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+import networkx as nx
+
+
+class DirectedGraph(nx.DiGraph):
+    """
+    Base class for all directed graphical models.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, edges, node_labels):
+        """
+        Input:
+            edges: an edge list, e.g. [(parent1, child1), (parent1, child2)]
+            node_labels: a list of strings of node labels
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        if edges is not None:
+            self.add_edges_from(edges)
+        if node_labels is not None:
+            self.add_nodes_from(node_labels)
+
+    def get_leaves(self):
+        """
+        Returns a list of leaves of the graph.
+        """
+        return [node for node, out_degree in self.out_degree_iter() if
+                out_degree == 0]
+
+    def get_roots(self):
+        """
+        Returns a list of roots of the graph.
+        """
+        return [node for node, in_degree in self.in_degree().items() if
+                in_degree == 0]
+
+    def get_topologically_sorted_nodes(self, reverse=False):
+        return nx.topological_sort(self, reverse=reverse)