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sink

(definition)

Definition: A vertex of a directed graph with no outgoing edges. More formally, a vertex with with out-degree 0.

See also source, supersink, flow network, critical path problem, multi-commodity flow.

Note: Conceptually, a final destination of whatever is flowing through the graph. In UML, a consumer of data in a design.

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "sink", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/sink.html