• The FordFulkerson method or FordFulkerson algorithm (FFA) is a greedy algorithm that computes the maximum flow in a flow network. It is sometimes called...
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  • Delbert Ray Fulkerson (/ˈfʌlkərsən/; August 14, 1924 – January 10, 1976) was an American mathematician who co-developed the FordFulkerson algorithm, one of...
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  • O(n^{3})} running time. Ford and Fulkerson extended the method to general maximum flow problems in form of the FordFulkerson algorithm. In this simple example...
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  • mathematician Lester R. Ford Sr. Ford's paper with D. R. Fulkerson on the maximum flow problem and the FordFulkerson algorithm for solving it, published...
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  • time, the author was not aware of the basic facts regarding [the FordFulkerson algorithm]…. ⋮ Ignorance sometimes has its merits. Very probably, DA would...
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  • In computer science, the Edmonds–Karp algorithm is an implementation of the FordFulkerson method for computing the maximum flow in a flow network in O...
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  • for G by FordFulkerson algorithm. In the residual graph (Gf ) obtained for G (after the final flow assignment by FordFulkerson algorithm), define two...
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    The Bellman–Ford algorithm is an algorithm that computes shortest paths from a single source vertex to all of the other vertices in a weighted digraph...
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  • Network flow problem (category Graph algorithms)
    algorithm, a faster strongly polynomial algorithm for maximum flow The FordFulkerson algorithm, a greedy algorithm for maximum flow that is not in general...
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  • admissible network maintained by relabel operations. In comparison, the FordFulkerson algorithm performs global augmentations that send flow following paths from...
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  • lawyer, politician D. R. Fulkerson (1924–1976), mathematician who co-developed the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm Frank B. Fulkerson (1866–1936), U.S. Representative...
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    simpler algorithms than in the general case. The simplest way to compute a maximum cardinality matching is to follow the FordFulkerson algorithm. This...
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  • Simpler algorithms for bipartite matching, such as the FordFulkerson algorithm‚ find one augmenting path per iteration: the Hopcroft-Karp algorithm instead...
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  • polynomial algorithm. Successive shortest path and capacity scaling: dual methods, which can be viewed as the generalization of the FordFulkerson algorithm. Cost...
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    Lester R. Ford, Jr. and Delbert R. Fulkerson created the first known algorithm, the FordFulkerson algorithm. In their 1955 paper, Ford and Fulkerson wrote...
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  • Heuristic routing (category Heuristic algorithms)
    Algorithm BGP uses the distance vector algorithm OSPF uses the Dijkstra algorithm. Heuristic (computer science) FordFulkerson algorithm Bellman–Ford...
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    disease outbreaks. Braess's paradox Centrality FordFulkerson algorithm Edmonds-Karp algorithm Dinic's algorithm Traffic flow (computer networking) Flow graph...
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  • algorithm; finding the shortest path between two vertices; testing a graph for bipartiteness; Cuthill–McKee algorithm mesh numbering; FordFulkerson algorithm...
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    efficiently solvable via the FordFulkerson algorithm. As the maximum cut problem is NP-hard, no polynomial-time algorithms for Max-Cut in general graphs...
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  • algorithm: implementation of Ford–Fulkerson FordFulkerson algorithm: computes the maximum flow in a graph Karger's algorithm: a Monte Carlo method to compute...
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  • a simple graph traversal: this is for instance the case of the FordFulkerson algorithm. The matching problem can be generalized by assigning weights to...
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  • conservation flow function flow network Floyd–Warshall algorithm Ford–Bellman algorithm FordFulkerson algorithm forest forest editing problem formal language...
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    "borders" of the network. Zachary used the maximum flow – minimum cut FordFulkerson algorithm from “source” Mr. Hi to “sink” John A: the cut closest to Mr. Hi...
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  • flood watch, issued by the United States National Weather Service FordFulkerson algorithm Free fatty acid Fusiform face area Fundus fluorescein angiography;...
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  • Pidgin code (category Algorithm description languages)
    pseudocode: Algorithm Conjugate gradient method Ford-Fulkerson algorithm Gauss–Seidel method Generalized minimal residual method Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm Jacobi...
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  • theorem Menger's theorem (1927) The max-flow min-cut theorem (FordFulkerson algorithm) The Birkhoff–Von Neumann theorem (1946) Dilworth's theorem. In...
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  • the reserved port number 520. Based on the Bellman–Ford algorithm and the FordFulkerson algorithm, distance-vector routing protocols started to be implemented...
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  • Pseudocode (category Algorithm description languages)
    example of mathematical-style pseudocode, for the FordFulkerson algorithm: algorithm ford-fulkerson is input: Graph G with flow capacity c, source node...
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  • algorithm. The Birkhoff polytope is a special case of the flow polytope of nonnegative flows through a network. It is related to the FordFulkerson algorithm...
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  • In mathematics and computing, the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm (LMA or just LM), also known as the damped least-squares (DLS) method, is used to solve...
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