Topological Sort

1 Definition In computer science, a topological sort or topological ordering of a directed graph is a linear ordering of its vertices such that for every directed edge uv from vertex u to vertx v, u comes before v in the ordering. It sounds pretty academic, but I am sure you are using topological sort unconsciously every single day. 2 Application Many real world situations can be modeled as a graph with directed edges where some events must occur before others....

May 22, 2022 · 5 min · 931 words · Ramsay Leung