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Performance bug in Preflow
The initial relabeling moved each node to the lowest level
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     1 /* -*- C++ -*-
     2  *
     3  * This file is a part of LEMON, a generic C++ optimization library
     4  *
     5  * Copyright (C) 2003-2007
     6  * Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
     7  * (Egervary Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization, EGRES).
     8  *
     9  * Permission to use, modify and distribute this software is granted
    10  * provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies. For
    11  * precise terms see the accompanying LICENSE file.
    12  *
    13  * This software is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
    14  * express or implied, and with no claim as to its suitability for any
    15  * purpose.
    16  *
    17  */
    18 
    19 /**
    20 @defgroup datas Data Structures
    21 This group describes the several graph structures implemented in LEMON.
    22 */
    23 
    24 /**
    25 @defgroup graphs Graph Structures
    26 @ingroup datas
    27 \brief Graph structures implemented in LEMON.
    28 
    29 The implementation of combinatorial algorithms heavily relies on 
    30 efficient graph implementations. LEMON offers data structures which are 
    31 planned to be easily used in an experimental phase of implementation studies, 
    32 and thereafter the program code can be made efficient by small modifications. 
    33 
    34 The most efficient implementation of diverse applications require the
    35 usage of different physical graph implementations. These differences
    36 appear in the size of graph we require to handle, memory or time usage
    37 limitations or in the set of operations through which the graph can be
    38 accessed.  LEMON provides several physical graph structures to meet
    39 the diverging requirements of the possible users.  In order to save on
    40 running time or on memory usage, some structures may fail to provide
    41 some graph features like edge or node deletion.
    42 
    43 Alteration of standard containers need a very limited number of 
    44 operations, these together satisfy the everyday requirements. 
    45 In the case of graph structures, different operations are needed which do 
    46 not alter the physical graph, but gives another view. If some nodes or 
    47 edges have to be hidden or the reverse oriented graph have to be used, then 
    48 this is the case. It also may happen that in a flow implementation 
    49 the residual graph can be accessed by another algorithm, or a node-set 
    50 is to be shrunk for another algorithm. 
    51 LEMON also provides a variety of graphs for these requirements called 
    52 \ref graph_adaptors "graph adaptors". Adaptors cannot be used alone but only 
    53 in conjunction with other graph representation. 
    54 
    55 You are free to use the graph structure that fit your requirements
    56 the best, most graph algorithms and auxiliary data structures can be used
    57 with any graph structures. 
    58 */
    59 
    60 /**
    61 @defgroup semi_adaptors Semi-Adaptors Classes for Graphs
    62 @ingroup graphs
    63 \brief Graph types between real graphs and graph adaptors.
    64 
    65 Graph types between real graphs and graph adaptors. These classes wrap
    66 graphs to give new functionality as the adaptors do it. On the other
    67 hand they are not light-weight structures as the adaptors.
    68 */
    69 
    70 /**
    71 @defgroup maps Maps 
    72 @ingroup datas
    73 \brief Some special purpose map to make life easier.
    74 
    75 LEMON provides several special maps that e.g. combine
    76 new maps from existing ones.
    77 */
    78 
    79 /**
    80 @defgroup graph_maps Graph Maps 
    81 @ingroup maps
    82 \brief Special Graph-Related Maps.
    83 
    84 These maps are specifically designed to assign values to the nodes and edges of
    85 graphs.
    86 */
    87 
    88 
    89 /**
    90 \defgroup map_adaptors Map Adaptors
    91 \ingroup maps
    92 \brief Tools to create new maps from existing ones
    93 
    94 Map adaptors are used to create "implicit" maps from other maps.
    95 
    96 Most of them are \ref lemon::concepts::ReadMap "ReadMap"s. They can
    97 make arithmetic operations between one or two maps (negation, scaling,
    98 addition, multiplication etc.) or e.g. convert a map to another one
    99 of different Value type.
   100 
   101 The typical usage of this classes is the passing implicit maps to
   102 algorithms.  If a function type algorithm is called then the function
   103 type map adaptors can be used comfortable. For example let's see the
   104 usage of map adaptors with the \c graphToEps() function:
   105 \code
   106   Color nodeColor(int deg) {
   107     if (deg >= 2) {
   108       return Color(0.5, 0.0, 0.5);
   109     } else if (deg == 1) {
   110       return Color(1.0, 0.5, 1.0);
   111     } else {
   112       return Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
   113     }
   114   }
   115   
   116   Graph::NodeMap<int> degree_map(graph);
   117   
   118   graphToEps(graph, "graph.eps")
   119     .coords(coords).scaleToA4().undirected()
   120     .nodeColors(composeMap(functorMap(nodeColor), degree_map)) 
   121     .run();
   122 \endcode 
   123 The \c functorMap() function makes an \c int to \c Color map from the
   124 \e nodeColor() function. The \c composeMap() compose the \e degree_map
   125 and the previous created map. The composed map is proper function to
   126 get color of each node.
   127 
   128 The usage with class type algorithms is little bit harder. In this
   129 case the function type map adaptors can not be used, because the
   130 function map adaptors give back temporarly objects.
   131 \code
   132   Graph graph;
   133   
   134   typedef Graph::EdgeMap<double> DoubleEdgeMap;
   135   DoubleEdgeMap length(graph);
   136   DoubleEdgeMap speed(graph);
   137   
   138   typedef DivMap<DoubleEdgeMap, DoubleEdgeMap> TimeMap;
   139   
   140   TimeMap time(length, speed);
   141   
   142   Dijkstra<Graph, TimeMap> dijkstra(graph, time);
   143   dijkstra.run(source, target);
   144 \endcode
   145 
   146 We have a length map and a maximum speed map on a graph. The minimum
   147 time to pass the edge can be calculated as the division of the two
   148 maps which can be done implicitly with the \c DivMap template
   149 class. We use the implicit minimum time map as the length map of the
   150 \c Dijkstra algorithm.
   151 */
   152 
   153 /**
   154 @defgroup matrices Matrices 
   155 @ingroup datas
   156 \brief Two dimensional data storages.
   157 
   158 Two dimensional data storages.
   159 */
   160 
   161 /**
   162 @defgroup paths Path Structures
   163 @ingroup datas
   164 \brief Path structures implemented in LEMON.
   165 
   166 LEMON provides flexible data structures
   167 to work with paths.
   168 
   169 All of them have similar interfaces, and it can be copied easily with
   170 assignment operator and copy constructor. This make it easy and
   171 efficient to have e.g. the Dijkstra algorithm to store its result in
   172 any kind of path structure.
   173 
   174 \sa lemon::concepts::Path
   175 
   176 */
   177 
   178 /**
   179 @defgroup auxdat Auxiliary Data Structures
   180 @ingroup datas
   181 \brief Some data structures implemented in LEMON.
   182 
   183 This group describes the data structures implemented in LEMON in
   184 order to make it easier to implement combinatorial algorithms.
   185 */
   186 
   187 
   188 /**
   189 @defgroup algs Algorithms
   190 \brief This group describes the several algorithms
   191 implemented in LEMON.
   192 
   193 This group describes the several algorithms
   194 implemented in LEMON.
   195 */
   196 
   197 /**
   198 @defgroup search Graph Search
   199 @ingroup algs
   200 \brief This group contains the common graph
   201 search algorithms.
   202 
   203 This group contains the common graph
   204 search algorithms like Bfs and Dfs.
   205 */
   206 
   207 /**
   208 @defgroup shortest_path Shortest Path algorithms
   209 @ingroup algs
   210 \brief This group describes the algorithms
   211 for finding shortest paths.
   212 
   213 This group describes the algorithms for finding shortest paths in
   214 graphs.
   215 
   216 */
   217 
   218 /** 
   219 @defgroup max_flow Maximum Flow algorithms 
   220 @ingroup algs 
   221 \brief This group describes the algorithms for finding maximum flows.
   222 
   223 This group describes the algorithms for finding maximum flows and
   224 feasible circulations.
   225 
   226 The maximum flow problem is to find a flow between a single-source and
   227 single-target that is maximum. Formally, there is \f$G=(V,A)\f$
   228 directed graph, an \f$c_a:A\rightarrow\mathbf{R}^+_0\f$ capacity
   229 function and given \f$s, t \in V\f$ source and target node. The
   230 maximum flow is the solution of the next optimization problem:
   231 
   232 \f[ 0 \le f_a \le c_a \f]
   233 \f[ \sum_{v\in\delta^{-}(u)}f_{vu}=\sum_{v\in\delta^{+}(u)}f_{uv} \quad u \in V \setminus \{s,t\}\f]
   234 \f[ \max \sum_{v\in\delta^{+}(s)}f_{uv} - \sum_{v\in\delta^{-}(s)}f_{vu}\f]
   235 
   236 The lemon contains several algorithms for solve maximum flow problems:
   237 - \ref lemon::EdmondsKarp "Edmonds-Karp" 
   238 - \ref lemon::Preflow "Goldberg's Preflow algorithm"
   239 - \ref lemon::DinitzSleatorTarjan "Dinitz's blocking flow algorithm with dynamic tree"
   240 - \ref lemon::GoldbergTarjan "Preflow algorithm with dynamic trees"
   241 
   242 In most cases the \ref lemon::Preflow "preflow" algorithm provides the
   243 fastest method to compute the maximum flow. All impelementations
   244 provides functions for query the minimum cut, which is the dual linear
   245 programming probelm of the maximum flow.
   246 
   247 */
   248 
   249 /**
   250 @defgroup min_cost_flow Minimum Cost Flow algorithms
   251 @ingroup algs
   252 
   253 \brief This group describes the algorithms
   254 for finding minimum cost flows and circulations.
   255 
   256 This group describes the algorithms for finding minimum cost flows and
   257 circulations.  
   258 */
   259 
   260 /**
   261 @defgroup min_cut Minimum Cut algorithms
   262 @ingroup algs
   263 \brief This group describes the algorithms
   264 for finding minimum cut in graphs.
   265 
   266 This group describes the algorithms
   267 for finding minimum cut in graphs.
   268 */
   269 
   270 /**
   271 @defgroup graph_prop Connectivity and other graph properties
   272 @ingroup algs
   273 \brief This group describes the algorithms
   274 for discover the graph properties
   275 
   276 This group describes the algorithms for discover the graph properties
   277 like connectivity, bipartiteness, euler property, simplicity, etc...
   278 
   279 \image html edge_biconnected_components.png
   280 \image latex edge_biconnected_components.eps "bi-edge-connected components" width=\textwidth
   281 */
   282 
   283 /**
   284 @defgroup planar Planarity embedding and drawing
   285 @ingroup algs
   286 \brief This group contains algorithms for planarity embedding and drawing
   287 
   288 This group contains algorithms for planarity checking, embedding and drawing.
   289 
   290 \image html planar.png
   291 \image latex planar.eps "Plane graph" width=\textwidth
   292 */
   293 
   294 /**
   295 @defgroup matching Matching algorithms 
   296 @ingroup algs
   297 \brief This group describes the algorithms
   298 for find matchings in graphs and bipartite graphs.
   299 
   300 This group provides some algorithm objects and function
   301 to calculate matchings in graphs and bipartite graphs.
   302 
   303 \image html bipartite_matching.png
   304 \image latex bipartite_matching.eps "Bipartite Matching" width=\textwidth
   305 
   306 */
   307 
   308 /**
   309 @defgroup spantree Minimum Spanning Tree algorithms
   310 @ingroup algs
   311 \brief This group contains the algorithms for finding a minimum cost spanning
   312 tree in a graph
   313 
   314 This group contains the algorithms for finding a minimum cost spanning
   315 tree in a graph
   316 */
   317 
   318 
   319 /**
   320 @defgroup auxalg Auxiliary algorithms
   321 @ingroup algs
   322 \brief Some algorithms implemented in LEMON.
   323 
   324 This group describes the algorithms in LEMON in order to make 
   325 it easier to implement complex algorithms.
   326 */
   327 
   328 /**
   329 @defgroup approx Approximation algorithms
   330 \brief Approximation algorithms
   331 
   332 Approximation and heuristic algorithms
   333 */
   334 
   335 /**
   336 @defgroup gen_opt_group General Optimization Tools
   337 \brief This group describes some general optimization frameworks
   338 implemented in LEMON.
   339 
   340 This group describes some general optimization frameworks
   341 implemented in LEMON.
   342 
   343 */
   344 
   345 /**
   346 @defgroup lp_group Lp and Mip solvers
   347 @ingroup gen_opt_group
   348 \brief Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON.
   349 
   350 This group describes Lp and Mip solver interfaces for LEMON. The
   351 various LP solvers could be used in the same manner with this
   352 interface.
   353 
   354 */
   355 
   356 /** 
   357 @defgroup lp_utils Tools for Lp and Mip solvers 
   358 @ingroup lp_group
   359 \brief This group adds some helper tools to the Lp and Mip solvers
   360 implemented in LEMON.
   361 
   362 This group adds some helper tools to general optimization framework
   363 implemented in LEMON.
   364 */
   365 
   366 /**
   367 @defgroup metah Metaheuristics
   368 @ingroup gen_opt_group
   369 \brief Metaheuristics for LEMON library.
   370 
   371 This group contains some metaheuristic optimization tools.
   372 */
   373 
   374 /**
   375 @defgroup utils Tools and Utilities 
   376 \brief Tools and Utilities for Programming in LEMON
   377 
   378 Tools and Utilities for Programming in LEMON
   379 */
   380 
   381 /**
   382 @defgroup gutils Basic Graph Utilities
   383 @ingroup utils
   384 \brief This group describes some simple basic graph utilities.
   385 
   386 This group describes some simple basic graph utilities.
   387 */
   388 
   389 /**
   390 @defgroup misc Miscellaneous Tools
   391 @ingroup utils
   392 Here you can find several useful tools for development,
   393 debugging and testing.
   394 */
   395 
   396 
   397 /**
   398 @defgroup timecount Time measuring and Counting
   399 @ingroup misc
   400 Here you can find simple tools for measuring the performance
   401 of algorithms.
   402 */
   403 
   404 /**
   405 @defgroup graphbits Tools for Graph Implementation
   406 @ingroup utils
   407 \brief Tools to Make It Easier to Make Graphs.
   408 
   409 This group describes the tools that makes it easier to make graphs and
   410 the maps that dynamically update with the graph changes.
   411 */
   412 
   413 /**
   414 @defgroup exceptions Exceptions
   415 @ingroup utils
   416 This group contains the exceptions thrown by LEMON library
   417 */
   418 
   419 /**
   420 @defgroup io_group Input-Output
   421 \brief Several Graph Input-Output methods
   422 
   423 Here you can find tools for importing and exporting graphs 
   424 and graph related data. Now it supports the LEMON format, the
   425 \c DIMACS format and the encapsulated postscript format.
   426 */
   427 
   428 /**
   429 @defgroup lemon_io Lemon Input-Output
   430 @ingroup io_group
   431 \brief Reading and writing LEMON format
   432 
   433 Methods for reading and writing LEMON format. More about this
   434 format you can find on the \ref graph-io-page "Graph Input-Output"
   435 tutorial pages.
   436 */
   437 
   438 /**
   439 @defgroup section_io Section readers and writers
   440 @ingroup lemon_io
   441 \brief Section readers and writers for lemon Input-Output.
   442 
   443 Here you can find which section readers and writers can attach to
   444 the LemonReader and LemonWriter.
   445 */
   446 
   447 /**
   448 @defgroup item_io Item Readers and Writers
   449 @ingroup lemon_io
   450 \brief Item readers and writers for lemon Input-Output.
   451 
   452 The Input-Output classes can handle more data type by example
   453 as map or attribute value. Each of these should be written and
   454 read some way. The module make possible to do this.  
   455 */
   456 
   457 /**
   458 @defgroup eps_io Postscript exporting
   459 @ingroup io_group
   460 \brief General \c EPS drawer and graph exporter
   461 
   462 This group contains general \c EPS drawing methods and special
   463 graph exporting tools. 
   464 */
   465 
   466 
   467 /**
   468 @defgroup concept Concepts
   469 \brief Skeleton classes and concept checking classes
   470 
   471 This group describes the data/algorithm skeletons and concept checking
   472 classes implemented in LEMON.
   473 
   474 The purpose of the classes in this group is fourfold.
   475  
   476 - These classes contain the documentations of the concepts. In order
   477   to avoid document multiplications, an implementation of a concept
   478   simply refers to the corresponding concept class.
   479 
   480 - These classes declare every functions, <tt>typedef</tt>s etc. an
   481   implementation of the concepts should provide, however completely
   482   without implementations and real data structures behind the
   483   interface. On the other hand they should provide nothing else. All
   484   the algorithms working on a data structure meeting a certain concept
   485   should compile with these classes. (Though it will not run properly,
   486   of course.) In this way it is easily to check if an algorithm
   487   doesn't use any extra feature of a certain implementation.
   488 
   489 - The concept descriptor classes also provide a <em>checker class</em>
   490   that makes it possible check whether a certain implementation of a
   491   concept indeed provides all the required features.
   492 
   493 - Finally, They can serve as a skeleton of a new implementation of a concept.
   494 
   495 */
   496 
   497 
   498 /**
   499 @defgroup graph_concepts Graph Structure Concepts
   500 @ingroup concept
   501 \brief Skeleton and concept checking classes for graph structures
   502 
   503 This group contains the skeletons and concept checking classes of LEMON's
   504 graph structures and helper classes used to implement these.
   505 */
   506 
   507 /* --- Unused group
   508 @defgroup experimental Experimental Structures and Algorithms
   509 This group contains some Experimental structures and algorithms.
   510 The stuff here is subject to change.
   511 */
   512 
   513 /**
   514 \anchor demoprograms
   515 
   516 @defgroup demos Demo programs
   517 
   518 Some demo programs are listed here. Their full source codes can be found in
   519 the \c demo subdirectory of the source tree.
   520 
   521 The standard compilation procedure (<tt>./configure;make</tt>) will compile
   522 them, as well. 
   523 
   524 */
   525 
   526 /**
   527 @defgroup tools Standalone utility applications
   528 
   529 Some utility applications are listed here. 
   530 
   531 The standard compilation procedure (<tt>./configure;make</tt>) will compile
   532 them, as well. 
   533 
   534 */
   535