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/*!
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\page graphs How to use graphs
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The primary data structures of HugoLib are the graph classes. They all
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provide a node list - edge list interface, i.e. they have
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functionalities to list the nodes and the edges of the graph as well
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as in incoming and outgoing edges of a given node. 
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Each graph should meet the \ref ConstGraph concept. This concept does
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makes it possible to change the graph (i.e. it is not possible to add
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or delete edges or nodes). Most of the graph algorithms will run on
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these graphs.
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The graphs meeting the \ref ExtendableGraph concept allow node and
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edge addition. You can also "clear" (i.e. erase all edges and nodes)
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such a graph.
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In case of graphs meeting the full feature \ref ErasableGraph concept
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you can also erase individual edges and node in arbitrary order.
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The implemented graph structures are the following.
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\li \ref hugo::ListGraph "ListGraph" is the most versatile graph class. It meets
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the ErasableGraph concept and it also have some convenience features.
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\li \ref hugo::SmartGraph "SmartGraph" is a more memory
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efficient version of \ref hugo::ListGraph "ListGraph". The
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price of it is that it only meets the \ref ExtendableGraph concept,
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so you cannot delete individual edges or nodes.
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\li \ref hugo::SymListGraph "SymListGraph" and
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\ref hugo::SymSmartGraph "SymSmartGraph" classes are very similar to
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\ref hugo::ListGraph "ListGraph" and \ref hugo::SmartGraph "SmartGraph".
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The difference is that whenever you add a
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new edge to the graph, it actually adds a pair of oppositely directed edges.
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They are linked together so it is possible to access the counterpart of an
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edge. An even more important feature is that using these classes you can also
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attach data to the edges in such a way that the stored data
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are shared by the edge pairs. 
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\li \ref hugo::FullGraph "FullGraph"
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implements a full graph. It is a \ref ConstGraph, so you cannot
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change the number of nodes once it is constructed. It is extremely memory
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efficient: it uses constant amount of memory independently from the number of
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the nodes of the graph. Of course, the size of the \ref maps "NodeMap"'s and
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\ref maps "EdgeMap"'s will depend on the number of nodes.
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\li \ref hugo::NodeSet "NodeSet" implements a graph with no edges. This class
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can be used as a base class of \ref hugo::EdgeSet "EdgeSet".
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\li \ref hugo::EdgeSet "EdgeSet" can be used to create a new graph on
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the edge set of another graph. The base graph can be an arbitrary graph and it
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is possible to attach several \ref hugo::EdgeSet "EdgeSet"'s to a base graph.
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\todo Don't we need SmartNodeSet and SmartEdgeSet?
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\todo Some cross-refs are wrong.
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The graph structures itself can not store data attached
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to the edges and nodes. However they all provide
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\ref maps "map classes"
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to dynamically attach data the to graph components.
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The following program demonstrates the basic features of HugoLib's graph
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structures.
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\code
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#include <iostream>
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#include <hugo/list_graph.h>
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using namespace hugo;
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int main()
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{
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  typedef ListGraph Graph;
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\endcode
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ListGraph is one of HugoLib's graph classes. It is based on linked lists,
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therefore iterating throuh its edges and nodes is fast.
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\code
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  typedef Graph::Edge Edge;
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  typedef Graph::InEdgeIt InEdgeIt;
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  typedef Graph::OutEdgeIt OutEdgeIt;
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  typedef Graph::EdgeIt EdgeIt;
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  typedef Graph::Node Node;
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  typedef Graph::NodeIt NodeIt;
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  Graph g;
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  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
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    g.addNode();
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  for (NodeIt i(g); g.valid(i); g.next(i))
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    for (NodeIt j(g); g.valid(j); g.next(j))
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      if (i != j) g.addEdge(i, j);
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\endcode
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After some convenience typedefs we create a graph and add three nodes to it.
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Then we add edges to it to form a full graph.
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\code
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  std::cout << "Nodes:";
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  for (NodeIt i(g); g.valid(i); g.next(i))
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    std::cout << " " << g.id(i);
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  std::cout << std::endl;
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\endcode
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Here we iterate through all nodes of the graph. We use a constructor of the
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node iterator to initialize it to the first node. The next member function is
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used to step to the next node, and valid is used to check if we have passed the
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last one.
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\code
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  std::cout << "Nodes:";
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  NodeIt n;
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  for (g.first(n); n != INVALID; g.next(n))
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    std::cout << " " << g.id(n);
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  std::cout << std::endl;
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\endcode
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Here you can see an alternative way to iterate through all nodes. Here we use a
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member function of the graph to initialize the node iterator to the first node
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of the graph. Using next on the iterator pointing to the last node invalidates
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the iterator i.e. sets its value to INVALID. Checking for this value is
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equivalent to using the valid member function.
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Both of the previous code fragments print out the same:
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\code
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Nodes: 2 1 0
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\endcode
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\code
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  std::cout << "Edges:";
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  for (EdgeIt i(g); g.valid(i); g.next(i))
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    std::cout << " (" << g.id(g.tail(i)) << "," << g.id(g.head(i)) << ")";
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  std::cout << std::endl;
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\endcode
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\code
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Edges: (0,2) (1,2) (0,1) (2,1) (1,0) (2,0)
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\endcode
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We can also iterate through all edges of the graph very similarly. The head and
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tail member functions can be used to access the endpoints of an edge.
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\code
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  NodeIt first_node(g);
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  std::cout << "Out-edges of node " << g.id(first_node) << ":";
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  for (OutEdgeIt i(g, first_node); g.valid(i); g.next(i))
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    std::cout << " (" << g.id(g.tail(i)) << "," << g.id(g.head(i)) << ")"; 
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  std::cout << std::endl;
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  std::cout << "In-edges of node " << g.id(first_node) << ":";
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  for (InEdgeIt i(g, first_node); g.valid(i); g.next(i))
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    std::cout << " (" << g.id(g.tail(i)) << "," << g.id(g.head(i)) << ")"; 
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  std::cout << std::endl;
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\endcode
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\code
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Out-edges of node 2: (2,0) (2,1)
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In-edges of node 2: (0,2) (1,2)
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\endcode
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We can also iterate through the in and out-edges of a node. In the above
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example we print out the in and out-edges of the first node of the graph.
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\code
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  Graph::EdgeMap<int> m(g);
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  for (EdgeIt e(g); g.valid(e); g.next(e))
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    m.set(e, 10 - g.id(e));
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  std::cout << "Id Edge  Value" << std::endl;
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  for (EdgeIt e(g); g.valid(e); g.next(e))
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    std::cout << g.id(e) << "  (" << g.id(g.tail(e)) << "," << g.id(g.head(e))
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      << ") " << m[e] << std::endl;
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\endcode
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\code
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Id Edge  Value
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4  (0,2) 6
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2  (1,2) 8
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5  (0,1) 5
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0  (2,1) 10
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3  (1,0) 7
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1  (2,0) 9
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\endcode
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In generic graph optimization programming graphs are not containers rather
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incidence structures which are iterable in many ways. HugoLib introduces
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concepts that allow us to attach containers to graphs. These containers are
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called maps.
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In the example above we create an EdgeMap which assigns an int value to all
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edges of the graph. We use the set member function of the map to write values
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into the map and the operator[] to retrieve them.
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Here we used the maps provided by the ListGraph class, but you can also write
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your own maps. You can read more about using maps \ref maps "here".
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