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+#ifndef BOOST_GRAPH_BANDWIDTH_HPP
+#define BOOST_GRAPH_BANDWIDTH_HPP
+
+#include <boost/graph/graph_traits.hpp>
+#include <boost/detail/numeric_traits.hpp>
+
+namespace boost {
+
+  template <typename Graph, typename VertexIndexMap>
+  typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertices_size_type
+  ith_bandwidth(typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor i,
+		const Graph& g,
+		VertexIndexMap index)
+  {
+    typedef typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertices_size_type size_type;
+    typedef typename detail::numeric_traits<size_type>::difference_type d_type;
+    d_type b = 0;
+    typename graph_traits<Graph>::out_edge_iterator e, end;
+    for (tie(e, end) = out_edges(i, g); e != end; ++e) {
+      b = std::max(b, std::abs(d_type(get(index, i)) - 
+			       d_type(get(index, target(*e, g)))));
+    }
+    return b;
+  }
+
+  template <typename Graph>
+  typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertices_size_type
+  ith_bandwidth(typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor i,
+		const Graph& g)
+  {
+    return ith_bandwidth(i, g, get(vertex_index, g));
+  }
+
+  template <typename Graph, typename VertexIndexMap>
+  typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertices_size_type
+  bandwidth(const Graph& g, VertexIndexMap index)
+  {
+    typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertices_size_type b = 0;
+    typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_iterator i, end;
+    for (tie(i, end) = vertices(g); i != end; ++i)
+      b = std::max(b, ith_bandwidth(*i, g, index));
+    return b;
+  }
+
+  template <typename Graph>
+  typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertices_size_type
+  bandwidth(const Graph& g)
+  {
+    return bandwidth(g, get(vertex_index, g));
+  }
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+#endif // BOOST_GRAPH_BANDWIDTH_HPP