Algoritem Bellman Ford nam pomaga najti najkrajšo pot od točke do vseh drugih točk tehtanega grafa.
Podoben je Dijkstrinemu algoritmu, lahko pa deluje z grafi, v katerih imajo robovi negativne uteži.
Zakaj bi kdo v resnici kdaj imel robove z negativnimi utežmi?
Negativni robovi teže se sprva zdijo neuporabni, vendar lahko pojasnijo številne pojave, kot so denarni tok, toplota, ki se sprosti / absorbira v kemični reakciji itd.
Če na primer obstajajo različni načini za doseganje ene kemikalije A do druge kemikalije B, bo vsaka metoda imela podreakcije, ki vključujejo odvajanje in absorpcijo toplote.
Če želimo najti niz reakcij, kjer je potrebna minimalna energija, bomo morali absorpcijo toplote upoštevati kot negativni masi in odvajanje toplote kot pozitivni masi.
Zakaj moramo biti previdni z negativnimi utežmi?
Negativni robovi teže lahko ustvarijo cikle negativne teže, tj. Cikel, ki bo zmanjšal skupno razdaljo poti tako, da se bo vrnil na isto točko.

Najkrajši algoritmi poti, kot je Dijkstrin algoritem, ki ne morejo zaznati takega cikla, lahko dajo napačen rezultat, ker lahko preidejo skozi negativni cikel teže in zmanjšajo dolžino poti.
Kako deluje algoritem Bellman Ford
Algoritem Bellman Ford deluje tako, da preceni dolžino poti od začetne točke do vseh drugih točk. Nato te ocene iterativno sprosti z iskanjem novih poti, ki so krajše od prej precenjenih.
Če to storimo večkrat za vse točke, lahko zagotovimo optimizacijo rezultata.






Bellman Ford Pseudocode
Ohraniti moramo razdaljo poti vsakega oglišča. To lahko shranimo v polje velikosti v, kjer je v število vrhov.
Želimo si tudi, da bi lahko prišli do najkrajše poti, ne samo da bi vedeli dolžino najkrajše poti. Za to preslikamo vsako oglišče na oglišče, ki je nazadnje posodobilo svojo dolžino poti.
Ko je algoritem končan, se lahko vrnemo od ciljne točke do izvorne točke, da poiščemo pot.
funkcija bellmanFord (G, S) za vsako točko V v razdalji G (V) <- neskončna prejšnja (V) <- NULL razdalja (S) <- 0 za vsako točko V v G za vsak rob (U, V) v G tempDistance <- razdalja (U) + rob_teža (U, V), če je tempDistance <razdalja (V) razdalja (V) <- tempDistance prejšnja (V) <- U za vsak rob (U, V) v G Če razdalja (U) + rob_teža (U, V) <razdalja (V) Napaka: negativni cikel obstaja povratna razdalja (), prejšnja ()
Bellman Ford proti Dijkstra
Algoritma Bellman Ford in Dijkstra sta si po strukturi zelo podobna. Medtem ko Dijkstra gleda samo na neposredne sosede oglišča, Bellman v vsaki ponovitvi gre skozi vsak rob.

Primeri Python, Java in C / C ++
Python Java C C ++ # Bellman Ford Algorithm in Python class Graph: def __init__(self, vertices): self.V = vertices # Total number of vertices in the graph self.graph = () # Array of edges # Add edges def add_edge(self, s, d, w): self.graph.append((s, d, w)) # Print the solution def print_solution(self, dist): print("Vertex Distance from Source") for i in range(self.V): print("(0) (1)".format(i, dist(i))) def bellman_ford(self, src): # Step 1: fill the distance array and predecessor array dist = (float("Inf")) * self.V # Mark the source vertex dist(src) = 0 # Step 2: relax edges |V| - 1 times for _ in range(self.V - 1): for s, d, w in self.graph: if dist(s) != float("Inf") and dist(s) + w < dist(d): dist(d) = dist(s) + w # Step 3: detect negative cycle # if value changes then we have a negative cycle in the graph # and we cannot find the shortest distances for s, d, w in self.graph: if dist(s) != float("Inf") and dist(s) + w < dist(d): print("Graph contains negative weight cycle") return # No negative weight cycle found! # Print the distance and predecessor array self.print_solution(dist) g = Graph(5) g.add_edge(0, 1, 5) g.add_edge(0, 2, 4) g.add_edge(1, 3, 3) g.add_edge(2, 1, 6) g.add_edge(3, 2, 2) g.bellman_ford(0)
// Bellman Ford Algorithm in Java class CreateGraph ( // CreateGraph - it consists of edges class CreateEdge ( int s, d, w; CreateEdge() ( s = d = w = 0; ) ); int V, E; CreateEdge edge(); // Creates a graph with V vertices and E edges CreateGraph(int v, int e) ( V = v; E = e; edge = new CreateEdge(e); for (int i = 0; i < e; ++i) edge(i) = new CreateEdge(); ) void BellmanFord(CreateGraph graph, int s) ( int V = graph.V, E = graph.E; int dist() = new int(V); // Step 1: fill the distance array and predecessor array for (int i = 0; i < V; ++i) dist(i) = Integer.MAX_VALUE; // Mark the source vertex dist(s) = 0; // Step 2: relax edges |V| - 1 times for (int i = 1; i < V; ++i) ( for (int j = 0; j < E; ++j) ( // Get the edge data int u = graph.edge(j).s; int v = graph.edge(j).d; int w = graph.edge(j).w; if (dist(u) != Integer.MAX_VALUE && dist(u) + w < dist(v)) dist(v) = dist(u) + w; ) ) // Step 3: detect negative cycle // if value changes then we have a negative cycle in the graph // and we cannot find the shortest distances for (int j = 0; j < E; ++j) ( int u = graph.edge(j).s; int v = graph.edge(j).d; int w = graph.edge(j).w; if (dist(u) != Integer.MAX_VALUE && dist(u) + w < dist(v)) ( System.out.println("CreateGraph contains negative w cycle"); return; ) ) // No negative w cycle found! // Print the distance and predecessor array printSolution(dist, V); ) // Print the solution void printSolution(int dist(), int V) ( System.out.println("Vertex Distance from Source"); for (int i = 0; i 1 graph.edge(0).s = 0; graph.edge(0).d = 1; graph.edge(0).w = 5; // edge 0 --> 2 graph.edge(1).s = 0; graph.edge(1).d = 2; graph.edge(1).w = 4; // edge 1 --> 3 graph.edge(2).s = 1; graph.edge(2).d = 3; graph.edge(2).w = 3; // edge 2 --> 1 graph.edge(3).s = 2; graph.edge(3).d = 1; graph.edge(3).w = 6; // edge 3 --> 2 graph.edge(4).s = 3; graph.edge(4).d = 2; graph.edge(4).w = 2; graph.BellmanFord(graph, 0); // 0 is the source vertex ) )
// Bellman Ford Algorithm in C #include #include #define INFINITY 99999 //struct for the edges of the graph struct Edge ( int u; //start vertex of the edge int v; //end vertex of the edge int w; //weight of the edge (u,v) ); //Graph - it consists of edges struct Graph ( int V; //total number of vertices in the graph int E; //total number of edges in the graph struct Edge *edge; //array of edges ); void bellmanford(struct Graph *g, int source); void display(int arr(), int size); int main(void) ( //create graph struct Graph *g = (struct Graph *)malloc(sizeof(struct Graph)); g->V = 4; //total vertices g->E = 5; //total edges //array of edges for graph g->edge = (struct Edge *)malloc(g->E * sizeof(struct Edge)); //------- adding the edges of the graph /* edge(u, v) where u = start vertex of the edge (u,v) v = end vertex of the edge (u,v) w is the weight of the edge (u,v) */ //edge 0 --> 1 g->edge(0).u = 0; g->edge(0).v = 1; g->edge(0).w = 5; //edge 0 --> 2 g->edge(1).u = 0; g->edge(1).v = 2; g->edge(1).w = 4; //edge 1 --> 3 g->edge(2).u = 1; g->edge(2).v = 3; g->edge(2).w = 3; //edge 2 --> 1 g->edge(3).u = 2; g->edge(3).v = 1; g->edge(3).w = 6; //edge 3 --> 2 g->edge(4).u = 3; g->edge(4).v = 2; g->edge(4).w = 2; bellmanford(g, 0); //0 is the source vertex return 0; ) void bellmanford(struct Graph *g, int source) ( //variables int i, j, u, v, w; //total vertex in the graph g int tV = g->V; //total edge in the graph g int tE = g->E; //distance array //size equal to the number of vertices of the graph g int d(tV); //predecessor array //size equal to the number of vertices of the graph g int p(tV); //step 1: fill the distance array and predecessor array for (i = 0; i < tV; i++) ( d(i) = INFINITY; p(i) = 0; ) //mark the source vertex d(source) = 0; //step 2: relax edges |V| - 1 times for (i = 1; i <= tV - 1; i++) ( for (j = 0; j edge(j).u; v = g->edge(j).v; w = g->edge(j).w; if (d(u) != INFINITY && d(v)> d(u) + w) ( d(v) = d(u) + w; p(v) = u; ) ) ) //step 3: detect negative cycle //if value changes then we have a negative cycle in the graph //and we cannot find the shortest distances for (i = 0; i edge(i).u; v = g->edge(i).v; w = g->edge(i).w; if (d(u) != INFINITY && d(v)> d(u) + w) ( printf("Negative weight cycle detected!"); return; ) ) //No negative weight cycle found! //print the distance and predecessor array printf("Distance array: "); display(d, tV); printf("Predecessor array: "); display(p, tV); ) void display(int arr(), int size) ( int i; for (i = 0; i < size; i++) ( printf("%d ", arr(i)); ) printf(""); )
// Bellman Ford Algorithm in C++ #include // Struct for the edges of the graph struct Edge ( int u; //start vertex of the edge int v; //end vertex of the edge int w; //w of the edge (u,v) ); // Graph - it consists of edges struct Graph ( int V; // Total number of vertices in the graph int E; // Total number of edges in the graph struct Edge* edge; // Array of edges ); // Creates a graph with V vertices and E edges struct Graph* createGraph(int V, int E) ( struct Graph* graph = new Graph; graph->V = V; // Total Vertices graph->E = E; // Total edges // Array of edges for graph graph->edge = new Edge(E); return graph; ) // Printing the solution void printArr(int arr(), int size) ( int i; for (i = 0; i V; int E = graph->E; int dist(V); // Step 1: fill the distance array and predecessor array for (int i = 0; i < V; i++) dist(i) = INT_MAX; // Mark the source vertex dist(u) = 0; // Step 2: relax edges |V| - 1 times for (int i = 1; i <= V - 1; i++) ( for (int j = 0; j edge(j).u; int v = graph->edge(j).v; int w = graph->edge(j).w; if (dist(u) != INT_MAX && dist(u) + w < dist(v)) dist(v) = dist(u) + w; ) ) // Step 3: detect negative cycle // if value changes then we have a negative cycle in the graph // and we cannot find the shortest distances for (int i = 0; i edge(i).u; int v = graph->edge(i).v; int w = graph->edge(i).w; if (dist(u) != INT_MAX && dist(u) + w 1 graph->edge(0).u = 0; graph->edge(0).v = 1; graph->edge(0).w = 5; //edge 0 --> 2 graph->edge(1).u = 0; graph->edge(1).v = 2; graph->edge(1).w = 4; //edge 1 --> 3 graph->edge(2).u = 1; graph->edge(2).v = 3; graph->edge(2).w = 3; //edge 2 --> 1 graph->edge(3).u = 2; graph->edge(3).v = 1; graph->edge(3).w = 6; //edge 3 --> 2 graph->edge(4).u = 3; graph->edge(4).v = 2; graph->edge(4).w = 2; BellmanFord(graph, 0); //0 is the source vertex return 0; )
Kompleksnost Bellmana Forda
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