#K42667. Minimum Transmission Time
Minimum Transmission Time
Minimum Transmission Time
Given a network of n servers and m bidirectional communication links, each with an associated transmission cost, your task is to determine the minimum time required to transmit a file from server A to server B.
Each communication link connects two servers and has a cost. The network can be modeled as an undirected weighted graph. The goal is to compute the shortest path from server A to server B using the links available. Formally, if we denote the transmission cost of a link as c, then you need to find the minimum sum of costs along any path from A to B.
If no path exists between A and B, output -1
.
In mathematical notation, if d(u,v)
represents the minimum transmission cost from server u to server v, then you are to determine:
where the sum is taken over all links in the path P.
inputFormat
The input is read from standard input (stdin) and has the following format:
- The first line contains four integers:
N M A B
where: N
is the number of servers.M
is the number of communication links.A
is the starting server.B
is the destination server.- Each of the next
M
lines contains three integers:U V C
where there is a bidirectional link between serversU
andV
with a transmission cost ofC
.
outputFormat
Output a single integer to standard output (stdout): the minimum transmission time required from server A
to server B
. If no route exists, output -1
.
5 6 1 5
1 2 10
1 3 20
2 3 5
2 4 1
3 4 3
4 5 2
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