Algorithms for some linear and fractional combinatorial optimization problems:
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Beteilige Person: Radzik, Tomasz (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. 1992
Schriftenreihe:Stanford University / Computer Science Department: Report STAN CS 1451
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Abstract:Abstract: "Network flow problems are classical problems in combinatorial optimization. In this thesis we consider two network flow problems: the minimum arc cost sum flow problem and the minimum maximum arc cost flow problem. Both these problems consist in finding a feasible flow which minimizes a certain objective function. The first problem is to minimize the sum of the costs of flows along individual arcs. This problem is also called the minimum cost flow problem or the transshipment problem. The second problem is to minimize the maximum of the cost of flows along individual arcs
We provide a tight analysis of the minimum-mean cycle canceling algorithm, which is a simple strongly polynomial algorithm solving the circulation version of the minimum arc cost sum flow problem. We also improve the upper bound of the dual maximum-mean cut canceling algorithm. The minimum maximum arc cost flow problem is closely related to the maximum mean-weight cut problem and the parametric flow problem. We analyze a very natural algorithm for the maximum mean-weight cut problem. Our analysis improves the best previously known upper bounds for all three problems mentioned here. The maximum mean-weight cut problem is an example of linear fractional combinatorial optimization
We consider a generalization of the algorithm for the maximum mean-weight cut problem to this class of problems. The resulting scheme is called Newton's method, because it follows the pattern of Newton's root finding technique. We prove that Newton's method runs in a strongly polynomial number of iterations for any linear fractional combinatorial optimization problem.
Beschreibung:Stanford, Calif., Univ., Diss.
Umfang:VIII, 92 S.