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A simple C++ implementation of Kruskal's algorithm for finding minimal spanning trees in networks. Though I have a previous posting that accomplishes exactly the same thing, I thought that a simple implementation would be useful, one using a straightforward Graph data structure for modelling network links and nodes, does not have a graphical user interface and does not use the Boost Graph Library, which can be complicated to use and not to everyone's preference.

This post is essentially a blatant lifting of Omar Gamil's CodeProject article on the same subject. I have been using the project as means of getting into C# programming and using things like Windows Forms etc in Visual Studio environments for the first time.

Kruskal's algorithm is used to find the minimal spanning tree for a network with a set of weighted links. This might be a telecoms network, or the layout for planning pipes and cables, or one of many other applications.