""" Bi-directional Dijkstra's algorithm. A bi-directional approach is an efficient and less time consuming optimization for Dijkstra's searching algorithm Reference: shorturl.at/exHM7 """ # Author: Swayam Singh (https://github.com/practice404) from queue import PriorityQueue from typing import Any import numpy as np def pass_and_relaxation( graph: dict, v: str, visited_forward: set, visited_backward: set, cst_fwd: dict, cst_bwd: dict, queue: PriorityQueue, parent: dict, shortest_distance: float, ) -> float: for nxt, d in graph[v]: if nxt in visited_forward: continue old_cost_f = cst_fwd.get(nxt, np.inf) new_cost_f = cst_fwd[v] + d if new_cost_f < old_cost_f: queue.put((new_cost_f, nxt)) cst_fwd[nxt] = new_cost_f parent[nxt] = v if ( nxt in visited_backward and cst_fwd[v] + d + cst_bwd[nxt] < shortest_distance ): shortest_distance = cst_fwd[v] + d + cst_bwd[nxt] return shortest_distance def bidirectional_dij( source: str, destination: str, graph_forward: dict, graph_backward: dict ) -> int: """ Bi-directional Dijkstra's algorithm. Returns: shortest_path_distance (int): length of the shortest path. Warnings: If the destination is not reachable, function returns -1 >>> bidirectional_dij("E", "F", graph_fwd, graph_bwd) 3 """ shortest_path_distance = -1 visited_forward = set() visited_backward = set() cst_fwd = {source: 0} cst_bwd = {destination: 0} parent_forward = {source: None} parent_backward = {destination: None} queue_forward: PriorityQueue[Any] = PriorityQueue() queue_backward: PriorityQueue[Any] = PriorityQueue() shortest_distance = np.inf queue_forward.put((0, source)) queue_backward.put((0, destination)) if source == destination: return 0 while not queue_forward.empty() and not queue_backward.empty(): _, v_fwd = queue_forward.get() visited_forward.add(v_fwd) _, v_bwd = queue_backward.get() visited_backward.add(v_bwd) shortest_distance = pass_and_relaxation( graph_forward, v_fwd, visited_forward, visited_backward, cst_fwd, cst_bwd, queue_forward, parent_forward, shortest_distance, ) shortest_distance = pass_and_relaxation( graph_backward, v_bwd, visited_backward, visited_forward, cst_bwd, cst_fwd, queue_backward, parent_backward, shortest_distance, ) if cst_fwd[v_fwd] + cst_bwd[v_bwd] >= shortest_distance: break if shortest_distance != np.inf: shortest_path_distance = shortest_distance return shortest_path_distance graph_fwd = { "B": [["C", 1]], "C": [["D", 1]], "D": [["F", 1]], "E": [["B", 1], ["G", 2]], "F": [], "G": [["F", 1]], } graph_bwd = { "B": [["E", 1]], "C": [["B", 1]], "D": [["C", 1]], "F": [["D", 1], ["G", 1]], "E": [[None, np.inf]], "G": [["E", 2]], } if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()