Selected Applications of Minimum Cuts in Networks
This paper provides a review and a synthesis of applications of minimum cuts to a variety of combinatorial optimization problems, including linear and non-linear integer programming, problems in location theory, graph theory, sequencing and scheduling, and other areas. The central theme is a binary...
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| Published in: | INFOR. Information systems and operational research Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 394 - 422 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
01.11.1982
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| ISSN: | 0315-5986, 1916-0615 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | This paper provides a review and a synthesis of applications of minimum cuts to a variety of combinatorial optimization problems, including linear and non-linear integer programming, problems in location theory, graph theory, sequencing and scheduling, and other areas. The central theme is a binary quadratic programming formulation of the minimum cut problem. After reviewing alternative formulations, extensions, and direct applications ofminimum cuts in network problems, the problem of finding a closure with maximum weight ina directed graph is considered. This problem can be solved as a minimum cut problem, which allows other related problems to be solved as a sequence of minimum cut problems. The paper concludes by exploring more difficult versions of the minimum cut problem involving negative capacities or additional constraints. |
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| ISSN: | 0315-5986 1916-0615 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03155986.1982.11731876 |