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Depth-first search (DFS) and breadth-first search (BFS) are two of the most useful subroutines in graph algorithms. They allow one to search a graph in linear time and compile information about the graph. They differ in that the former uses a stack (LIFO) discipline and the latter uses a queue (FIFO) discipline to choose the next edge to explore.
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Kozen, D.C. (1992). Depth-First and Breadth-First Search. In: The Design and Analysis of Algorithms. Texts and Monographs in Computer Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4400-4_4
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