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Optimize find_last_node
The optimization dramatically improves performance by **eliminating quadratic complexity** through a fundamental algorithmic change. **Key Optimization:** The original code uses a nested loop structure: for each node, it checks against ALL edges to verify if that node is a source. This creates O(n × m) complexity where n = nodes and m = edges. The optimized version pre-computes a set of all source IDs once, then performs constant-time lookups. **Specific Changes:** 1. **Pre-computation**: `source_ids = {e["source"] for e in edges}` creates a hash set of all source node IDs in O(m) time 2. **Fast lookup**: `n["id"] not in source_ids` uses O(1) hash set membership testing instead of O(m) linear search through all edges **Why This Works:** - Hash set creation is O(m) vs. the original's O(n × m) repeated edge scanning - Set membership testing (`in`/`not in`) is O(1) average case vs. O(m) for the `all()` generator - Total complexity drops from O(n × m) to O(n + m) **Performance Impact:** The 218x speedup (from 181ms to 826μs) demonstrates the dramatic difference between quadratic and linear algorithms. This optimization is particularly effective for: - **Large graphs**: Performance gains increase exponentially with graph size (as shown in large-scale test cases with 1000+ nodes) - **Dense graphs**: More edges mean greater savings from avoiding repeated edge iteration - **Star topologies**: The large star graph test case especially benefits since it has many edges from one central node The optimization maintains identical behavior while being significantly more scalable for real-world graph processing workloads.
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src/algorithms/graph.py

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@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ def find_shortest_path(self, start: str, end: str) -> list[str]:
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def find_last_node(nodes, edges):
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"""This function receives a flow and returns the last node."""
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return next((n for n in nodes if all(e["source"] != n["id"] for e in edges)), None)
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source_ids = {e["source"] for e in edges}
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return next((n for n in nodes if n["id"] not in source_ids), None)
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def find_leaf_nodes(nodes: list[dict], edges: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:

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