BFS&DFS广度优先搜索和深度优先搜索

Queue and BFS

BFS是Breadth First Search的缩写，就是大家所熟悉的广度优先搜索。通俗的讲，BFS就是一层一层地搜索，可以利用队列Queue先进先出的特性实现广度优先搜索。
下面提供两个BFS的模板：
Template I

/**
 * Return the length of the shortest path between root and target node.
 */
int BFS(Node root, Node target) {
    Queue<Node> queue;  // store all nodes which are waiting to be processed
    int step = 0;       // number of steps neeeded from root to current node
    // initialize
    add root to queue;
    // BFS
    while (queue is not empty) {
        step = step + 1;
        // iterate the nodes which are already in the queue
        int size = queue.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
            Node cur = the first node in queue;
            return step if cur is target;
            for (Node next : the neighbors of cur) {
                add next to queue;
            }
            remove the first node from queue;
        }
    }
    return -1;          // there is no path from root to target
}

Template II

/**
 * Return the length of the shortest path between root and target node.
 */
int BFS(Node root, Node target) {
    Queue<Node> queue;  // store all nodes which are waiting to be processed
    Set<Node> used;     // store all the used nodes
    int step = 0;       // number of steps neeeded from root to current node
    // initialize
    add root to queue;
    add root to used;
    // BFS
    while (queue is not empty) {
        step = step + 1;
        // iterate the nodes which are already in the queue
        int size = queue.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
            Node cur = the first node in queue;
            return step if cur is target;
            for (Node next : the neighbors of cur) {
                if (next is not in used) {
                    add next to queue;
                    add next to used;
                }
            }
            remove the first node from queue;
        }
    }
    return -1;          // there is no path from root to target
}

Stack and DFS

DFS是Depth First Search的缩写，就是大家所熟悉的深度优先搜索。通俗的讲，DFS就是先沿着一条路径往前搜索，无法继续前进时返回一步或多步寻找其他路径，不断重复这个过程，直到找到目标或者所有的路径都走过才终止。
DFS可以利用显式栈Stack后进先出的特性或者隐式栈（即系统栈）递归的方式实现。
下面提供两个DFS的模板：
Template I

/*
 * Return true if there is a path from cur to target.
 */
boolean DFS(Node cur, Node target, Set<Node> visited) {
    return true if cur is target;
    for (next : each neighbor of cur) {
        if (next is not in visited) {
            add next to visted;
            return true if DFS(next, target, visited) == true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

Template II

/*
 * Return true if there is a path from cur to target.
 */
boolean DFS(int root, int target) {
    Set<Node> visited;
    Stack<Node> s;
    add root to s;
    while (s is not empty) {
        Node cur = the top element in s;
        return true if cur is target;
        for (Node next : the neighbors of cur) {
            if (next is not in visited) {
                add next to s;
                add next to visited;
            }
        }
        remove cur from s;
    }
    return false;
}