A cut-based algorithm for the nonlinear dual of the minimum cost network flow problem

Algorithmica (New York)

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-208

  Ahuja, Ravindra K ^a   Hochbaum, Dorit S ^b   Orlin, James B ^c  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex integer programming; Minimum cut; Network flow; Nonlinear integer programming; Total unimodularity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FUNCTIONS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONVEX INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MINIMUM CUT; NETWORK FLOW; NONLINEAR INTEGER PROGRAMMING; TOTAL UNIMODULARITY;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 21044452195     PISSN: 01784617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00453-004-1085-2     Document Type: Article

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