other notations present except the Big-Oh, Big-Omega and Big-Theta notations. The little o notation is one of them.Little o notation is used to describe an upper bound that cannot be tight. In other words, loose upper bound of f(n).Let f(n) and g(n) are the functions that map positive real numbers. We can say that the function f(n) is o(g(n)) if for any real positive constant c, there exists an integer constant n0 ≤ 1 such that f(n) > 0.Mathematical Relation of Little o notationUsing mathematical relation, we can say that f(n) = o(g(n)) means, Example ... Read More

Asymptotic NotationsAsymptotic notations are used to represent the complexities of algorithms for asymptotic analysis. These notations are mathematical tools to represent the complexities. There are three notations that are commonly used.Big Omega NotationBig-Omega (Ω) notation gives a lower bound for a function f(n) to within a constant factor.We write f(n) = Ω(g(n)), If there are positive constants n0 and c such that, to the right of n0 the f(n) always lies on or above c*g(n).Ω(g(n)) = { f(n) : There exist positive constant c and n0 such that 0 ≤ c g(n) ≤ f(n), for all n ≤ n0}Big Theta ... Read More

Asymptotic NotationsAsymptotic notations are used to represent the complexities of algorithms for asymptotic analysis. These notations are mathematical tools to represent the complexities. There are three notations that are commonly used.Big Oh NotationBig-Oh (O) notation gives an upper bound for a function f(n) to within a constant factor.We write f(n) = O(g(n)), If there are positive constants n0 and c such that, to the right of n0 the f(n) always lies on or below c*g(n).O(g(n)) = { f(n) : There exist positive constant c and n0 such that 0 ≤ f(n) ≤ c g(n), for all n ≤ n0}Read More

Asymptotic NotationsAsymptotic notations are used to represent the complexities of algorithms for asymptotic analysis. These notations are mathematical tools to represent the complexities. There are three notations that are commonly used.Big Oh NotationBig-Oh (O) notation gives an upper bound for a function f(n) to within a constant factor.Little o NotationsThere are some other notations present except the Big-Oh, Big-Omega and Big-Theta notations. The little o notation is one of them.Little o notation is used to describe an upper bound that cannot be tight. In other words, loose upper bound of f(n).Big Omega NotationBig-Omega (Ω) notation gives a lower bound for ... Read More

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) is a network protocol for carrier transmission that operates in the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. In contrast to CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) that deals with collisions after their occurrence, CSMA/CA prevents collisions prior to their occurrence.AlgorithmThe algorithm of CSMA/CA is:When a frame is ready, the transmitting station checks whether the channel is idle or busy.If the channel is busy, the station waits until the channel becomes idle.If the channel is idle, the station waits for an Inter-frame gap (IFG) amount of time and then sends the frame.After sending the ... Read More

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) is a network protocol for carrier transmission that operates in the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. It senses or listens whether the shared channel for transmission is busy or not, and defers transmissions until the channel is free. The collision detection technology detects collisions by sensing transmissions from other stations. On detection of a collision, the station stops transmitting, sends a jam signal, and then waits for a random time interval before retransmission.AlgorithmsThe algorithm of CSMA/CD is:When a frame is ready, the transmitting station checks whether the channel is idle or busy.If ... Read More