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6 * Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
7 * (Egervary Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization, EGRES).
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20 [PAGE]intro[PAGE] Introduction
22 [SEC]intro_lemon[SEC] What is LEMON
24 <b>LEMON</b> stands for <b>L</b>ibrary of <b>E</b>fficient <b>M</b>odels and
25 <b>O</b>ptimization in <b>N</b>etworks. It is a C++ template
26 library aimed at combinatorial optimization tasks, especially those
27 working with graphs and networks.
29 <b>LEMON is an <a class="el" href="http://opensource.org/">open source</a>
31 You are free to use it in your commercial or non-commercial applications
32 under very permissive \ref license "license terms".</b>
34 This library helps to write programs that solve optimization problems
35 that arise frequently when designing and testing certain networks,
36 for example in telecommunication, computer networks, logistics, scheduling,
38 A very natural way of modelling these networks is by means of a graph.
39 Generally if you want to write any program that works with graphs,
40 then you might find it useful and convenient to use LEMON.
42 For more information visit the LEMON web site:
43 <a href="http://lemon.cs.elte.hu/"><b>http://lemon.cs.elte.hu/</b></a>.
45 [SEC]intro_tutorial[SEC] LEMON Tutorial
47 This tutorial introduces the reader to the basic concepts and features of
48 LEMON, and there are also some sections about advanced topics showing the
49 power of various tools implemented in the library.
51 After getting familiar with the basics of the library, you may start using
52 LEMON with the help of the detailed documentation (that can also be used
53 as a reference manual).