A multinational company has started a project to launch its Branches in differen

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A multinational company has started a project to launch its Branches in different
countries and the company is going to start its Business and initially its network will
be developed for six countries i.e. Pakistan ,Saudi Arabia, China, Austria ,Japan ,
and Brunei Darussalam .These countries may be named as a, b, c, d, e ,f
respectively and Company has planned to establish the Communication Channels
for its proper smooth business .The cost is given in the following table to establish
the communication link .Which Communication Channels will be developed to
ensure that all countries are connected so that the total cost of the Mega Project is
minimized?
Branches Cost in $ Billion
a-b 0.95
a-c 1.2
a-d 1.1
a-e 1.5
a-f 2.5
b-c 2.6
b-d 2.3
b-e 2.1
b-f 2.2
c-d 3.1
c-e 3.2
c-f 1.7
d-e 1.9
d-f 0.85
e-f 3.5
Model this problem using the weighted graph where Vertices represent Country
Branches, Edges represent possible Channel link and the weights on edges are
represented by costs of that channel.
a) First apply Prims Algorithm
b) Second apply Kruskal‘s algorithm

Explanation / Answer

Prims Algorithm 5.6

Kruskal‘s algorithm 5.6

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