# Which algorithm is used for FindGraphPartition?

**URL:** <https://community.wolfram.com/t/which-algorithm-is-used-for-findgraphpartition/2580>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** mathematica, external-interfaces, graphs-and-networks\
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/which-algorithm-is-used-for-findgraphpartition/2580 "2014-07-08T19:08:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sdoyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@sdoyle](https://community.wolfram.com/u/sdoyle)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/which-algorithm-is-used-for-findgraphpartition/2580/1 "2014-07-08T19:08:09Z")

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How is FindGraphPartition computed in the latest Mathematica release? Mathematica credits METIS, but I do not know which METIS program is being executed when I run this function. I appreciate your response in advance.

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**Author:** ![brucem](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/brucem/32/26319_2.png) [@brucem](https://community.wolfram.com/u/brucem)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/which-algorithm-is-used-for-findgraphpartition/2580/2 "2014-07-08T20:03:27Z")

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(Sequel to [How does FindGraphPartition work?](https://wolfram.discourse.group/t/2532/1) .)