9781461489573 electronic book 1461489571 electronic book 9781461489566
Publication Details
New York : Springer, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (138 p.)
Call Number
QA166.6
Dewey Decimal Classification
511/.6 511.5 511/.6
Summary
Topics in Matroid Theory provides a brief introduction to matroid theory with an emphasis on algorithmic consequences. Matroid theory is at the heart of combinatorial optimization and has attracted various pioneers such as Edmonds, Tutte, Cunningham and Lawler among others. Matroid theory encompasses matrices, graphs and other combinatorial entities under a common, solid algebraic framework, thereby providing the analytical tools to solve related difficult algorithmic problems. The monograph contains a rigorous axiomatic definition of matroids along with other necessary concepts such as dualit
