When is it practical to use Depth-First Search (DFS) vs Breadth-First Search (BFS)? [closed]

Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question I understand the differences between DFS and BFS, but I’m interested to know when it’s more … Read more

How does a Breadth-First Search work when looking for Shortest Path?

Technically, Breadth-first search (BFS) by itself does not let you find the shortest path, simply because BFS is not looking for a shortest path: BFS describes a strategy for searching a graph, but it does not say that you must search for anything in particular. Dijkstra’s algorithm adapts BFS to let you find single-source shortest paths. … Read more