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A Note on Parametric Network Flows

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  • Edward Minieka

    (University of Illinois, Chicago)

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In their paper [Doulliez, P. J., M. R. Rao. 1971. Maximal flow in a multi-terminal network with any one are subject to failure. Management Sci. 18 (1, September) 48-58.], Doulliez and Rao present algorithms that solve two flow problems for a single source, multi-terminal network. The first problem that they solve is the construction of a flow that maximizes the value of t, where the demand at each sink is a nondecreasing, linear function of t. Given such a flow, the second problem that they solve is the construction of a flow that maximizes the value of t when the capacity of an arc is reduced. This paper supplies a finiteness proof for the first algorithm and sketches a finiteness proof for the second algorithm. The proofs are based on the well-known fact that a network possesses only a finite number of different spanning trees.

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  • Edward Minieka, 1973. "A Note on Parametric Network Flows," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 19(5), pages 585-587, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:19:y:1973:i:5:p:585-587
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.19.5.585
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