"Bellman-Ford algorithm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Bellman-Ford algorithms [plural]
Etymology: Named after its developers, Richard Bellman and L. R. Ford, Jr. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bellman-Ford algorithm (plural Bellman-Ford algorithms)
  1. (graph theory, computing) An algorithm that computes single-source shortest paths in a weighted digraph, capable (unlike the faster Dijkstra's algorithm) of handling graphs with negative edge weights. Wikipedia link: Bellman-Ford algorithm, L. R. Ford, Jr., Richard Bellman Categories (topical): Computing, Graph theory Translations (shortest-path algorithm): algoritmo de Bellman-Ford [masculine] (Portuguese)

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