Minimum Spanning Tree

A minimum spanning tree (MST) is a subset of edges in a weighted, connected graph that connects all vertices together with the minimum possible total edge weight. The minimum_spanning_tree function is used to compare the original graph with its MST.

import networkx as nx
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Create a graph
G = nx.Graph()
G.add_edges_from(
    [
        (0, 1, {"weight": 4}),
        (0, 7, {"weight": 8}),
        (1, 7, {"weight": 11}),
        (1, 2, {"weight": 8}),
        (2, 8, {"weight": 2}),
        (2, 5, {"weight": 4}),
        (2, 3, {"weight": 7}),
        (3, 4, {"weight": 9}),
        (3, 5, {"weight": 14}),
        (4, 5, {"weight": 10}),
        (5, 6, {"weight": 2}),
        (6, 8, {"weight": 6}),
        (7, 8, {"weight": 7}),
    ]
)

# Find the minimum spanning tree
T = nx.minimum_spanning_tree(G)

# Visualize the graph and the minimum spanning tree
pos = nx.spring_layout(G)
nx.draw_networkx_nodes(G, pos, node_color="lightblue", node_size=500)
nx.draw_networkx_edges(G, pos, edge_color="grey")
nx.draw_networkx_labels(G, pos, font_size=12, font_family="sans-serif")
nx.draw_networkx_edge_labels(
    G, pos, edge_labels={(u, v): d["weight"] for u, v, d in G.edges(data=True)}
)
nx.draw_networkx_edges(T, pos, edge_color="green", width=2)
plt.axis("off")
plt.show()