Topological Sort of a graph using departure time of vertex

Last Updated : 20 Feb, 2023

Given a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), find Topological Sort of the graph.

Topological sorting for Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) is a linear ordering of vertices such that for every directed edge uv, vertex u comes before v in the ordering. Topological Sorting for a graph is not possible if the graph is not a DAG.

For example, a topological sorting of the following graph is “5 4 2 3 1 0”. There can be more than one topological sorting for a graph. For example, another topological sorting of the following graph is “4 5 2 3 1 0”.

Topological Sort

Please note that the first vertex in topological sorting is always a vertex with in-degree as 0 (a vertex with no incoming edges). For above graph, vertex 4 and 5 have no incoming edges.

We have already discussed a DFS-based algorithm using stack and Kahn’s Algorithm for Topological Sorting. We have also discussed how to print all topological sorts of the DAG here. In this post, another DFS based approach is discussed for finding Topological sort of a graph by introducing concept of arrival and departure time of a vertex in DFS.

What is Arrival Time & Departure Time of Vertices in DFS?
In DFS, Arrival Time is the time at which the vertex was explored for the first time and Departure Time is the time at which we have explored all the neighbors of the vertex and we are ready to backtrack.

How to find Topological Sort of a graph using departure time?
To find Topological Sort of a graph, we run DFS starting from all unvisited vertices one by one. For any vertex, before exploring any of its neighbors, we note the arrival time of that vertex and after exploring all the neighbors of the vertex, we note its departure time. Please note only departure time is needed to find Topological Sort of a graph, so we can skip arrival time of vertex. Finally, after we have visited all the vertices of the graph, we print the vertices in order of their decreasing departure time which is our desired Topological Order of Vertices.

Below is C++ implementation of above idea –

C++

// A C++ program to print topological sorting of a DAG
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Graph class represents a directed graph using adjacency
// list representation
class Graph {
    int V; // No. of vertices
    // Pointer to an array containing adjacency lists
    list<int>* adj;
 
public:
    Graph(int); // Constructor
    ~Graph(); // Destructor
 
    // function to add an edge to graph
    void addEdge(int, int);
 
    // The function to do DFS traversal
    void DFS(int, vector<bool>&, vector<int>&, int&);
 
    // The function to do Topological Sort.
    void topologicalSort();
};
 
Graph::Graph(int V)
{
    this->V = V;
    this->adj = new list<int>[V];
}
 
Graph::~Graph() { delete[] this->adj; }
 
void Graph::addEdge(int v, int w)
{
    adj[v].push_back(w); // Add w to v's list.
}
 
// The function to do DFS() and stores departure time
// of all vertex
void Graph::DFS(int v, vector<bool>& visited,
                vector<int>& departure, int& time)
{
    visited[v] = true;
    // time++;    // arrival time of vertex v
 
    for (int i : adj[v])
        if (!visited[i])
            DFS(i, visited, departure, time);
 
    // set departure time of vertex v
    departure[time++] = v;
}
 
// The function to do Topological Sort. It uses DFS().
void Graph::topologicalSort()
{
    // vector to store departure time of vertex.
    vector<int> departure(V, -1);
 
    // Mark all the vertices as not visited
    vector<bool> visited(V, false);
    int time = 0;
 
    // perform DFS on all unvisited vertices
    for (int i = 0; i < V; i++) {
        if (visited[i] == 0) {
            DFS(i, visited, departure, time);
        }
    }
    // print the topological sort
    for (int i = V - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        cout << departure[i] << " ";
}
 
// Driver program to test above functions
int main()
{
    // Create a graph given in the above diagram
    Graph g(6);
    g.addEdge(5, 2);
    g.addEdge(5, 0);
    g.addEdge(4, 0);
    g.addEdge(4, 1);
    g.addEdge(2, 3);
    g.addEdge(3, 1);
 
    cout << "Topological Sort of the given graph is \n";
    g.topologicalSort();
 
    return 0;
}

Python3

# A Python3 program to print topological sorting of a DAG
def addEdge(u, v):
    global adj
    adj[u].append(v)
 
# The function to do DFS() and stores departure time
# of all vertex
def DFS(v):
    global visited, departure, time
    visited[v] = 1
    for i in adj[v]:
        if visited[i] == 0:
            DFS(i)
    departure[time] = v
    time += 1
 
# The function to do Topological Sort. It uses DFS().
def topologicalSort():
 
    # perform DFS on all unvisited vertices
    for i in range(V):
        if(visited[i] == 0):
            DFS(i)
 
    # Print vertices in topological order
    for i in range(V - 1, -1, -1):
        print(departure[i], end = " ")
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
   
    # Create a graph given in the above diagram
    V,time, adj, visited, departure = 6, 0, [[] for i in range(7)], [0 for i in range(7)],[-1 for i in range(7)]
    addEdge(5, 2)
    addEdge(5, 0)
    addEdge(4, 0)
    addEdge(4, 1)
    addEdge(2, 3)
    addEdge(3, 1)
 
    print("Topological Sort of the given graph is")
    topologicalSort()
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29

C#

// C# program to print topological sorting of a DAG
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
// Graph class represents a directed graph using adjacency
// list representation
public class Graph {
  private int V;
  private List<int>[] adj;
 
  // constructor
  public Graph(int v)
  {
    V = v;
    adj = new List<int>[ v ];
    for (int i = 0; i < v; i++)
      adj[i] = new List<int>();
  }
 
  // Add an edge
  public void AddEdge(int v, int w)
  {
    adj[v].Add(w); // Add w to v's list
  }
 
  // The function to do DFS() and stores departure time
  // of all vertex
  private void DFS(int v, bool[] visited, int[] departure,
                   ref int time)
  {
    visited[v] = true;
    // time++; // arrival time of vertex v
 
    foreach(int i in adj[v])
    {
      if (!visited[i])
        DFS(i, visited, departure, ref time);
    }
 
    // set departure time of vertex v
    departure[time++] = v;
  }
 
  // The function to do Topological Sort. It uses DFS().
  public void TopologicalSort()
  {
    // vector to store departure time of vertex.
    int[] departure = new int[V];
    for (int i = 0; i < V; i++)
      departure[i] = -1;
 
    // Mark all the vertices as not visited
    bool[] visited = new bool[V];
    int time = 0;
 
    // perform DFS on all unvisited vertices
    for (int i = 0; i < V; i++) {
      if (visited[i] == false) {
        DFS(i, visited, departure, ref time);
      }
    }
    // print the topological sort
    for (int i = V - 1; i >= 0; i--)
      Console.Write(departure[i] + " ");
    Console.WriteLine();
  }
}
 
class GFG {
  // Driver program to test above functions
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    // Create a graph given in the above diagram
    Graph g = new Graph(6);
    g.AddEdge(5, 2);
    g.AddEdge(5, 0);
    g.AddEdge(4, 0);
    g.AddEdge(4, 1);
    g.AddEdge(2, 3);
    g.AddEdge(3, 1);
 
    Console.WriteLine(
      "Topological Sort of the given graph is");
    g.TopologicalSort();
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed by cavi4762

Javascript

<script>
 
// A JavaScript program to print topological 
// sorting of a DAG
     
    let adj=new Array(7);
    for(let i=0;i<adj.length;i++)
    {
        adj[i]=[];
    }
    let V=6;
    let time=0;
    let visited=new Array(7);
    let departure =new Array(7);
    for(let i=0;i<7;i++)
    {
        visited[i]=0;
        departure[i]=-1;
    }
    function addEdge(u, v)
    {
        adj[u].push(v)
    }
     
    // The function to do DFS() and 
    // stores departure time
    // of all vertex
    function DFS(v)
    {
        visited[v] = 1;
        for(let i=0;i<adj[v].length;i++)
        {
            if(visited[adj[v][i]]==0)
                DFS(adj[v][i]);
        }
        departure[time] = v
        time += 1
    }
    // The function to do Topological 
    // Sort. It uses DFS().
    function topologicalSort()
    {
    //perform DFS on all unvisited vertices
        for(let i=0;i<V;i++)
        {
            if(visited[i] == 0)
                DFS(i)
        }
        //perform DFS on all unvisited vertices
        for(let i=V-1;i>=0;i--)
        {            
            document.write(departure[i]+" ");
        }
    }
     
    // Create a graph given in the above diagram
     
    addEdge(5, 2);
    addEdge(5, 0);
    addEdge(4, 0);
    addEdge(4, 1);
    addEdge(2, 3);
    addEdge(3, 1);
    document.write(
    "Topological Sort of the given graph is<br>"
    );
    topologicalSort()
     
    // This code is contributed by unknown2108
     
</script>

Java

import java.util.ArrayList;
 
// Graph class represents a directed graph using adjacency
// list representation
public class GFG {
    int V;
    ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer> > adj;
    int time = 0;
    // constructor
    public GFG(int v)
    {
        V = v;
        adj = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < v; i++)
            adj.add(new ArrayList<>());
    }
 
    // Add an edge
    public void AddEdge(int v, int w)
    {
        adj.get(v).add(w); // Add w to v's list
    }
 
    // The function to do DFS() and stores departure time
    // of all vertex
    private void DFS(int v, boolean[] visited,
                     int[] departure)
    {
        visited[v] = true;
        // time++; // arrival time of vertex v
 
        for (int i : adj.get(v)) {
            if (!visited[i])
                DFS(i, visited, departure);
        }
 
        // set departure time of vertex v
        departure[time++] = v;
    }
 
    // The function to do Topological Sort. It uses DFS().
    public void TopologicalSort()
    {
        // vector to store departure time of vertex.
        int[] departure = new int[V];
        for (int i = 0; i < V; i++)
            departure[i] = -1;
 
        // Mark all the vertices as not visited
        boolean[] visited = new boolean[V];
        // perform DFS on all unvisited vertices
        for (int i = 0; i < V; i++) {
            if (!visited[i]) {
                DFS(i, visited, departure);
            }
        }
        // print the topological sort
        for (int i = V - 1; i >= 0; i--)
            System.out.print(departure[i] + " ");
    }
    // Driver program to test above functions
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Create a graph given in the above diagram
        GFG g = new GFG(6);
        g.AddEdge(5, 2);
        g.AddEdge(5, 0);
        g.AddEdge(4, 0);
        g.AddEdge(4, 1);
        g.AddEdge(2, 3);
        g.AddEdge(3, 1);
 
        System.out.println(
            "Topological Sort of the given graph is");
        g.TopologicalSort();
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Prithi_Dey

Output

Topological Sort of the given graph is 
5 4 2 3 1 0

Time Complexity of above solution is O(V + E).

Space Complexity of this algorithm is O(V). This is because we use a vector to store the departure time of each vertex, which is of size V.

Aditya Goel

Improve

Longest Path in a Directed Acyclic Graph

Articulation Points (or Cut Vertices) in a Graph

BFS and DFS on Graph

Cycle in a Graph

Shortest Paths in Graph

Minimum Spanning Tree in Graph

Topological Sorting in Graph

Connectivity of Graph

Maximum flow in a Graph

Some must do problems on Graph

Topological Sort of a graph using departure time of vertex

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