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Matching min vertex cover (TheAlgorithms#5326)
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* matching algorithm for min vertex cover problem

* fixed hint on row 37

* changed variable names

* provided doctest for get_edges function

* Removed dict.keys() iteration

* Update matching_min_vertex_cover.py

Co-authored-by: Christian Clauss <[email protected]>
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"""
* Author: Manuel Di Lullo (https://github.com/manueldilullo)
* Description: Approximization algorithm for minimum vertex cover problem.
Matching Approach. Uses graphs represented with an adjacency list
URL: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MinimumVertexCover.html
URL: https://www.princeton.edu/~aaa/Public/Teaching/ORF523/ORF523_Lec6.pdf
"""


def matching_min_vertex_cover(graph: dict) -> set:
"""
APX Algorithm for min Vertex Cover using Matching Approach
@input: graph (graph stored in an adjacency list where each vertex
is represented as an integer)
@example:
>>> graph = {0: [1, 3], 1: [0, 3], 2: [0, 3, 4], 3: [0, 1, 2], 4: [2, 3]}
>>> matching_min_vertex_cover(graph)
{0, 1, 2, 4}
"""
# chosen_vertices = set of chosen vertices
chosen_vertices = set()
# edges = list of graph's edges
edges = get_edges(graph)

# While there are still elements in edges list, take an arbitrary edge
# (from_node, to_node) and add his extremity to chosen_vertices and then
# remove all arcs adjacent to the from_node and to_node
while edges:
from_node, to_node = edges.pop()
chosen_vertices.add(from_node)
chosen_vertices.add(to_node)
for edge in edges.copy():
if from_node in edge or to_node in edge:
edges.discard(edge)
return chosen_vertices


def get_edges(graph: dict) -> set:
"""
Return a set of couples that represents all of the edges.
@input: graph (graph stored in an adjacency list where each vertex is
represented as an integer)
@example:
>>> graph = {0: [1, 3], 1: [0, 3], 2: [0, 3], 3: [0, 1, 2]}
>>> get_edges(graph)
{(0, 1), (3, 1), (0, 3), (2, 0), (3, 0), (2, 3), (1, 0), (3, 2), (1, 3)}
"""
edges = set()
for from_node, to_nodes in graph.items():
for to_node in to_nodes:
edges.add((from_node, to_node))
return edges


if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest

doctest.testmod()

# graph = {0: [1, 3], 1: [0, 3], 2: [0, 3, 4], 3: [0, 1, 2], 4: [2, 3]}
# print(f"Matching vertex cover:\n{matching_min_vertex_cover(graph)}")

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