In previous papers, we discussed the fundamental theory of matching problems and algorithms in terms of a network flow model. In this paper, we present explicit augmentation procedures which apply to the wide range of capacitated matching problems and which are highly efficient for k-factor problems
Balanced network flows. III. Strongly polynomial augmentation algorithms
โ Scribed by Fremuth-Paeger, Christian; Jungnickel, Dieter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3045
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โฆ Synopsis
We discuss efficient augmentation algorithms for the maximum balanced flow problem which run in O(nm 2 ) time. More explicitly, we discuss a balanced network search procedure which finds valid augmenting paths of minimum length in linear time. The algorithms are based on the famous cardinality matching algorithm given by Micali and Vazirani. A comprehensive description of the double depth first search is included.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
We discuss a wide range of matching problems in terms of a network flow model. More than this, we start up a matching theory which is very intuitive and independent from the original graph context. This first paper contains a standardized theory for the performance analysis of augmentation algorithm