Introduction to Combinatorial Optimization

Introductory courses in combinatorial optimization are popular at the upper undergraduate/graduate levels in computer science, industrial engineering, and business management/OR, owed to its wide applications in these fields. There are several published textbooks that treat this course and the autho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Du, Ding-Zhu, Pardalos, Panos M. (Author), Hu, Xiaodong (Author), Wu, Weili (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Springer Optimization and Its Applications
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction.-2. Divide-and-Conquer
  • 3. Dynamic Programming and Shortest Path
  • 4. Greedy Algorithm and Spanning Tree
  • 5. Incremental Method and Maximum Network Flow
  • 6. Linear Programming
  • 7. Primal-Dual Methods and Minimum Cost Flow
  • 8. NP-hard Problems and Approximation Algorithms
  • 9. Restriction and Steiner Tree
  • 10. Greedy Approximation and Submodular Optimization
  • 11. Relaxation and Rounding. 12. Nonsubmodular Optimization
  • Bibliography