pgr_kruskal

pgr_kruskal - Returns the minimum spanning tree of graph using Kruskal algorithm.

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Availability

  • Version 3.0.0

    • New Official function

Description

This algorithm finds the minimum spanning forest in a possibly disconnected graph using Kruskal’s algorithm.

The main Characteristics are:

  • It’s implementation is only on undirected graph.

  • Process is done only on edges with positive costs.

  • The total weight of all the edges in the tree or forest is minimized.

  • When the graph is connected

    • The resulting edges make up a tree

  • When the graph is not connected,

    • Finds a minimum spanning tree for each connected component.

    • The resulting edges make up a forest.

  • Kruskal’s running time: \(O(E * log E)\)

  • EMPTY SET is returned when there are no edges in the graph.

Signatures

Summary

pgr_kruskal(edges_sql)

RETURNS SET OF (seq, edge, cost)
OR EMPTY SET
Example :

Minimum Spanning Forest

SELECT * FROM pgr_kruskal(
    'SELECT id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost
        FROM edge_table ORDER BY id'
) ORDER BY edge;
 edge  cost
------+------
    1     1
    2     1
    3     1
    6     1
    7     1
   10     1
   11     1
   12     1
   13     1
   14     1
   15     1
   16     1
   17     1
   18     1
(14 rows)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Edges SQL

TEXT

SQL query described in Inner query .

Inner query

Column

Type

Default

Description

id

ANY-INTEGER

Identifier of the edge.

source

ANY-INTEGER

Identifier of the first end point vertex of the edge.

target

ANY-INTEGER

Identifier of the second end point vertex of the edge.

cost

ANY-NUMERICAL

Weight of the edge (source, target)

  • When negative: edge (source, target) does not exist, therefore it’s not part of the graph.

reverse_cost

ANY-NUMERICAL

-1

Weight of the edge (target, source) ,

  • When negative: edge (target, source) does not exist, therefore it’s not part of the graph.

Where:

ANY-INTEGER :

SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT

ANY-NUMERICAL :

SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, REAL, FLOAT

Result Columns

Returns SET OF (edge, cost)

Column

Type

Description

edge

BIGINT

Identifier of the edge.

cost

FLOAT

Cost to traverse the edge.

See Also

Indices and tables