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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Kent State University, Kent, OH (US);
Inventors:
Ruoming Jin, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Ning Ruan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Kent, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/901 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9024 (2019.01);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for determining the shortest distance between vertices in relatively large graphs. In an embodiment a method includes identifying an original graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, identifying a plurality of hub nodes from within the original graph, creating a hub matrix comprising the plurality of hub nodes and the shortest distance between the plurality of hub nodes, and determining a shortest distance between the at least two nodes using the original graph and/or the hub matrix.