TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lau,Lap Chi
AU  - Ravi,R.
AU  - Singh,Mohit
TI  - Iterative Methods in Combinatorial Optimization
T2  - Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics
SN  - 9780511977152 (ebook)
AV  - QA297.8 .L38 2011
U1  - 518/.26 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Iterative methods (Mathematics)
KW  - Combinatorial optimization
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - With the advent of approximation algorithms for NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, several techniques from exact optimization such as the primal-dual method have proven their staying power and versatility. This book describes a simple and powerful method that is iterative in essence and similarly useful in a variety of settings for exact and approximate optimization. The authors highlight the commonality and uses of this method to prove a variety of classical polyhedral results on matchings, trees, matroids and flows. The presentation style is elementary enough to be accessible to anyone with exposure to basic linear algebra and graph theory, making the book suitable for introductory courses in combinatorial optimization at the upper undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. Discussions of advanced applications illustrate their potential for future application in research in approximation algorithms
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977152
ER  -