What is a common application of BFS in real-world scenarios?

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What is a common application of BFS in real-world scenarios?
  1. Topological sorting
  2. Finding connected components
  3. Web crawling
  4. Cycle detection

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is a common application of BFS in real-world scenarios?
  • Step 1: Understand what BFS (Breadth-First Search) is. It is a method for exploring nodes and edges in a graph or tree structure.
  • Step 2: Identify a real-world scenario where BFS can be applied. One common scenario is web crawling.
  • Step 3: In web crawling, a program starts at a specific webpage (the root node).
  • Step 4: The program collects all the links (child nodes) on that webpage.
  • Step 5: Before moving to the next webpage (deeper level), the program explores all the links found on the current webpage.
  • Step 6: After exploring all links at the current level, the program then moves to the next level of links, repeating the process.
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