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Network flow problem

In combinatorial optimization, network flow problems are a class of computational problems in which the input is a flow network (a graph with numerical capacities on its edges), and the goal is to construct a flow, numerical values on each edge that respect the capacity constraints and that have incoming flow equal to outgoing flow at all vertices except for certain designated terminals. Specific types of network flow problems include: * The maximum flow problem, in which the goal is to maximize the total amount of flow out of the source terminals and into the sink terminals * The minimum-cost flow problem, in which the edges have costs as well as capacities and the goal is to achieve a given amount of flow (or a maximum flow) that has the minimum possible cost * The multi-commodity flow problem, in which one must construct multiple flows for different commodities whose total flow amounts together respect the capacities * Nowhere-zero flow, a type of flow studied in combinatorics in which the flow amounts are restricted to a finite set of nonzero values The max-flow min-cut theorem equates the value of a maximum flow to the value of a minimum cut, a partition of the vertices of the flow network that minimizes the total capacity of edges crossing from one side of the partition to the other. Approximate max-flow min-cut theorems provide an extension of this result to multi-commodity flow problems. The Gomory–Hu tree of an undirected flow network provides a concise representation of all minimum cuts between different pairs of terminal vertices. Algorithms for constructing flows include * Dinic's algorithm, a strongly polynomial algorithm for maximum flow * The Edmonds–Karp algorithm, a faster strongly polynomial algorithm for maximum flow * The Ford–Fulkerson algorithm, a greedy algorithm for maximum flow that is not in general strongly polynomial * The network simplex algorithm, a method based on linear programming but specialized for network flow * The out-of-kilter algorithm for minimum-cost flow * The push–relabel maximum flow algorithm, one of the most efficient known techniques for maximum flow Otherwise the problem can be formulated as a more conventional linear program or similar and solved using a general purpose optimization solver. This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. (Wikipedia).

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Flow network | Combinatorial optimization | Maximum flow problem | Ford–Fulkerson algorithm | Minimum cut | Push–relabel maximum flow algorithm | Nowhere-zero flow | Approximate max-flow min-cut theorem | Multi-commodity flow problem | Out-of-kilter algorithm | Edmonds–Karp algorithm | Gomory–Hu tree | Minimum-cost flow problem | Algorithm | Max-flow min-cut theorem | Network simplex algorithm | Dinic's algorithm