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Inverse problem of minimum cuts

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  • Jianzhong Zhang
  • Mao Cai

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Given a networkN=(V,A,c), a sources εV, a. sinkt εV and somes —t cuts and suppose each element of the capacity vectorc can be changed with a cost proportional to the changes, the inverse problem of minimum cuts we study here is to change the original capacities with the least total cost under restrictions on the changes of the capacities, so that all thoses —t cuts become minimum cuts with respect to the new capacities. In this paper we shall show that the inverse problem of minimum cuts can be directly transformed into a minimum cost circulation problem and therefore can be solved efficiently by strongly polynomial algorithms. Copyright Physica-Verlag 1998

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  • Jianzhong Zhang & Mao Cai, 1998. "Inverse problem of minimum cuts," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 47(1), pages 51-58, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mathme:v:47:y:1998:i:1:p:51-58
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01193836
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