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Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 6 (2014) 380 e386 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering journal homepage: Full length article Effect of graph generation on slope stability analysis based on graph theory Enpu Li a, Xiaoying Zhuang a, *, Wenbo Zheng b, Yongchang Cai a a State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China b School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Limit equilibrium method (LEM) and strength reduction method (SRM) are the most widely used Received 30 October 2013 methods for slope stability analysis. However, it can be noted that they both have some limitations in Received in revised form practical application. In the LEM, the constitutive model cannot be considered and many assumptions are 24 April 2014 needed between slices of soil/rock. The SRM requires iterative calculations and does not give the slip Accepted 12 May 2014 surface directly. A method for slope stability analysis based on the graph theory is recently developed to Available online 24 June 2014 directly calculate the minimum safety factor and potential critical s