COMP9313 2018s1 Project 2
Problem statement – single target shortest path:
Given a graph and a node “t”, find the shortest distances of all nodes to “t”
together with the paths. For example, the shortest distance from node 1 to t
is 7 with path 1->3->4->t. Please note that this is different from the single-
source shortest path problem!! However, you can make minor modifications
to the algorithm for that problem to solve this one.
Input files:
In the input file, each line is in format of:
“EdgeId FromNodeId ToNodeId Distance”.
In the above example, the input contains (assume t has node id 0):
0 0 1 10.0
1 1 2 3.0
2 1 3 1.0
3 2 1 3.0
4 2 0 5.0
5 2 3 9.0
6 2 4 2.0
7 3 4 4.0
8 4 0 2.0
9 4 3 6.0
This sample file “tiny-graph.txt” can be downloaded at:
https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9313/18s1/resources/15990
https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9313/18s1/resources/15990
Output:
Set the number of reducers to 1. The single output file contains the shortest
distances and paths of all nodes to the given node. Each line is in format of
“SourceNodeID\tDistance\tPath”. The shortest distances are of double
precision, and each path is a sequence of nodes on the shortest path. Remove
the nodes that cannot reach the query node and sort the output by
SourceNodeID according to its numeric value. Given the example graph,
the output file is like:
0\t0.0\t0
1\t7.0\t1->3->4->0
2\t4.0\t2->4->0
3\t6.0\t3->4->0
4\t2.0\t4->0
Code format:
Name your java file as “SingleTargetSP.java” and put it in the package
“comp9313.ass2”. Your program should take three parameters: the input
folder containing the graph file, the output folder storing the result file, and
the query target node ID.
Hints:
1. One difficulty of this problem is how to do the iterative MapReduce
jobs. You can download the code template at:
https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9313/18s1/resources/15991
which may help you solve this problem.
2. Another difficulty is how to check the termination criterion, and you
are required to utilize the counter to do this job.
3. After the iterations are finished (i.e., all shortest distances are found),
the output format is not as required. Thus, you need to use another
round map/reduce to convert the output to the desired format. Please
use the output folder given in the parameter to store the result.
Documentation and code readability
Your source code will be inspected and marked based on readability and
ease of understanding. The documentation (comments of the codes) in your
source code is also important. Below is an indicative marking scheme:
Result correctness: 80%
https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9313/18s1/resources/15991
Code structure, Readability, and
Documentation: 20%
Submission:
Deadline: Sunday 22nd April 09:59:59 PM
Log in any CSE server (williams or wagner), and use the give command
below to submit your solutions:
$ give cs9313 assignment2 SingleTargetSP.java
Or you can submit through:
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