doc/groups.dox
author Peter Kovacs <kpeter@inf.elte.hu>
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:04:36 +0200
changeset 609 e6927fe719e6
parent 455 5a1e9fdcfd3a
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Support >= and <= constraints in NetworkSimplex (#219, #234)

By default the same inequality constraints are supported as by
Circulation (the GEQ form), but the LEQ form can also be selected
using the problemType() function.

The documentation of the min. cost flow module is reworked and
extended with important notes and explanations about the different
variants of the problem and about the dual solution and optimality
conditions.
     1 /* -*- mode: C++; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
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     4  *
     5  * Copyright (C) 2003-2009
     6  * Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
     7  * (Egervary Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization, EGRES).
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    18 
    19 namespace lemon {
    20 
    21 /**
    22 @defgroup datas Data Structures
    23 This group describes the several data structures implemented in LEMON.
    24 */
    25 
    26 /**
    27 @defgroup graphs Graph Structures
    28 @ingroup datas
    29 \brief Graph structures implemented in LEMON.
    30 
    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.
    35 
    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.
    44 
    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.
    56 
    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.
    60 
    61 <b>See also:</b> \ref graph_concepts "Graph Structure Concepts".
    62 */
    63 
    64 /**
    65 @defgroup graph_adaptors Adaptor Classes for Graphs
    66 @ingroup graphs
    67 \brief Adaptor classes for digraphs and graphs
    68 
    69 This group contains several useful adaptor classes for digraphs and graphs.
    70 
    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.
    76 
    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
    79 \code
    80 template <typename Digraph>
    81 int algorithm(const Digraph&);
    82 \endcode
    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
    95 \code
    96 template<typename Digraph> class ReverseDigraph;
    97 \endcode
    98 template class can be used. The code looks as follows
    99 \code
   100 ListDigraph g;
   101 ReverseDigraph<ListDigraph> rg(g);
   102 int result = algorithm(rg);
   103 \endcode
   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.
   107 
   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.
   114 
   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.
   123 
   124 Let us stand one more example here to simplify your work.
   125 ReverseDigraph has constructor
   126 \code
   127 ReverseDigraph(Digraph& digraph);
   128 \endcode
   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>.
   132 \code
   133 int algorithm1(const ListDigraph& g) {
   134   ReverseDigraph<const ListDigraph> rg(g);
   135   return algorithm2(rg);
   136 }
   137 \endcode
   138 */
   139 
   140 /**
   141 @defgroup semi_adaptors Semi-Adaptor Classes for Graphs
   142 @ingroup graphs
   143 \brief Graph types between real graphs and graph adaptors.
   144 
   145 This group describes 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.
   148 */
   149 
   150 /**
   151 @defgroup maps Maps
   152 @ingroup datas
   153 \brief Map structures implemented in LEMON.
   154 
   155 This group describes the map structures implemented in LEMON.
   156 
   157 LEMON provides several special purpose maps and map adaptors that e.g. combine
   158 new maps from existing ones.
   159 
   160 <b>See also:</b> \ref map_concepts "Map Concepts".
   161 */
   162 
   163 /**
   164 @defgroup graph_maps Graph Maps
   165 @ingroup maps
   166 \brief Special graph-related maps.
   167 
   168 This group describes maps that are specifically designed to assign
   169 values to the nodes and arcs/edges of graphs.
   170 
   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".
   173 */
   174 
   175 /**
   176 \defgroup map_adaptors Map Adaptors
   177 \ingroup maps
   178 \brief Tools to create new maps from existing ones
   179 
   180 This group describes map adaptors that are used to create "implicit"
   181 maps from other maps.
   182 
   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.
   187 
   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.
   192 \code
   193   Color nodeColor(int deg) {
   194     if (deg >= 2) {
   195       return Color(0.5, 0.0, 0.5);
   196     } else if (deg == 1) {
   197       return Color(1.0, 0.5, 1.0);
   198     } else {
   199       return Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
   200     }
   201   }
   202 
   203   Digraph::NodeMap<int> degree_map(graph);
   204 
   205   graphToEps(graph, "graph.eps")
   206     .coords(coords).scaleToA4().undirected()
   207     .nodeColors(composeMap(functorToMap(nodeColor), degree_map))
   208     .run();
   209 \endcode
   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.
   214 
   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.
   218 \code
   219   Digraph graph;
   220 
   221   typedef Digraph::ArcMap<double> DoubleArcMap;
   222   DoubleArcMap length(graph);
   223   DoubleArcMap speed(graph);
   224 
   225   typedef DivMap<DoubleArcMap, DoubleArcMap> TimeMap;
   226   TimeMap time(length, speed);
   227 
   228   Dijkstra<Digraph, TimeMap> dijkstra(graph, time);
   229   dijkstra.run(source, target);
   230 \endcode
   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.
   236 */
   237 
   238 /**
   239 @defgroup matrices Matrices
   240 @ingroup datas
   241 \brief Two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
   242 
   243 This group describes two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
   244 */
   245 
   246 /**
   247 @defgroup paths Path Structures
   248 @ingroup datas
   249 \brief %Path structures implemented in LEMON.
   250 
   251 This group describes the path structures implemented in LEMON.
   252 
   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.
   258 
   259 \sa lemon::concepts::Path
   260 */
   261 
   262 /**
   263 @defgroup auxdat Auxiliary Data Structures
   264 @ingroup datas
   265 \brief Auxiliary data structures implemented in LEMON.
   266 
   267 This group describes some data structures implemented in LEMON in
   268 order to make it easier to implement combinatorial algorithms.
   269 */
   270 
   271 /**
   272 @defgroup algs Algorithms
   273 \brief This group describes the several algorithms
   274 implemented in LEMON.
   275 
   276 This group describes the several algorithms
   277 implemented in LEMON.
   278 */
   279 
   280 /**
   281 @defgroup search Graph Search
   282 @ingroup algs
   283 \brief Common graph search algorithms.
   284 
   285 This group describes the common graph search algorithms, namely
   286 \e breadth-first \e search (BFS) and \e depth-first \e search (DFS).
   287 */
   288 
   289 /**
   290 @defgroup shortest_path Shortest Path Algorithms
   291 @ingroup algs
   292 \brief Algorithms for finding shortest paths.
   293 
   294 This group describes the algorithms for finding shortest paths in digraphs.
   295 
   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
   301    length.
   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.
   308 */
   309 
   310 /**
   311 @defgroup max_flow Maximum Flow Algorithms
   312 @ingroup algs
   313 \brief Algorithms for finding maximum flows.
   314 
   315 This group describes the algorithms for finding maximum flows and
   316 feasible circulations.
   317 
   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.
   324 
   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]
   329 
   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.
   335 
   336 In most cases the \ref Preflow "Preflow" algorithm provides the
   337 fastest method for computing a maximum flow. All implementations
   338 provides functions to also query the minimum cut, which is the dual
   339 problem of the maximum flow.
   340 */
   341 
   342 /**
   343 @defgroup min_cost_flow Minimum Cost Flow Algorithms
   344 @ingroup algs
   345 
   346 \brief Algorithms for finding minimum cost flows and circulations.
   347 
   348 This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum cost flows and
   349 circulations.
   350 
   351 The \e minimum \e cost \e flow \e problem is to find a feasible flow of
   352 minimum total cost from a set of supply nodes to a set of demand nodes
   353 in a network with capacity constraints (lower and upper bounds)
   354 and arc costs.
   355 Formally, let \f$G=(V,A)\f$ be a digraph,
   356 \f$lower, upper: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}^+_0\f$ denote the lower and
   357 upper bounds for the flow values on the arcs, for which
   358 \f$0 \leq lower(uv) \leq upper(uv)\f$ holds for all \f$uv\in A\f$.
   359 \f$cost: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}^+_0\f$ denotes the cost per unit flow
   360 on the arcs, and \f$sup: V\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$ denotes the
   361 signed supply values of the nodes.
   362 If \f$sup(u)>0\f$, then \f$u\f$ is a supply node with \f$sup(u)\f$
   363 supply, if \f$sup(u)<0\f$, then \f$u\f$ is a demand node with
   364 \f$-sup(u)\f$ demand.
   365 A minimum cost flow is an \f$f: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}^+_0\f$ solution
   366 of the following optimization problem.
   367 
   368 \f[ \min\sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) \cdot cost(uv) \f]
   369 \f[ \sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) - \sum_{vu\in A} f(vu) \geq
   370     sup(u) \quad \forall u\in V \f]
   371 \f[ lower(uv) \leq f(uv) \leq upper(uv) \quad \forall uv\in A \f]
   372 
   373 The sum of the supply values, i.e. \f$\sum_{u\in V} sup(u)\f$ must be
   374 zero or negative in order to have a feasible solution (since the sum
   375 of the expressions on the left-hand side of the inequalities is zero).
   376 It means that the total demand must be greater or equal to the total
   377 supply and all the supplies have to be carried out from the supply nodes,
   378 but there could be demands that are not satisfied.
   379 If \f$\sum_{u\in V} sup(u)\f$ is zero, then all the supply/demand
   380 constraints have to be satisfied with equality, i.e. all demands
   381 have to be satisfied and all supplies have to be used.
   382 
   383 If you need the opposite inequalities in the supply/demand constraints
   384 (i.e. the total demand is less than the total supply and all the demands
   385 have to be satisfied while there could be supplies that are not used),
   386 then you could easily transform the problem to the above form by reversing
   387 the direction of the arcs and taking the negative of the supply values
   388 (e.g. using \ref ReverseDigraph and \ref NegMap adaptors).
   389 However \ref NetworkSimplex algorithm also supports this form directly
   390 for the sake of convenience.
   391 
   392 A feasible solution for this problem can be found using \ref Circulation.
   393 
   394 Note that the above formulation is actually more general than the usual
   395 definition of the minimum cost flow problem, in which strict equalities
   396 are required in the supply/demand contraints, i.e.
   397 
   398 \f[ \sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) - \sum_{vu\in A} f(vu) =
   399     sup(u) \quad \forall u\in V. \f]
   400 
   401 However if the sum of the supply values is zero, then these two problems
   402 are equivalent. So if you need the equality form, you have to ensure this
   403 additional contraint for the algorithms.
   404 
   405 The dual solution of the minimum cost flow problem is represented by node 
   406 potentials \f$\pi: V\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$.
   407 An \f$f: A\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}^+_0\f$ feasible solution of the problem
   408 is optimal if and only if for some \f$\pi: V\rightarrow\mathbf{Z}\f$
   409 node potentials the following \e complementary \e slackness optimality
   410 conditions hold.
   411 
   412  - For all \f$uv\in A\f$ arcs:
   413    - if \f$cost^\pi(uv)>0\f$, then \f$f(uv)=lower(uv)\f$;
   414    - if \f$lower(uv)<f(uv)<upper(uv)\f$, then \f$cost^\pi(uv)=0\f$;
   415    - if \f$cost^\pi(uv)<0\f$, then \f$f(uv)=upper(uv)\f$.
   416  - For all \f$u\in V\f$:
   417    - if \f$\sum_{uv\in A} f(uv) - \sum_{vu\in A} f(vu) \neq sup(u)\f$,
   418      then \f$\pi(u)=0\f$.
   419  
   420 Here \f$cost^\pi(uv)\f$ denotes the \e reduced \e cost of the arc
   421 \f$uv\in A\f$ with respect to the node potentials \f$\pi\f$, i.e.
   422 \f[ cost^\pi(uv) = cost(uv) + \pi(u) - \pi(v).\f]
   423 
   424 All algorithms provide dual solution (node potentials) as well
   425 if an optimal flow is found.
   426 
   427 LEMON contains several algorithms for solving minimum cost flow problems.
   428  - \ref NetworkSimplex Primal Network Simplex algorithm with various
   429    pivot strategies.
   430  - \ref CostScaling Push-Relabel and Augment-Relabel algorithms based on
   431    cost scaling.
   432  - \ref CapacityScaling Successive Shortest %Path algorithm with optional
   433    capacity scaling.
   434  - \ref CancelAndTighten The Cancel and Tighten algorithm.
   435  - \ref CycleCanceling Cycle-Canceling algorithms.
   436 
   437 Most of these implementations support the general inequality form of the
   438 minimum cost flow problem, but CancelAndTighten and CycleCanceling
   439 only support the equality form due to the primal method they use.
   440 
   441 In general NetworkSimplex is the most efficient implementation,
   442 but in special cases other algorithms could be faster.
   443 For example, if the total supply and/or capacities are rather small,
   444 CapacityScaling is usually the fastest algorithm (without effective scaling).
   445 */
   446 
   447 /**
   448 @defgroup min_cut Minimum Cut Algorithms
   449 @ingroup algs
   450 
   451 \brief Algorithms for finding minimum cut in graphs.
   452 
   453 This group describes the algorithms for finding minimum cut in graphs.
   454 
   455 The \e minimum \e cut \e problem is to find a non-empty and non-complete
   456 \f$X\f$ subset of the nodes with minimum overall capacity on
   457 outgoing arcs. Formally, there is a \f$G=(V,A)\f$ digraph, a
   458 \f$cap: A\rightarrow\mathbf{R}^+_0\f$ capacity function. The minimum
   459 cut is the \f$X\f$ solution of the next optimization problem:
   460 
   461 \f[ \min_{X \subset V, X\not\in \{\emptyset, V\}}
   462     \sum_{uv\in A, u\in X, v\not\in X}cap(uv) \f]
   463 
   464 LEMON contains several algorithms related to minimum cut problems:
   465 
   466 - \ref HaoOrlin "Hao-Orlin algorithm" for calculating minimum cut
   467   in directed graphs.
   468 - \ref NagamochiIbaraki "Nagamochi-Ibaraki algorithm" for
   469   calculating minimum cut in undirected graphs.
   470 - \ref GomoryHuTree "Gomory-Hu tree computation" for calculating
   471   all-pairs minimum cut in undirected graphs.
   472 
   473 If you want to find minimum cut just between two distinict nodes,
   474 see the \ref max_flow "maximum flow problem".
   475 */
   476 
   477 /**
   478 @defgroup graph_prop Connectivity and Other Graph Properties
   479 @ingroup algs
   480 \brief Algorithms for discovering the graph properties
   481 
   482 This group describes the algorithms for discovering the graph properties
   483 like connectivity, bipartiteness, euler property, simplicity etc.
   484 
   485 \image html edge_biconnected_components.png
   486 \image latex edge_biconnected_components.eps "bi-edge-connected components" width=\textwidth
   487 */
   488 
   489 /**
   490 @defgroup planar Planarity Embedding and Drawing
   491 @ingroup algs
   492 \brief Algorithms for planarity checking, embedding and drawing
   493 
   494 This group describes the algorithms for planarity checking,
   495 embedding and drawing.
   496 
   497 \image html planar.png
   498 \image latex planar.eps "Plane graph" width=\textwidth
   499 */
   500 
   501 /**
   502 @defgroup matching Matching Algorithms
   503 @ingroup algs
   504 \brief Algorithms for finding matchings in graphs and bipartite graphs.
   505 
   506 This group contains algorithm objects and functions to calculate
   507 matchings in graphs and bipartite graphs. The general matching problem is
   508 finding a subset of the arcs which does not shares common endpoints.
   509 
   510 There are several different algorithms for calculate matchings in
   511 graphs.  The matching problems in bipartite graphs are generally
   512 easier than in general graphs. The goal of the matching optimization
   513 can be finding maximum cardinality, maximum weight or minimum cost
   514 matching. The search can be constrained to find perfect or
   515 maximum cardinality matching.
   516 
   517 The matching algorithms implemented in LEMON:
   518 - \ref MaxBipartiteMatching Hopcroft-Karp augmenting path algorithm
   519   for calculating maximum cardinality matching in bipartite graphs.
   520 - \ref PrBipartiteMatching Push-relabel algorithm
   521   for calculating maximum cardinality matching in bipartite graphs.
   522 - \ref MaxWeightedBipartiteMatching
   523   Successive shortest path algorithm for calculating maximum weighted
   524   matching and maximum weighted bipartite matching in bipartite graphs.
   525 - \ref MinCostMaxBipartiteMatching
   526   Successive shortest path algorithm for calculating minimum cost maximum
   527   matching in bipartite graphs.
   528 - \ref MaxMatching Edmond's blossom shrinking algorithm for calculating
   529   maximum cardinality matching in general graphs.
   530 - \ref MaxWeightedMatching Edmond's blossom shrinking algorithm for calculating
   531   maximum weighted matching in general graphs.
   532 - \ref MaxWeightedPerfectMatching
   533   Edmond's blossom shrinking algorithm for calculating maximum weighted
   534   perfect matching in general graphs.
   535 
   536 \image html bipartite_matching.png
   537 \image latex bipartite_matching.eps "Bipartite Matching" width=\textwidth
   538 */
   539 
   540 /**
   541 @defgroup spantree Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithms
   542 @ingroup algs
   543 \brief Algorithms for finding a minimum cost spanning tree in a graph.
   544 
   545 This group describes the algorithms for finding a minimum cost spanning
   546 tree in a graph.
   547 */
   548 
   549 /**
   550 @defgroup auxalg Auxiliary Algorithms
   551 @ingroup algs
   552 \brief Auxiliary algorithms implemented in LEMON.
   553 
   554 This group describes some algorithms implemented in LEMON
   555 in order to make it easier to implement complex algorithms.
   556 */
   557 
   558 /**
   559 @defgroup approx Approximation Algorithms
   560 @ingroup algs
   561 \brief Approximation algorithms.
   562 
   563 This group describes the approximation and heuristic algorithms
   564 implemented in LEMON.
   565 */
   566 
   567 /**
   568 @defgroup gen_opt_group General Optimization Tools
   569 \brief This group describes some general optimization frameworks
   570 implemented in LEMON.
   571 
   572 This group describes some general optimization frameworks
   573 implemented in LEMON.
   574 */
   575 
   576 /**
   577 @defgroup lp_group Lp and Mip Solvers
   578 @ingroup gen_opt_group
   579 \brief Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON.
   580 
   581 This group describes Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON. The
   582 various LP solvers could be used in the same manner with this
   583 interface.
   584 */
   585 
   586 /**
   587 @defgroup lp_utils Tools for Lp and Mip Solvers
   588 @ingroup lp_group
   589 \brief Helper tools to the Lp and Mip solvers.
   590 
   591 This group adds some helper tools to general optimization framework
   592 implemented in LEMON.
   593 */
   594 
   595 /**
   596 @defgroup metah Metaheuristics
   597 @ingroup gen_opt_group
   598 \brief Metaheuristics for LEMON library.
   599 
   600 This group describes some metaheuristic optimization tools.
   601 */
   602 
   603 /**
   604 @defgroup utils Tools and Utilities
   605 \brief Tools and utilities for programming in LEMON
   606 
   607 Tools and utilities for programming in LEMON.
   608 */
   609 
   610 /**
   611 @defgroup gutils Basic Graph Utilities
   612 @ingroup utils
   613 \brief Simple basic graph utilities.
   614 
   615 This group describes some simple basic graph utilities.
   616 */
   617 
   618 /**
   619 @defgroup misc Miscellaneous Tools
   620 @ingroup utils
   621 \brief Tools for development, debugging and testing.
   622 
   623 This group describes several useful tools for development,
   624 debugging and testing.
   625 */
   626 
   627 /**
   628 @defgroup timecount Time Measuring and Counting
   629 @ingroup misc
   630 \brief Simple tools for measuring the performance of algorithms.
   631 
   632 This group describes simple tools for measuring the performance
   633 of algorithms.
   634 */
   635 
   636 /**
   637 @defgroup exceptions Exceptions
   638 @ingroup utils
   639 \brief Exceptions defined in LEMON.
   640 
   641 This group describes the exceptions defined in LEMON.
   642 */
   643 
   644 /**
   645 @defgroup io_group Input-Output
   646 \brief Graph Input-Output methods
   647 
   648 This group describes the tools for importing and exporting graphs
   649 and graph related data. Now it supports the \ref lgf-format
   650 "LEMON Graph Format", the \c DIMACS format and the encapsulated
   651 postscript (EPS) format.
   652 */
   653 
   654 /**
   655 @defgroup lemon_io LEMON Graph Format
   656 @ingroup io_group
   657 \brief Reading and writing LEMON Graph Format.
   658 
   659 This group describes methods for reading and writing
   660 \ref lgf-format "LEMON Graph Format".
   661 */
   662 
   663 /**
   664 @defgroup eps_io Postscript Exporting
   665 @ingroup io_group
   666 \brief General \c EPS drawer and graph exporter
   667 
   668 This group describes general \c EPS drawing methods and special
   669 graph exporting tools.
   670 */
   671 
   672 /**
   673 @defgroup dimacs_group DIMACS format
   674 @ingroup io_group
   675 \brief Read and write files in DIMACS format
   676 
   677 Tools to read a digraph from or write it to a file in DIMACS format data.
   678 */
   679 
   680 /**
   681 @defgroup nauty_group NAUTY Format
   682 @ingroup io_group
   683 \brief Read \e Nauty format
   684 
   685 Tool to read graphs from \e Nauty format data.
   686 */
   687 
   688 /**
   689 @defgroup concept Concepts
   690 \brief Skeleton classes and concept checking classes
   691 
   692 This group describes the data/algorithm skeletons and concept checking
   693 classes implemented in LEMON.
   694 
   695 The purpose of the classes in this group is fourfold.
   696 
   697 - These classes contain the documentations of the %concepts. In order
   698   to avoid document multiplications, an implementation of a concept
   699   simply refers to the corresponding concept class.
   700 
   701 - These classes declare every functions, <tt>typedef</tt>s etc. an
   702   implementation of the %concepts should provide, however completely
   703   without implementations and real data structures behind the
   704   interface. On the other hand they should provide nothing else. All
   705   the algorithms working on a data structure meeting a certain concept
   706   should compile with these classes. (Though it will not run properly,
   707   of course.) In this way it is easily to check if an algorithm
   708   doesn't use any extra feature of a certain implementation.
   709 
   710 - The concept descriptor classes also provide a <em>checker class</em>
   711   that makes it possible to check whether a certain implementation of a
   712   concept indeed provides all the required features.
   713 
   714 - Finally, They can serve as a skeleton of a new implementation of a concept.
   715 */
   716 
   717 /**
   718 @defgroup graph_concepts Graph Structure Concepts
   719 @ingroup concept
   720 \brief Skeleton and concept checking classes for graph structures
   721 
   722 This group describes the skeletons and concept checking classes of LEMON's
   723 graph structures and helper classes used to implement these.
   724 */
   725 
   726 /**
   727 @defgroup map_concepts Map Concepts
   728 @ingroup concept
   729 \brief Skeleton and concept checking classes for maps
   730 
   731 This group describes the skeletons and concept checking classes of maps.
   732 */
   733 
   734 /**
   735 \anchor demoprograms
   736 
   737 @defgroup demos Demo Programs
   738 
   739 Some demo programs are listed here. Their full source codes can be found in
   740 the \c demo subdirectory of the source tree.
   741 
   742 It order to compile them, use <tt>--enable-demo</tt> configure option when
   743 build the library.
   744 */
   745 
   746 /**
   747 @defgroup tools Standalone Utility Applications
   748 
   749 Some utility applications are listed here.
   750 
   751 The standard compilation procedure (<tt>./configure;make</tt>) will compile
   752 them, as well.
   753 */
   754 
   755 }