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noun
An algorithm that computes single-source shortest paths in a weighted digraph, capable (unlike the faster Dijkstra's algorithm) of handling graphs with negative edge weights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graph-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Named after its developers, Richard Bellman and L. R. Ford, Jr.
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