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         <p>
            In dlib, there are two types of graph representations.  On the one
            hand, there are graphs based on an object which encapsulates the whole
            graph, such as the <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> and 
            <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> objects.  On the
            other hand, there are graphs which are represented as simple vectors
            of edges.  In this case, we use vectors of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a>
            or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects for undirected
            and directed graphs respectively.
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      <section>
         <name>Graph Object Based Graphs</name>
         <item>graph_contains_directed_cycle</item> 
         <item>graph_has_symmetric_edges</item> 
         <item>graph_contains_undirected_cycle</item> 
         <item>create_moral_graph</item> 
         <item>triangulate_graph_and_find_cliques</item> 
         <item>graph_contains_length_one_cycle</item> 
         <item>find_connected_nodes</item> 
         <item>graph_is_connected</item> 
         <item>is_clique</item> 
         <item>is_maximal_clique</item> 
         <item>copy_graph_structure</item> 
         <item>copy_graph</item> 
         <item>edge</item> 
         <item>is_join_tree</item> 
         <item>create_join_tree</item> 
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      <section>
         <name>Creating Edge List Based Graphs</name>
         <item>sample_pair</item>
         <item>ordered_sample_pair</item>
         <item>find_percent_shortest_edges_randomly</item>
         <item>find_k_nearest_neighbors</item>
         <item>find_approximate_k_nearest_neighbors</item>
         <item nolink="true">
            <name>Distance Functions</name>
            <sub>
               <item>negative_dot_product_distance</item>
               <item>squared_euclidean_distance</item>
               <item>cosine_distance</item>
            </sub>
         </item>
      </section>

      <section>
         <name>Using Edge List Based Graphs</name>
         <item>remove_short_edges</item>
         <item>remove_duplicate_edges</item>
         <item>remove_long_edges</item>
         <item>remove_percent_longest_edges</item>
         <item>remove_percent_shortest_edges</item>
         <item>use_weights_of_one</item>
         <item>use_gaussian_weights</item>
         <item>is_ordered_by_index</item>
         <item>find_neighbor_ranges</item>
         <item>convert_unordered_to_ordered</item>
         <item>order_by_index</item>
         <item>order_by_distance</item>
         <item>order_by_distance_and_index</item>
         <item>contains_duplicate_pairs</item>
         <item>max_index_plus_one</item>
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         <name>order_by_index</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/sample_pair_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This function provides a total ordering of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> 
            or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a>
            objects that will cause pairs that represent the same edge to be adjacent 
            when sorted.  So for example, this function can be used
            with std::sort() to first sort a sequence of sample_pair objects and then
            find duplicate edges.
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         <name>order_by_distance</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/sample_pair_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This function provides a total ordering of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> 
            or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects that causes
            pairs with smallest distance to be the first in a sorted list.  This function
            can be used with std::sort().
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         <name>order_by_distance_and_index</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/sample_pair_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
              This function provides a total ordering of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or 
              <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects that causes pairs
              with smallest distance to be the first in a sorted list but also orders
              samples with equal distances according to order_by_index().  This function
              can be used with std::sort().
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         <name>contains_duplicate_pairs</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This function checks if a std::vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or 
              <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects
              contains any edge more than once.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This function finds the number that is one greater than the largest index
            value in a std::vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or 
            <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects.  Therefore,
            it is useful for finding out how many nodes are in an edge list graph (assuming
            the graph contains all node indices from 0 to the largest index indicated 
            by an edge).
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         <name>sample_pair</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/sample_pair_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This object is intended to represent an edge in an undirected graph 
                which has data samples at its vertices.  Therefore, it is the undirected version
                of <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a>.
         </description>

         <examples>
            <example>linear_manifold_regularizer_ex.cpp.html</example>
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         <name>ordered_sample_pair</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/ordered_sample_pair_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This object is intended to represent an edge in a directed graph 
                which has data samples at its vertices.  Therefore, it is the directed version
                of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a>.
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         <name>find_percent_shortest_edges_randomly</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This function is a simple approximate form of <a href="#find_k_nearest_neighbors">find_k_nearest_neighbors</a>.
            Instead of checking all possible edges it randomly samples a large number of them and
            then returns the best ones.  
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            <example>linear_manifold_regularizer_ex.cpp.html</example>
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This is a function which finds all the k nearest neighbors of a set of points and outputs
            the result as a vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> objects.  It takes O(n^2) where
            n is the number of data samples.  A faster approximate version is provided by 
            <a href="#find_approximate_k_nearest_neighbors">find_approximate_k_nearest_neighbors</a>.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
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         <description>
            This function is a simple approximate form of <a href="#find_k_nearest_neighbors">find_k_nearest_neighbors</a>.
            Instead of checking all possible edges it randomly samples a large number of them and then performs 
            exact k-nearest-neighbors on that randomly selected subset.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
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         <description>
            This is a simple function for removing edges with a small distance value from
            a vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This is a simple function for removing duplicate edges (i.e. edges that compare equal 
            according to ==) from 
            a vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This is a simple function for removing edges with a large distance value from
            a vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects.
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         <name>remove_percent_longest_edges</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This is a simple function for removing edges with a large distance value from
            a vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This is a simple function for removing edges with a small distance value from
            a vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects.
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         <name>squared_euclidean_distance</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/function_objects_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
                This is a simple function object that computes squared euclidean distance
                between two <a href="linear_algebra.html#matrix">matrix</a> objects.
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         <examples>
            <example>linear_manifold_regularizer_ex.cpp.html</example>
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         <name>cosine_distance</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/function_objects_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
                This is a simple function object that computes cosine of the angle between
                two vectors. 
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         <name>negative_dot_product_distance</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/function_objects_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
                This is a simple function object that computes -dot(v1,v2) for two
                vectors v1 and v2.
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      <component>
         <name>use_weights_of_one</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/function_objects_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
                This is a simple function object that takes a single argument
                and always returns 1 
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         <name>use_gaussian_weights</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/function_objects_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
                This is a simple function object that takes a single argument
                which should be an object similar to <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a>.  
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         <examples>
            <example>linear_manifold_regularizer_ex.cpp.html</example>
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         <name>is_ordered_by_index</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This function checks if a vector of <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> or
            <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects is in sorted
            order according to their index values.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/edge_list_graphs_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>
            This function takes a graph, defined by a vector of 
            <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects, and finds the
            ranges that contain the edges for each node in the graph.  The output therefore
            lets you easily locate the neighbors of any node in the graph.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
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         <description>
            This function takes a graph, defined by a vector of 
            <a href="#sample_pair">sample_pair</a> objects and converts it into the equivalent
            graph defined by a vector of <a href="#ordered_sample_pair">ordered_sample_pair</a> objects.
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         <name>edge</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> or 
            <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> object and a 
            pair of indices.  It returns a reference to the edge object between the two nodes
            with the given indices. 
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes two <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> objects and
            checks if the second of the two graphs is a valid join tree (aka tree decomposition)
            of the first graph.
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> object and
            creates a join tree for that graph.  Or in other words, this function finds a 
            tree decomposition of the given graph.
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         <name>graph_contains_directed_cycle</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function checks a <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> for directed cycles.
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         <name>graph_has_symmetric_edges</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function checks if a <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> 
            has a pair of nodes with just one edge between them.  If so then it
            does not have symmetric edges.
         </description>
                                 
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> and
            turns it into a chordal graph.  It also returns a 
            <a href="containers.html#set">set</a> that contains
            all the cliques present in the chordal graph.
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         <name>create_moral_graph</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a>
            and returns the moralized version of the graph in the form of a 
            <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> object.
         </description>
                                 
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         <name>graph_contains_length_one_cycle</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a>
            or <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> object and
            returns true if and only if the graph contains a node that has an edge that
            links back to itself.
         </description>
                                 
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      <component>
         <name>find_connected_nodes</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a node from a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a>
            or <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> object and a 
            <a href="containers.html#set">set</a> of unsigned longs.  It finds all the
            nodes in the given graph that are connected to the given node by an 
            undirected path and returns them in the set (also note that the
            original query node is also returned in this set).
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         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> or
            <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> object and
            determines if the graph is connected.  That is, it returns true if and only if
            there is an undirected path between any two nodes in the given graph.
         </description>
                                 
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      <component>
         <name>is_clique</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> and a 
            <a href="containers.html#set">set</a> of node index values and checks 
            if the specified set of nodes is a clique in the graph.
         </description>
                                 
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      <component>
         <name>copy_graph</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> or 
            <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> and
            makes a copy of it.
         </description>
                                 
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      <component>
         <name>copy_graph_structure</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> or 
            <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> and copies  
            its structure to another graph or directed_graph object.  The only 
            restriction is that you can't copy the structure of a graph into a
            directed_graph.  The three other possible combinations are allowed
            however.
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         <name>is_maximal_clique</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function takes a <a href="containers.html#graph">graph</a> and a 
            <a href="containers.html#set">set</a> of node index values and checks 
            if the specified set of nodes is a maximal clique in the graph.
         </description>
                                 
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         <name>graph_contains_undirected_cycle</name>
         <file>dlib/graph_utils.h</file>
         <spec_file link="true">dlib/graph_utils/graph_utils_abstract.h</spec_file>
         <description>        
            This function checks a <a href="containers.html#directed_graph">directed_graph</a> for undirected cycles.
         </description>
                                 
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