A path is an ordered sequence of connected nodes. Enumerating important paths reveals skipped checks, impossible states, and expensive loops before deployment.

A Path Is One Possible Execution Story

Breadth-first search expands all states at one depth before moving deeper. It finds a fewest-edge path in an unweighted graph but can consume substantial memory.

Breadth-First Search Finds Shallow Unweighted Paths

Depth-first search follows a branch until it stops, then backtracks. It uses modest memory and supports cycle and ordering analyses, but does not generally find shortest paths.

Depth-First Search Explores One Branch Deeply

In this situation—tracing success, missing-data, and permission-denied routes through an application—which choice best applies “A Path Is One Possible Execution Story”?

Graph retrieval expands from seed entities across selected relation types and depths. Each hop increases context and risk, so traversal needs semantic filters, budgets, and path evidence.

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