Combinatorial Optimization: Networks and Matroids

by Eugene L. Lawler

Perceptively written text examines optimization problems that can be formulated in terms of networks and algebraic structures called matroids. Chapters cover shortest paths, network flows, bipartite matching, nonbipartite matching, matroids and the greedy algorithm, matroid intersections, and the matroid parity problems. A suitable text or reference for courses in combinatorial computing.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1976