""" An implementation of Karger's Algorithm for partitioning a graph. """ from __future__ import annotations import random # Adjacency list representation of this graph: # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Single_run_of_Karger%E2%80%99s_Mincut_algorithm.svg TEST_GRAPH = { "1": ["2", "3", "4", "5"], "2": ["1", "3", "4", "5"], "3": ["1", "2", "4", "5", "10"], "4": ["1", "2", "3", "5", "6"], "5": ["1", "2", "3", "4", "7"], "6": ["7", "8", "9", "10", "4"], "7": ["6", "8", "9", "10", "5"], "8": ["6", "7", "9", "10"], "9": ["6", "7", "8", "10"], "10": ["6", "7", "8", "9", "3"], } def partition_graph(graph: dict[str, list[str]]) -> set[tuple[str, str]]: """ Partitions a graph using Karger's Algorithm. Implemented from pseudocode found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karger%27s_algorithm. This function involves random choices, meaning it will not give consistent outputs. Args: graph: A dictionary containing adacency lists for the graph. Nodes must be strings. Returns: The cutset of the cut found by Karger's Algorithm. >>> graph = {'0':['1'], '1':['0']} >>> partition_graph(graph) {('0', '1')} """ # Dict that maps contracted nodes to a list of all the nodes it "contains." contracted_nodes = {node: {node} for node in graph} graph_copy = {node: graph[node][:] for node in graph} while len(graph_copy) > 2: # Choose a random edge. u = random.choice(list(graph_copy.keys())) v = random.choice(graph_copy[u]) # Contract edge (u, v) to new node uv uv = u + v uv_neighbors = list(set(graph_copy[u] + graph_copy[v])) uv_neighbors.remove(u) uv_neighbors.remove(v) graph_copy[uv] = uv_neighbors for neighbor in uv_neighbors: graph_copy[neighbor].append(uv) contracted_nodes[uv] = set(contracted_nodes[u].union(contracted_nodes[v])) # Remove nodes u and v. del graph_copy[u] del graph_copy[v] for neighbor in uv_neighbors: if u in graph_copy[neighbor]: graph_copy[neighbor].remove(u) if v in graph_copy[neighbor]: graph_copy[neighbor].remove(v) # Find cutset. groups = [contracted_nodes[node] for node in graph_copy] return { (node, neighbor) for node in groups[0] for neighbor in graph[node] if neighbor in groups[1] } if __name__ == "__main__": print(partition_graph(TEST_GRAPH))