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6 * Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
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22 @defgroup datas Data Structures
23 This group contains the several data structures implemented in LEMON.
27 @defgroup graphs Graph Structures
29 \brief Graph structures implemented in LEMON.
31 The implementation of combinatorial algorithms heavily relies on
32 efficient graph implementations. LEMON offers data structures which are
33 planned to be easily used in an experimental phase of implementation studies,
34 and thereafter the program code can be made efficient by small modifications.
36 The most efficient implementation of diverse applications require the
37 usage of different physical graph implementations. These differences
38 appear in the size of graph we require to handle, memory or time usage
39 limitations or in the set of operations through which the graph can be
40 accessed. LEMON provides several physical graph structures to meet
41 the diverging requirements of the possible users. In order to save on
42 running time or on memory usage, some structures may fail to provide
43 some graph features like arc/edge or node deletion.
45 Alteration of standard containers need a very limited number of
46 operations, these together satisfy the everyday requirements.
47 In the case of graph structures, different operations are needed which do
48 not alter the physical graph, but gives another view. If some nodes or
49 arcs have to be hidden or the reverse oriented graph have to be used, then
50 this is the case. It also may happen that in a flow implementation
51 the residual graph can be accessed by another algorithm, or a node-set
52 is to be shrunk for another algorithm.
53 LEMON also provides a variety of graphs for these requirements called
54 \ref graph_adaptors "graph adaptors". Adaptors cannot be used alone but only
55 in conjunction with other graph representations.
57 You are free to use the graph structure that fit your requirements
58 the best, most graph algorithms and auxiliary data structures can be used
59 with any graph structure.
61 <b>See also:</b> \ref graph_concepts "Graph Structure Concepts".
65 @defgroup graph_adaptors Adaptor Classes for Graphs
67 \brief Adaptor classes for digraphs and graphs
69 This group contains several useful adaptor classes for digraphs and graphs.
71 The main parts of LEMON are the different graph structures, generic
72 graph algorithms, graph concepts, which couple them, and graph
73 adaptors. While the previous notions are more or less clear, the
74 latter one needs further explanation. Graph adaptors are graph classes
75 which serve for considering graph structures in different ways.
77 A short example makes this much clearer. Suppose that we have an
78 instance \c g of a directed graph type, say ListDigraph and an algorithm
80 template <typename Digraph>
81 int algorithm(const Digraph&);
83 is needed to run on the reverse oriented graph. It may be expensive
84 (in time or in memory usage) to copy \c g with the reversed
85 arcs. In this case, an adaptor class is used, which (according
86 to LEMON \ref concepts::Digraph "digraph concepts") works as a digraph.
87 The adaptor uses the original digraph structure and digraph operations when
88 methods of the reversed oriented graph are called. This means that the adaptor
89 have minor memory usage, and do not perform sophisticated algorithmic
90 actions. The purpose of it is to give a tool for the cases when a
91 graph have to be used in a specific alteration. If this alteration is
92 obtained by a usual construction like filtering the node or the arc set or
93 considering a new orientation, then an adaptor is worthwhile to use.
94 To come back to the reverse oriented graph, in this situation
96 template<typename Digraph> class ReverseDigraph;
98 template class can be used. The code looks as follows
101 ReverseDigraph<ListDigraph> rg(g);
102 int result = algorithm(rg);
104 During running the algorithm, the original digraph \c g is untouched.
105 This techniques give rise to an elegant code, and based on stable
106 graph adaptors, complex algorithms can be implemented easily.
108 In flow, circulation and matching problems, the residual
109 graph is of particular importance. Combining an adaptor implementing
110 this with shortest path algorithms or minimum mean cycle algorithms,
111 a range of weighted and cardinality optimization algorithms can be
112 obtained. For other examples, the interested user is referred to the
113 detailed documentation of particular adaptors.
115 The behavior of graph adaptors can be very different. Some of them keep
116 capabilities of the original graph while in other cases this would be
117 meaningless. This means that the concepts that they meet depend
118 on the graph adaptor, and the wrapped graph.
119 For example, if an arc of a reversed digraph is deleted, this is carried
120 out by deleting the corresponding arc of the original digraph, thus the
121 adaptor modifies the original digraph.
122 However in case of a residual digraph, this operation has no sense.
124 Let us stand one more example here to simplify your work.
125 ReverseDigraph has constructor
127 ReverseDigraph(Digraph& digraph);
129 This means that in a situation, when a <tt>const %ListDigraph&</tt>
130 reference to a graph is given, then it have to be instantiated with
131 <tt>Digraph=const %ListDigraph</tt>.
133 int algorithm1(const ListDigraph& g) {
134 ReverseDigraph<const ListDigraph> rg(g);
135 return algorithm2(rg);
141 @defgroup semi_adaptors Semi-Adaptor Classes for Graphs
143 \brief Graph types between real graphs and graph adaptors.
145 This group contains some graph types between real graphs and graph adaptors.
146 These classes wrap graphs to give new functionality as the adaptors do it.
147 On the other hand they are not light-weight structures as the adaptors.
153 \brief Map structures implemented in LEMON.
155 This group contains the map structures implemented in LEMON.
157 LEMON provides several special purpose maps and map adaptors that e.g. combine
158 new maps from existing ones.
160 <b>See also:</b> \ref map_concepts "Map Concepts".
164 @defgroup graph_maps Graph Maps
166 \brief Special graph-related maps.
168 This group contains maps that are specifically designed to assign
169 values to the nodes and arcs/edges of graphs.
171 If you are looking for the standard graph maps (\c NodeMap, \c ArcMap,
172 \c EdgeMap), see the \ref graph_concepts "Graph Structure Concepts".
176 \defgroup map_adaptors Map Adaptors
178 \brief Tools to create new maps from existing ones
180 This group contains map adaptors that are used to create "implicit"
181 maps from other maps.
183 Most of them are \ref concepts::ReadMap "read-only maps".
184 They can make arithmetic and logical operations between one or two maps
185 (negation, shifting, addition, multiplication, logical 'and', 'or',
186 'not' etc.) or e.g. convert a map to another one of different Value type.
188 The typical usage of this classes is passing implicit maps to
189 algorithms. If a function type algorithm is called then the function
190 type map adaptors can be used comfortable. For example let's see the
191 usage of map adaptors with the \c graphToEps() function.
193 Color nodeColor(int deg) {
195 return Color(0.5, 0.0, 0.5);
196 } else if (deg == 1) {
197 return Color(1.0, 0.5, 1.0);
199 return Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
203 Digraph::NodeMap<int> degree_map(graph);
205 graphToEps(graph, "graph.eps")
206 .coords(coords).scaleToA4().undirected()
207 .nodeColors(composeMap(functorToMap(nodeColor), degree_map))
210 The \c functorToMap() function makes an \c int to \c Color map from the
211 \c nodeColor() function. The \c composeMap() compose the \c degree_map
212 and the previously created map. The composed map is a proper function to
213 get the color of each node.
215 The usage with class type algorithms is little bit harder. In this
216 case the function type map adaptors can not be used, because the
217 function map adaptors give back temporary objects.
221 typedef Digraph::ArcMap<double> DoubleArcMap;
222 DoubleArcMap length(graph);
223 DoubleArcMap speed(graph);
225 typedef DivMap<DoubleArcMap, DoubleArcMap> TimeMap;
226 TimeMap time(length, speed);
228 Dijkstra<Digraph, TimeMap> dijkstra(graph, time);
229 dijkstra.run(source, target);
231 We have a length map and a maximum speed map on the arcs of a digraph.
232 The minimum time to pass the arc can be calculated as the division of
233 the two maps which can be done implicitly with the \c DivMap template
234 class. We use the implicit minimum time map as the length map of the
235 \c Dijkstra algorithm.
239 @defgroup matrices Matrices
241 \brief Two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
243 This group contains two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
247 @defgroup paths Path Structures
249 \brief %Path structures implemented in LEMON.
251 This group contains the path structures implemented in LEMON.
253 LEMON provides flexible data structures to work with paths.
254 All of them have similar interfaces and they can be copied easily with
255 assignment operators and copy constructors. This makes it easy and
256 efficient to have e.g. the Dijkstra algorithm to store its result in
257 any kind of path structure.
259 \sa lemon::concepts::Path
263 @defgroup auxdat Auxiliary Data Structures
265 \brief Auxiliary data structures implemented in LEMON.
267 This group contains some data structures implemented in LEMON in
268 order to make it easier to implement combinatorial algorithms.
272 @defgroup algs Algorithms
273 \brief This group contains the several algorithms
274 implemented in LEMON.
276 This group contains the several algorithms
277 implemented in LEMON.
281 @defgroup search Graph Search
283 \brief Common graph search algorithms.
285 This group contains the common graph search algorithms, namely
286 \e breadth-first \e search (BFS) and \e depth-first \e search (DFS).
290 @defgroup shortest_path Shortest Path Algorithms
292 \brief Algorithms for finding shortest paths.
294 This group contains the algorithms for finding shortest paths in digraphs.
296 - \ref Dijkstra algorithm for finding shortest paths from a source node
297 when all arc lengths are non-negative.
298 - \ref BellmanFord "Bellman-Ford" algorithm for finding shortest paths
299 from a source node when arc lenghts can be either positive or negative,
300 but the digraph should not contain directed cycles with negative total
302 - \ref FloydWarshall "Floyd-Warshall" and \ref Johnson "Johnson" algorithms
303 for solving the \e all-pairs \e shortest \e paths \e problem when arc
304 lenghts can be either positive or negative, but the digraph should
305 not contain directed cycles with negative total length.
306 - \ref Suurballe A successive shortest path algorithm for finding
307 arc-disjoint paths between two nodes having minimum total length.
311 @defgroup max_flow Maximum Flow Algorithms
313 \brief Algorithms for finding maximum flows.
315 This group contains the algorithms for finding maximum flows and
316 feasible circulations.
318 The \e maximum \e flow \e problem is to find a flow of maximum value between
319 a single source and a single target. Formally, there is a \f$G=(V,A)\f$
320 digraph, a \f$cap: A\rightarrow\mathbf{R}^+_0\f$ capacity function and
321 \f$s, t \in V\f$ source and target nodes.
322 A maximum flow is an \f$f: A\rightarrow\mathbf{R}^+_0\f$ solution of the
323 following optimization problem.
325 \f[ \max\sum_{sv\in A} f(sv) - \sum_{vs\in A} f(vs) \f]
326 \f[ \sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) = \sum_{vu\in A} f(vu)
327 \quad \forall u\in V\setminus\{s,t\} \f]
328 \f[ 0 \leq f(uv) \leq cap(uv) \quad \forall uv\in A \f]
330 LEMON contains several algorithms for solving maximum flow problems:
331 - \ref EdmondsKarp Edmonds-Karp algorithm.
332 - \ref Preflow Goldberg-Tarjan's preflow push-relabel algorithm.
333 - \ref DinitzSleatorTarjan Dinitz's blocking flow algorithm with dynamic trees.
334 - \ref GoldbergTarjan Preflow push-relabel algorithm with dynamic trees.
336 In most cases the \ref Preflow "Preflow" algorithm provides the
337 fastest method for computing a maximum flow. All implementations
338 also provide functions to query the minimum cut, which is the dual
339 problem of maximum flow.
341 \ref Circulation is a preflow push-relabel algorithm implemented directly
342 for finding feasible circulations, which is a somewhat different problem,
343 but it is strongly related to maximum flow.
344 For more information, see \ref Circulation.
348 @defgroup min_cost_flow Minimum Cost Flow Algorithms
351 \brief Algorithms for finding minimum cost flows and circulations.
353 This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum cost flows and
356 The \e minimum \e cost \e flow \e problem is to find a feasible flow of
357 minimum total cost from a set of supply nodes to a set of demand nodes
358 in a network with capacity constraints (lower and upper bounds)
360 Formally, let \f$G=(V,A)\f$ be a digraph, \f$lower: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$,
361 \f$upper: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\cup\{+\infty\}\f$ denote the lower and
362 upper bounds for the flow values on the arcs, for which
363 \f$lower(uv) \leq upper(uv)\f$ must hold for all \f$uv\in A\f$,
364 \f$cost: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$ denotes the cost per unit flow
365 on the arcs and \f$sup: V\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$ denotes the
366 signed supply values of the nodes.
367 If \f$sup(u)>0\f$, then \f$u\f$ is a supply node with \f$sup(u)\f$
368 supply, if \f$sup(u)<0\f$, then \f$u\f$ is a demand node with
369 \f$-sup(u)\f$ demand.
370 A minimum cost flow is an \f$f: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$ solution
371 of the following optimization problem.
373 \f[ \min\sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) \cdot cost(uv) \f]
374 \f[ \sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) - \sum_{vu\in A} f(vu) \geq
375 sup(u) \quad \forall u\in V \f]
376 \f[ lower(uv) \leq f(uv) \leq upper(uv) \quad \forall uv\in A \f]
378 The sum of the supply values, i.e. \f$\sum_{u\in V} sup(u)\f$ must be
379 zero or negative in order to have a feasible solution (since the sum
380 of the expressions on the left-hand side of the inequalities is zero).
381 It means that the total demand must be greater or equal to the total
382 supply and all the supplies have to be carried out from the supply nodes,
383 but there could be demands that are not satisfied.
384 If \f$\sum_{u\in V} sup(u)\f$ is zero, then all the supply/demand
385 constraints have to be satisfied with equality, i.e. all demands
386 have to be satisfied and all supplies have to be used.
388 If you need the opposite inequalities in the supply/demand constraints
389 (i.e. the total demand is less than the total supply and all the demands
390 have to be satisfied while there could be supplies that are not used),
391 then you could easily transform the problem to the above form by reversing
392 the direction of the arcs and taking the negative of the supply values
393 (e.g. using \ref ReverseDigraph and \ref NegMap adaptors).
394 However \ref NetworkSimplex algorithm also supports this form directly
395 for the sake of convenience.
397 A feasible solution for this problem can be found using \ref Circulation.
399 Note that the above formulation is actually more general than the usual
400 definition of the minimum cost flow problem, in which strict equalities
401 are required in the supply/demand contraints, i.e.
403 \f[ \sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) - \sum_{vu\in A} f(vu) =
404 sup(u) \quad \forall u\in V. \f]
406 However if the sum of the supply values is zero, then these two problems
407 are equivalent. So if you need the equality form, you have to ensure this
408 additional contraint for the algorithms.
410 The dual solution of the minimum cost flow problem is represented by node
411 potentials \f$\pi: V\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$.
412 An \f$f: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$ feasible solution of the problem
413 is optimal if and only if for some \f$\pi: V\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$
414 node potentials the following \e complementary \e slackness optimality
417 - For all \f$uv\in A\f$ arcs:
418 - if \f$cost^\pi(uv)>0\f$, then \f$f(uv)=lower(uv)\f$;
419 - if \f$lower(uv)<f(uv)<upper(uv)\f$, then \f$cost^\pi(uv)=0\f$;
420 - if \f$cost^\pi(uv)<0\f$, then \f$f(uv)=upper(uv)\f$.
421 - For all \f$u\in V\f$ nodes:
422 - if \f$\sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) - \sum_{vu\in A} f(vu) \neq sup(u)\f$,
425 Here \f$cost^\pi(uv)\f$ denotes the \e reduced \e cost of the arc
426 \f$uv\in A\f$ with respect to the potential function \f$\pi\f$, i.e.
427 \f[ cost^\pi(uv) = cost(uv) + \pi(u) - \pi(v).\f]
429 All algorithms provide dual solution (node potentials) as well,
430 if an optimal flow is found.
432 LEMON contains several algorithms for solving minimum cost flow problems.
433 - \ref NetworkSimplex Primal Network Simplex algorithm with various
435 - \ref CostScaling Push-Relabel and Augment-Relabel algorithms based on
437 - \ref CapacityScaling Successive Shortest %Path algorithm with optional
439 - \ref CancelAndTighten The Cancel and Tighten algorithm.
440 - \ref CycleCanceling Cycle-Canceling algorithms.
442 Most of these implementations support the general inequality form of the
443 minimum cost flow problem, but CancelAndTighten and CycleCanceling
444 only support the equality form due to the primal method they use.
446 In general NetworkSimplex is the most efficient implementation,
447 but in special cases other algorithms could be faster.
448 For example, if the total supply and/or capacities are rather small,
449 CapacityScaling is usually the fastest algorithm (without effective scaling).
453 @defgroup min_cut Minimum Cut Algorithms
456 \brief Algorithms for finding minimum cut in graphs.
458 This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum cut in graphs.
460 The \e minimum \e cut \e problem is to find a non-empty and non-complete
461 \f$X\f$ subset of the nodes with minimum overall capacity on
462 outgoing arcs. Formally, there is a \f$G=(V,A)\f$ digraph, a
463 \f$cap: A\rightarrow\mathbf{R}^+_0\f$ capacity function. The minimum
464 cut is the \f$X\f$ solution of the next optimization problem:
466 \f[ \min_{X \subset V, X\not\in \{\emptyset, V\}}
467 \sum_{uv\in A, u\in X, v\not\in X}cap(uv) \f]
469 LEMON contains several algorithms related to minimum cut problems:
471 - \ref HaoOrlin "Hao-Orlin algorithm" for calculating minimum cut
473 - \ref NagamochiIbaraki "Nagamochi-Ibaraki algorithm" for
474 calculating minimum cut in undirected graphs.
475 - \ref GomoryHu "Gomory-Hu tree computation" for calculating
476 all-pairs minimum cut in undirected graphs.
478 If you want to find minimum cut just between two distinict nodes,
479 see the \ref max_flow "maximum flow problem".
483 @defgroup graph_properties Connectivity and Other Graph Properties
485 \brief Algorithms for discovering the graph properties
487 This group contains the algorithms for discovering the graph properties
488 like connectivity, bipartiteness, euler property, simplicity etc.
490 \image html edge_biconnected_components.png
491 \image latex edge_biconnected_components.eps "bi-edge-connected components" width=\textwidth
495 @defgroup planar Planarity Embedding and Drawing
497 \brief Algorithms for planarity checking, embedding and drawing
499 This group contains the algorithms for planarity checking,
500 embedding and drawing.
502 \image html planar.png
503 \image latex planar.eps "Plane graph" width=\textwidth
507 @defgroup matching Matching Algorithms
509 \brief Algorithms for finding matchings in graphs and bipartite graphs.
511 This group contains the algorithms for calculating
512 matchings in graphs and bipartite graphs. The general matching problem is
513 finding a subset of the edges for which each node has at most one incident
516 There are several different algorithms for calculate matchings in
517 graphs. The matching problems in bipartite graphs are generally
518 easier than in general graphs. The goal of the matching optimization
519 can be finding maximum cardinality, maximum weight or minimum cost
520 matching. The search can be constrained to find perfect or
521 maximum cardinality matching.
523 The matching algorithms implemented in LEMON:
524 - \ref MaxBipartiteMatching Hopcroft-Karp augmenting path algorithm
525 for calculating maximum cardinality matching in bipartite graphs.
526 - \ref PrBipartiteMatching Push-relabel algorithm
527 for calculating maximum cardinality matching in bipartite graphs.
528 - \ref MaxWeightedBipartiteMatching
529 Successive shortest path algorithm for calculating maximum weighted
530 matching and maximum weighted bipartite matching in bipartite graphs.
531 - \ref MinCostMaxBipartiteMatching
532 Successive shortest path algorithm for calculating minimum cost maximum
533 matching in bipartite graphs.
534 - \ref MaxMatching Edmond's blossom shrinking algorithm for calculating
535 maximum cardinality matching in general graphs.
536 - \ref MaxWeightedMatching Edmond's blossom shrinking algorithm for calculating
537 maximum weighted matching in general graphs.
538 - \ref MaxWeightedPerfectMatching
539 Edmond's blossom shrinking algorithm for calculating maximum weighted
540 perfect matching in general graphs.
542 \image html bipartite_matching.png
543 \image latex bipartite_matching.eps "Bipartite Matching" width=\textwidth
547 @defgroup spantree Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithms
549 \brief Algorithms for finding minimum cost spanning trees and arborescences.
551 This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum cost spanning
552 trees and arborescences.
556 @defgroup auxalg Auxiliary Algorithms
558 \brief Auxiliary algorithms implemented in LEMON.
560 This group contains some algorithms implemented in LEMON
561 in order to make it easier to implement complex algorithms.
565 @defgroup approx Approximation Algorithms
567 \brief Approximation algorithms.
569 This group contains the approximation and heuristic algorithms
570 implemented in LEMON.
574 @defgroup gen_opt_group General Optimization Tools
575 \brief This group contains some general optimization frameworks
576 implemented in LEMON.
578 This group contains some general optimization frameworks
579 implemented in LEMON.
583 @defgroup lp_group Lp and Mip Solvers
584 @ingroup gen_opt_group
585 \brief Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON.
587 This group contains Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON. The
588 various LP solvers could be used in the same manner with this
593 @defgroup lp_utils Tools for Lp and Mip Solvers
595 \brief Helper tools to the Lp and Mip solvers.
597 This group adds some helper tools to general optimization framework
598 implemented in LEMON.
602 @defgroup metah Metaheuristics
603 @ingroup gen_opt_group
604 \brief Metaheuristics for LEMON library.
606 This group contains some metaheuristic optimization tools.
610 @defgroup utils Tools and Utilities
611 \brief Tools and utilities for programming in LEMON
613 Tools and utilities for programming in LEMON.
617 @defgroup gutils Basic Graph Utilities
619 \brief Simple basic graph utilities.
621 This group contains some simple basic graph utilities.
625 @defgroup misc Miscellaneous Tools
627 \brief Tools for development, debugging and testing.
629 This group contains several useful tools for development,
630 debugging and testing.
634 @defgroup timecount Time Measuring and Counting
636 \brief Simple tools for measuring the performance of algorithms.
638 This group contains simple tools for measuring the performance
643 @defgroup exceptions Exceptions
645 \brief Exceptions defined in LEMON.
647 This group contains the exceptions defined in LEMON.
651 @defgroup io_group Input-Output
652 \brief Graph Input-Output methods
654 This group contains the tools for importing and exporting graphs
655 and graph related data. Now it supports the \ref lgf-format
656 "LEMON Graph Format", the \c DIMACS format and the encapsulated
657 postscript (EPS) format.
661 @defgroup lemon_io LEMON Graph Format
663 \brief Reading and writing LEMON Graph Format.
665 This group contains methods for reading and writing
666 \ref lgf-format "LEMON Graph Format".
670 @defgroup eps_io Postscript Exporting
672 \brief General \c EPS drawer and graph exporter
674 This group contains general \c EPS drawing methods and special
675 graph exporting tools.
679 @defgroup dimacs_group DIMACS format
681 \brief Read and write files in DIMACS format
683 Tools to read a digraph from or write it to a file in DIMACS format data.
687 @defgroup nauty_group NAUTY Format
689 \brief Read \e Nauty format
691 Tool to read graphs from \e Nauty format data.
695 @defgroup concept Concepts
696 \brief Skeleton classes and concept checking classes
698 This group contains the data/algorithm skeletons and concept checking
699 classes implemented in LEMON.
701 The purpose of the classes in this group is fourfold.
703 - These classes contain the documentations of the %concepts. In order
704 to avoid document multiplications, an implementation of a concept
705 simply refers to the corresponding concept class.
707 - These classes declare every functions, <tt>typedef</tt>s etc. an
708 implementation of the %concepts should provide, however completely
709 without implementations and real data structures behind the
710 interface. On the other hand they should provide nothing else. All
711 the algorithms working on a data structure meeting a certain concept
712 should compile with these classes. (Though it will not run properly,
713 of course.) In this way it is easily to check if an algorithm
714 doesn't use any extra feature of a certain implementation.
716 - The concept descriptor classes also provide a <em>checker class</em>
717 that makes it possible to check whether a certain implementation of a
718 concept indeed provides all the required features.
720 - Finally, They can serve as a skeleton of a new implementation of a concept.
724 @defgroup graph_concepts Graph Structure Concepts
726 \brief Skeleton and concept checking classes for graph structures
728 This group contains the skeletons and concept checking classes of LEMON's
729 graph structures and helper classes used to implement these.
733 @defgroup map_concepts Map Concepts
735 \brief Skeleton and concept checking classes for maps
737 This group contains the skeletons and concept checking classes of maps.
743 @defgroup demos Demo Programs
745 Some demo programs are listed here. Their full source codes can be found in
746 the \c demo subdirectory of the source tree.
748 In order to compile them, use the <tt>make demo</tt> or the
749 <tt>make check</tt> commands.
753 @defgroup tools Standalone Utility Applications
755 Some utility applications are listed here.
757 The standard compilation procedure (<tt>./configure;make</tt>) will compile