• In the mathematical discipline of graph theory, a matching or independent edge set in an undirected graph is a set of edges without common vertices. In...
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  • In graph theory, a perfect matching in a graph is a matching that covers every vertex of the graph. More formally, given a graph G with edges E and vertices...
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    mathematical area of graph theory, Kőnig's theorem, proved by Dénes Kőnig (1931), describes an equivalence between the maximum matching problem and the minimum...
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  • Graph matching is the problem of finding a similarity between graphs. Graphs are commonly used to encode structural information in many fields, including...
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    computer science and graph theory, the maximum weight matching problem is the problem of finding, in a weighted graph, a matching in which the sum of weights...
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    Maximum cardinality matching is a fundamental problem in graph theory. We are given a graph G, and the goal is to find a matching containing as many edges...
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    Assignment problem (category Matching (graph theory))
    describing the problem using graph theory: The assignment problem consists of finding, in a weighted bipartite graph, a matching of maximum size, in which...
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  • Maximally matchable edge (category Matching (graph theory))
    In graph theory, a maximally matchable edge in a graph is an edge that is included in at least one maximum-cardinality matching in the graph. An alternative...
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  • In graph theory, the blossom algorithm is an algorithm for constructing maximum matchings on graphs. The algorithm was developed by Jack Edmonds in 1961...
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  • Appendix:Glossary of graph theory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This is a glossary of graph theory. Graph theory is the study of graphs, systems of nodes...
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    discipline of graph theory, the Tutte theorem, named after William Thomas Tutte, is a characterization of finite undirected graphs with perfect matchings. It is...
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  • economics Nash bargaining game Matching (graph theory) Optimal matching Pissarides, Christopher (2000). Equilibrium Unemployment Theory (2nd ed.). MIT Press....
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    In graph theory, a matching in a hypergraph is a set of hyperedges, in which every two hyperedges are disjoint. It is an extension of the notion of matching...
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    Pfaffian orientation (category Matching (graph theory))
    In graph theory, a Pfaffian orientation of an undirected graph assigns a direction to each edge, so that certain cycles (the "even central cycles") have...
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    mathematical discipline of graph theory, a 3-dimensional matching is a generalization of bipartite matching (also known as 2-dimensional matching) to 3-partite hypergraphs...
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    Petersen's theorem (category Matching (graph theory))
    Petersen's Theorem. Every cubic, bridgeless graph contains a perfect matching. In other words, if a graph has exactly three edges at each vertex, and...
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  • number of sets in the group. The graph theoretic formulation answers whether a finite bipartite graph has a perfect matching—that is, a way to match each...
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  • Hungarian algorithm (category Matching (graph theory))
    ISSN 0030-364X. Kőnig's theorem (graph theory) Konig's theorem Vertex cover minimum vertex cover Matching (graph theory) matching Bruff, Derek, The Assignment...
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  • Berge's theorem (category Matching (graph theory))
    In graph theory, Berge's theorem states that a matching M in a graph G is maximum (contains the largest possible number of edges) if and only if there...
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  • topological graph theory is a branch of graph theory. It studies the embedding of graphs in surfaces, spatial embeddings of graphs, and graphs as topological...
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  • In graph theory, a fractional matching is a generalization of a matching in which, intuitively, each vertex may be broken into fractions that are matched...
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  • Bivariegated graph Cage (graph theory) Cayley graph Circle graph Clique graph Cograph Common graph Complement of a graph Complete graph Cubic graph Cycle graph De...
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  • up matching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Matching may refer to: Matching, Essex, England Matching Green Matching Tye Matching (graph theory), in...
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    Tutte–Berge formula (category Matching (graph theory))
    mathematical discipline of graph theory the Tutte–Berge formula is a characterization of the size of a maximum matching in a graph. It is a generalization...
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    mathematical field of graph theory, the Heawood graph is an undirected graph with 14 vertices and 21 edges, named after Percy John Heawood. The graph is cubic, and...
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    graph theory, an induced matching or strong matching is a subset of the edges of an undirected graph that do not share any vertices (it is a matching)...
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    In graph theory, a mathematical discipline, a factor-critical graph (or hypomatchable graph) is a graph with an odd number of vertices in which deleting...
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    In graph theory, the hypercube graph Qn is the edge graph of the n-dimensional hypercube, that is, it is the graph formed from the vertices and edges...
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  • graph theory and combinatorics, a matching polynomial (sometimes called an acyclic polynomial) is a generating function of the numbers of matchings of...
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    In the mathematical field of graph theory, a complete bipartite graph or biclique is a special kind of bipartite graph where every vertex of the first...
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