Graphs, Algorithms, and Optimization / Edition 1

Graphs, Algorithms, and Optimization / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
1584883960
ISBN-13:
9781584883968
Pub. Date:
11/28/2004
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
1584883960
ISBN-13:
9781584883968
Pub. Date:
11/28/2004
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Graphs, Algorithms, and Optimization / Edition 1

Graphs, Algorithms, and Optimization / Edition 1

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Overview

Graph theory offers a rich source of problems and techniques for programming and data structure development, as well as for understanding computing theory, including NP-Completeness and polynomial reduction.

A comprehensive text, Graphs, Algorithms, and Optimization features clear exposition on modern algorithmic graph theory presented in a rigorous yet approachable way. The book covers major areas of graph theory including discrete optimization and its connection to graph algorithms. The authors explore surface topology from an intuitive point of view and include detailed discussions on linear programming that emphasize graph theory problems useful in mathematics and computer science. Many algorithms are provided along with the data structure needed to program the algorithms efficiently. The book also provides coverage on algorithm complexity and efficiency, NP-completeness, linear optimization, and linear programming and its relationship to graph algorithms.

Written in an accessible and informal style, this work covers nearly all areas of graph theory. Graphs, Algorithms, and Optimization provides a modern discussion of graph theory applicable to mathematics, computer science, and crossover applications.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781584883968
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/28/2004
Series: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications Series
Edition description: Older Edition
Pages: 504
Product dimensions: 6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

William Kocay is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at St. Paul's College of the University of Manitoba, Canada.

Donald Kreher is a professor of mathematical sciences at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan.

Table of Contents

GRAPHS AND THEIR COMPLEMENTS Degree sequences Analysis

PATHS AND WALKS Complexity Walks The shortest path problem Weighted graphs and Dijkstra's algorithm Data structures. Floyd's algorithm

SOME SPECIAL CLASSES OF GRAPHS Bipartite graphs Line graphs Moore graphs Euler tours

TREES AND CYCLES Fundamental Co-trees and bonds Spanning tree algorithms THE STRUCTURE OF TREES Non-rooted Read's tree encoding algorithm Generating rooted trees Generating non-rooted trees Prüfer sequences Spanning trees The matrix-tree theorem

CONNECTIVITY Blocks Finding the blocks of a graph The depth-first search ALTERNATING PATHS AND MATCHINGS.
The Hungarian algorithm Perfect matchings and 1-factorizations The subgraph problem Coverings in bipartite graphs Tutte's theorem

NETWORK FLOWS Introduction The Ford-Fulkerson algorithm Matchings and flows Menger's theorems Disjoint paths and separating sets Notes

HAMILTON CYCLES The crossover algorithm The Hamilton closure The extended multi-path algorithm The traveling salesman problem The ?TSP Christofides' algorithm

DIGRAPHS Activity graphs, Critical paths Topological order Strong components An application to fabrics Tournaments Satisfiability

GRAPH COLORINGS Cliques Mycielski's construction Critical graphs Chromatic polynomials Edge colorings NP-completeness

PLANAR GRAPHS Jordan curves Graph minors Subdivisions Euler's formula Rotation systems Dual graphs Platonic solids Triangulations The sphere 5
Whitney's theorem Medial digraphs The 4-color problem Straight line drawings Kuratowski's theorem The Hopcroft-Tarjan Algorithm

GRAPHS AND SURFACES Surfaces Graph embeddings Graphs on the torus Graphs on the projective plane

LINEAR PROGRAMMING The simplex algorithm Cycling

THE PRIMAL-DUAL ALGORITHM Alternate form of the primal and its dual Geometric interpretation Complementary slackness The dual of the shortest path problem The primal-dual algorithm

DISCRETE LINEAR PROGRAMMING Backtracking Branch and bound Unimodular matrices

BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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