Title
A simple algorithm that proves half-integrality of bidirected network programming
Abstract
In a bidirected graph, each end of each edge is independently oriented. We show how to express any column of the incidence matrix as a half-integral linear combination of any column basis, through a simplification, based on an idea of Bolker, of a combinatorial algorithm of Appa and Kotnyek. Corollaries are that the inverse of each nonsingular square submatrix has entries 0, $\pm{1\over 2}$, and ±1, and that a bidirected integral linear program has half-integral solutions. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, Vol. 48(1), 36–38 2006Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): Primary 05C22; Secondary 05B35; 05C20; 90C10
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1002/net.v48:1
Networks
Keywords
Field
DocType
linear program,network programming,incidence matrix,bidirected graph
Discrete mathematics,Linear combination,Inverse,Mathematical optimization,Combinatorics,Bidirected graph,Linear programming,Invertible matrix,SIMPLE algorithm,Mathematics,Incidence matrix,Computer network programming
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
1
0028-3045
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.58
4
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ethan D Bolker1234.94
T. Zaslavsky229756.67