pgr_sequentialVertexColoring - Proposed¶
pgr_sequentialVertexColoring
— Returns the vertex coloring of an undirected graph,
using greedy approach.

Boost Graph Inside¶
Warning
Proposed functions for next mayor release.
They are not officially in the current release.
They will likely officially be part of the next mayor release:
The functions make use of ANY-INTEGER and ANY-NUMERICAL
Name might not change. (But still can)
Signature might not change. (But still can)
Functionality might not change. (But still can)
pgTap tests have being done. But might need more.
Documentation might need refinement.
Availability
Version 3.3.0
Promoted to proposed function
Version 3.2.0
New experimental function
Description¶
Sequential Vertex Coloring algorithm is a graph coloring algorithm in which color identifiers are assigned to the vertices of a graph in a sequential manner, such that no edge connects two identically colored vertices.
The main Characteristics are:
The implementation is applicable only for undirected graphs.
Provides the color to be assigned to all the vertices present in the graph.
Color identifiers values are in the Range \([1, |V|]\)
The algorithm tries to assign the least possible color to every vertex.
Efficient graph coloring is an NP-Hard problem, and therefore, this algorithm does not always produce optimal coloring. It follows a greedy strategy by iterating through all the vertices sequentially, and assigning the smallest possible color that is not used by its neighbors, to each vertex.
The returned rows are ordered in ascending order of the vertex value.
Sequential Vertex Coloring Running Time: \(O(|V|*(d + k))\)
where \(|V|\) is the number of vertices,
\(d\) is the maximum degree of the vertices in the graph,
\(k\) is the number of colors used.
Signatures¶
pgr_sequentialVertexColoring(Edges SQL)
RETURNS SET OF (vertex_id, color_id)
OR EMPTY SET
- Example
Graph coloring of pgRouting Sample Data
SELECT * FROM pgr_sequentialVertexColoring(
'SELECT id, source, target, cost, reverse_cost FROM edge_table
ORDER BY id'
);
vertex_id | color_id
-----------+----------
1 | 1
2 | 2
3 | 1
4 | 2
5 | 1
6 | 2
7 | 1
8 | 2
9 | 1
10 | 2
11 | 1
12 | 2
13 | 1
14 | 1
15 | 2
16 | 1
17 | 2
(17 rows)
Parameters¶
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
---|---|---|
Edges SQL |
|
Inner query as described below. |
Inner query¶
- Edges SQL
an SQL query of an undirected graph, which should return a set of rows with the following columns:
Column |
Type |
Default |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
|
Identifier of the edge. |
|
source |
|
Identifier of the first end point vertex of the edge. |
|
target |
|
Identifier of the second end point vertex of the edge. |
|
cost |
|
|
|
reverse_cost |
|
-1 |
|
Where:
- ANY-INTEGER
SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT
- ANY-NUMERICAL
SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, REAL, FLOAT
Result Columns¶
Returns SET OF (vertex_id, color_id)
Column |
Type |
Description |
---|---|---|
vertex_id |
|
Identifier of the vertex. |
color_id |
|
Identifier of the color of the vertex.
|
See Also¶
The queries use the Sample Data network.
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