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NAME
v.net.spanningtree - Computes minimum spanning tree for the network.
KEYWORDS
vector, network, spanning tree
SYNOPSIS
v.net.spanningtree
v.net.spanningtree help
v.net.spanningtree [-g] input=name output=name [layer=integer] [accol=name] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]
Flags:
- -g
- Use geodesic calculation for longitude-latitude locations
- --overwrite
- Allow output files to overwrite existing files
- --verbose
- Verbose module output
- --quiet
- Quiet module output
Parameters:
- input=name
- Name of input vector map
- output=name
- Name for output vector map
- layer=integer
- Layer number
- A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use.
- Default: 1
- accol=name
- Name of Arc cost column
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 a
network. Or, 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
Last changed: $Date: 2013-05-23 13:00:25 -0700 (Thu, 23 May 2013) $
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