Combinatorial Optimization: Networks and Matroids

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Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 2001 - Mathematics - 374 pages
Perceptively written text examines optimization problems that can be formulated in terms of networks and algebraic structures called matroids. Chapters cover shortest paths, network flows, bipartite matching, nonbipartite matching, matroids and the greedy algorithm, matroid intersections, and the matroid parity problems. A suitable text or reference for courses in combinatorial computing and concrete computational complexity in departments of computer science and mathematics.
 

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lntroduction
12
Mathematical Preliminaries
15
Shortest Paths
59
Network Flows
109
Bipartite Matching
182
Nonbipartite Matching
217
Matroids and the Greedy Algorithm
264
Matroid Intersections
300
The Matroid Parity Problem
356
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