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@@ -226,14 +226,6 @@
*/
/**
-@defgroup matrices Matrices
-@ingroup datas
-\brief Two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
-
-This group contains two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
-*/
-
-/**
@defgroup paths Path Structures
@ingroup datas
\brief %Path structures implemented in LEMON.
@@ -246,7 +238,36 @@
efficient to have e.g. the Dijkstra algorithm to store its result in
any kind of path structure.
-\sa lemon::concepts::Path
+\sa \ref concepts::Path "Path concept"
+*/
+
+/**
+@defgroup heaps Heap Structures
+@ingroup datas
+\brief %Heap structures implemented in LEMON.
+
+This group contains the heap structures implemented in LEMON.
+
+LEMON provides several heap classes. They are efficient implementations
+of the abstract data type \e priority \e queue. They store items with
+specified values called \e priorities in such a way that finding and
+removing the item with minimum priority are efficient.
+The basic operations are adding and erasing items, changing the priority
+of an item, etc.
+
+Heaps are crucial in several algorithms, such as Dijkstra and Prim.
+The heap implementations have the same interface, thus any of them can be
+used easily in such algorithms.
+
+\sa \ref concepts::Heap "Heap concept"
+*/
+
+/**
+@defgroup matrices Matrices
+@ingroup datas
+\brief Two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
+
+This group contains two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
*/
/**
@@ -259,6 +280,28 @@
*/
/**
+@defgroup geomdat Geometric Data Structures
+@ingroup auxdat
+\brief Geometric data structures implemented in LEMON.
+
+This group contains geometric data structures implemented in LEMON.
+
+ - \ref lemon::dim2::Point "dim2::Point" implements a two dimensional
+ vector with the usual operations.
+ - \ref lemon::dim2::Box "dim2::Box" can be used to determine the
+ rectangular bounding box of a set of \ref lemon::dim2::Point
+ "dim2::Point"'s.
+*/
+
+/**
+@defgroup matrices Matrices
+@ingroup auxdat
+\brief Two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
+
+This group contains two dimensional data storages implemented in LEMON.
+*/
+
+/**
@defgroup algs Algorithms
\brief This group contains the several algorithms
implemented in LEMON.
@@ -273,7 +316,8 @@
\brief Common graph search algorithms.
This group contains the common graph search algorithms, namely
-\e breadth-first \e search (BFS) and \e depth-first \e search (DFS).
+\e breadth-first \e search (BFS) and \e depth-first \e search (DFS)
+\ref clrs01algorithms.
*/
/**
@@ -281,7 +325,8 @@
@ingroup algs
\brief Algorithms for finding shortest paths.
-This group contains the algorithms for finding shortest paths in digraphs.
+This group contains the algorithms for finding shortest paths in digraphs
+\ref clrs01algorithms.
- \ref Dijkstra algorithm for finding shortest paths from a source node
when all arc lengths are non-negative.
@@ -298,12 +343,21 @@
*/
/**
+@defgroup spantree Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithms
+@ingroup algs
+\brief Algorithms for finding minimum cost spanning trees and arborescences.
+
+This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum cost spanning
+trees and arborescences \ref clrs01algorithms.
+*/
+
+/**
@defgroup max_flow Maximum Flow Algorithms
@ingroup algs
\brief Algorithms for finding maximum flows.
This group contains the algorithms for finding maximum flows and
-feasible circulations.
+feasible circulations \ref clrs01algorithms, \ref amo93networkflows.
The \e maximum \e flow \e problem is to find a flow of maximum value between
a single source and a single target. Formally, there is a \f$G=(V,A)\f$
@@ -318,12 +372,16 @@
\f[ 0 \leq f(uv) \leq cap(uv) \quad \forall uv\in A \f]
LEMON contains several algorithms for solving maximum flow problems:
-- \ref EdmondsKarp Edmonds-Karp algorithm.
-- \ref Preflow Goldberg-Tarjan's preflow push-relabel algorithm.
-- \ref DinitzSleatorTarjan Dinitz's blocking flow algorithm with dynamic trees.
-- \ref GoldbergTarjan Preflow push-relabel algorithm with dynamic trees.
+- \ref EdmondsKarp Edmonds-Karp algorithm
+ \ref edmondskarp72theoretical.
+- \ref Preflow Goldberg-Tarjan's preflow push-relabel algorithm
+ \ref goldberg88newapproach.
+- \ref DinitzSleatorTarjan Dinitz's blocking flow algorithm with dynamic trees
+ \ref dinic70algorithm, \ref sleator83dynamic.
+- \ref GoldbergTarjan !Preflow push-relabel algorithm with dynamic trees
+ \ref goldberg88newapproach, \ref sleator83dynamic.
-In most cases the \ref Preflow "Preflow" algorithm provides the
+In most cases the \ref Preflow algorithm provides the
fastest method for computing a maximum flow. All implementations
also provide functions to query the minimum cut, which is the dual
problem of maximum flow.
@@ -341,18 +399,22 @@
\brief Algorithms for finding minimum cost flows and circulations.
This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum cost flows and
-circulations. For more information about this problem and its dual
-solution see \ref min_cost_flow "Minimum Cost Flow Problem".
+circulations \ref amo93networkflows. For more information about this
+problem and its dual solution, see \ref min_cost_flow
+"Minimum Cost Flow Problem".
LEMON contains several algorithms for this problem.
- \ref NetworkSimplex Primal Network Simplex algorithm with various
- pivot strategies.
+ pivot strategies \ref dantzig63linearprog, \ref kellyoneill91netsimplex.
- \ref CostScaling Push-Relabel and Augment-Relabel algorithms based on
- cost scaling.
+ cost scaling \ref goldberg90approximation, \ref goldberg97efficient,
+ \ref bunnagel98efficient.
- \ref CapacityScaling Successive Shortest %Path algorithm with optional
- capacity scaling.
- - \ref CancelAndTighten The Cancel and Tighten algorithm.
- - \ref CycleCanceling Cycle-Canceling algorithms.
+ capacity scaling \ref edmondskarp72theoretical.
+ - \ref CancelAndTighten The Cancel and Tighten algorithm
+ \ref goldberg89cyclecanceling.
+ - \ref CycleCanceling Cycle-Canceling algorithms
+ \ref klein67primal, \ref goldberg89cyclecanceling.
In general NetworkSimplex is the most efficient implementation,
but in special cases other algorithms could be faster.
@@ -375,7 +437,7 @@
cut is the \f$X\f$ solution of the next optimization problem:
\f[ \min_{X \subset V, X\not\in \{\emptyset, V\}}
- \sum_{uv\in A, u\in X, v\not\in X}cap(uv) \f]
+ \sum_{uv\in A: u\in X, v\not\in X}cap(uv) \f]
LEMON contains several algorithms related to minimum cut problems:
@@ -391,27 +453,40 @@
*/
/**
-@defgroup graph_properties Connectivity and Other Graph Properties
+@defgroup min_mean_cycle Minimum Mean Cycle Algorithms
@ingroup algs
-\brief Algorithms for discovering the graph properties
+\brief Algorithms for finding minimum mean cycles.
-This group contains the algorithms for discovering the graph properties
-like connectivity, bipartiteness, euler property, simplicity etc.
+This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum mean cycles
+\ref clrs01algorithms, \ref amo93networkflows.
-\image html edge_biconnected_components.png
-\image latex edge_biconnected_components.eps "bi-edge-connected components" width=\textwidth
-*/
+The \e minimum \e mean \e cycle \e problem is to find a directed cycle
+of minimum mean length (cost) in a digraph.
+The mean length of a cycle is the average length of its arcs, i.e. the
+ratio between the total length of the cycle and the number of arcs on it.
-/**
-@defgroup planar Planarity Embedding and Drawing
-@ingroup algs
-\brief Algorithms for planarity checking, embedding and drawing
+This problem has an important connection to \e conservative \e length
+\e functions, too. A length function on the arcs of a digraph is called
+conservative if and only if there is no directed cycle of negative total
+length. For an arbitrary length function, the negative of the minimum
+cycle mean is the smallest \f$\epsilon\f$ value so that increasing the
+arc lengths uniformly by \f$\epsilon\f$ results in a conservative length
+function.
-This group contains the algorithms for planarity checking,
-embedding and drawing.
+LEMON contains three algorithms for solving the minimum mean cycle problem:
+- \ref Karp "Karp"'s original algorithm \ref amo93networkflows,
+ \ref dasdan98minmeancycle.
+- \ref HartmannOrlin "Hartmann-Orlin"'s algorithm, which is an improved
+ version of Karp's algorithm \ref dasdan98minmeancycle.
+- \ref Howard "Howard"'s policy iteration algorithm
+ \ref dasdan98minmeancycle.
-\image html planar.png
-\image latex planar.eps "Plane graph" width=\textwidth
+In practice, the Howard algorithm proved to be by far the most efficient
+one, though the best known theoretical bound on its running time is
+exponential.
+Both Karp and HartmannOrlin algorithms run in time O(ne) and use space
+O(n2+e), but the latter one is typically faster due to the
+applied early termination scheme.
*/
/**
@@ -455,12 +530,36 @@
*/
/**
-@defgroup spantree Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithms
+@defgroup graph_properties Connectivity and Other Graph Properties
@ingroup algs
-\brief Algorithms for finding minimum cost spanning trees and arborescences.
+\brief Algorithms for discovering the graph properties
-This group contains the algorithms for finding minimum cost spanning
-trees and arborescences.
+This group contains the algorithms for discovering the graph properties
+like connectivity, bipartiteness, euler property, simplicity etc.
+
+\image html connected_components.png
+\image latex connected_components.eps "Connected components" width=\textwidth
+*/
+
+/**
+@defgroup planar Planarity Embedding and Drawing
+@ingroup algs
+\brief Algorithms for planarity checking, embedding and drawing
+
+This group contains the algorithms for planarity checking,
+embedding and drawing.
+
+\image html planar.png
+\image latex planar.eps "Plane graph" width=\textwidth
+*/
+
+/**
+@defgroup approx Approximation Algorithms
+@ingroup algs
+\brief Approximation algorithms.
+
+This group contains the approximation and heuristic algorithms
+implemented in LEMON.
*/
/**
@@ -473,15 +572,6 @@
*/
/**
-@defgroup approx Approximation Algorithms
-@ingroup algs
-\brief Approximation algorithms.
-
-This group contains the approximation and heuristic algorithms
-implemented in LEMON.
-*/
-
-/**
@defgroup gen_opt_group General Optimization Tools
\brief This group contains some general optimization frameworks
implemented in LEMON.
@@ -491,13 +581,16 @@
*/
/**
-@defgroup lp_group Lp and Mip Solvers
+@defgroup lp_group LP and MIP Solvers
@ingroup gen_opt_group
-\brief Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON.
+\brief LP and MIP solver interfaces for LEMON.
-This group contains Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON. The
-various LP solvers could be used in the same manner with this
-interface.
+This group contains LP and MIP solver interfaces for LEMON.
+Various LP solvers could be used in the same manner with this
+high-level interface.
+
+The currently supported solvers are \ref glpk, \ref clp, \ref cbc,
+\ref cplex, \ref soplex.
*/
/**
@@ -587,7 +680,7 @@
*/
/**
-@defgroup dimacs_group DIMACS format
+@defgroup dimacs_group DIMACS Format
@ingroup io_group
\brief Read and write files in DIMACS format
@@ -636,8 +729,8 @@
@ingroup concept
\brief Skeleton and concept checking classes for graph structures
-This group contains the skeletons and concept checking classes of LEMON's
-graph structures and helper classes used to implement these.
+This group contains the skeletons and concept checking classes of
+graph structures.
*/
/**
@@ -649,6 +742,15 @@
*/
/**
+@defgroup tools Standalone Utility Applications
+
+Some utility applications are listed here.
+
+The standard compilation procedure (./configure;make) will compile
+them, as well.
+*/
+
+/**
\anchor demoprograms
@defgroup demos Demo Programs
@@ -660,13 +762,4 @@
make check commands.
*/
-/**
-@defgroup tools Standalone Utility Applications
-
-Some utility applications are listed here.
-
-The standard compilation procedure (./configure;make) will compile
-them, as well.
-*/
-
}