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A Suggested Computation for Maximal Multi-Commodity Network Flows

Ford, L. R., Fulkerson, D. R.·1958·Management Science

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A simplex computation for an arc-chain formulation of the maximal multi-commodity network flow problem is proposed. Since the number of variables in this formulation is too large to be dealt with explicitly, the computation treats non-basic variables implicitly by replacing the usual method of determining a vector to enter the basis with several applications of a combinatorial algorithm for finding a shortest chain joining a pair of points in a network.

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Authors
Ford, L. R., & Fulkerson, D. R.
Venue
Management Science
Published
1958-10
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
97-101
ISSN
  • 0025-1909 (ISSN-L)
  • 1526-5501
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W4231610975
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325
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journal article
Language
en
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