Make a Graph Algorithm Implementation Thread-Safe
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Problem: Given a project that implements a graph algorithm (from a research paper), explain how to make the implementation thread-safe for concurrent execution, and write pseudocode reflecting this.
Approach: Identify the shared mutable state accessed by the algorithm (e.g. visited-node sets, adjacency structures being mutated, shared result accumulators) and guard each with an appropriate synchronization primitive — a mutex/lock around critical sections that mutate shared state, or lock-free structures (atomic flags for visited-marking) where contention is high. Favor partitioning work so each thread owns disjoint subgraphs where possible, minimizing the need for locking altogether.
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