DESCRIPTION

v.net.spanningtree finds the minimum spanning tree in a network.

NOTES

A spanning tree is a minimum cost subnetwork connecting all nodes in an undirected network (same forward and backward costs). If a network is disconnected then the module computes the minimum spanning tree for each (weakly) connected component. So, strictly speaking, v.net.spanningtree does not compute spanning tree but a spanning forest. As the name suggests, a spanning tree is a tree. That is, it contains no cycles and if a component has N nodes then the tree has N-1 edges connecting all nodes. Accol is used to specify the costs of the edges. The output consists of the edges in the spanning tree.

EXAMPLES

Find cheapest set of pipelines connecting all nodes.
v.net.spanningtree input=projected_pipelines output=spanningtree accol=cost 

SEE ALSO

v.net, v.net.steiner

AUTHORS

Daniel Bundala, Google Summer of Code 2009, Student
Wolf Bergenheim, Mentor

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