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@defgroup min_mean_cycle Minimum Mean Cycle Algorithms

@ingroup algs

\brief Algorithms for finding minimum mean cycles.

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.

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.

LEMON contains three algorithms for solving the minimum mean cycle problem:

- \ref HartmannOrlin "Hartmann-Orlin"'s algorithm, which is an improved

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(n<sup>2</sup>+e), but the latter one is typically faster due to the

  /// @{

  /// \brief Implementation of the Hartmann-Orlin algorithm for finding

  /// a minimum mean cycle.

  ///

  /// This class implements the Hartmann-Orlin algorithm for finding

  /// It is an improved version of \ref Karp "Karp"'s original algorithm,

  /// it applies an efficient early termination scheme.

  /// It runs in time O(ne) and uses space O(n<sup>2</sup>+e).

  ///

  /// \tparam GR The type of the digraph the algorithm runs on.

  /// \tparam LEN The type of the length map. The default

  /// @{

  /// \brief Implementation of Howard's algorithm for finding a minimum

  /// mean cycle.

  ///

  /// This class implements Howard's policy iteration algorithm for finding

  /// This class provides the most efficient algorithm for the

  /// minimum mean cycle problem, though the best known theoretical

  /// bound on its running time is exponential.

  ///

  /// \tparam GR The type of the digraph the algorithm runs on.

  /// \tparam LEN The type of the length map. The default

  /// @{

  /// \brief Implementation of Karp's algorithm for finding a minimum

  /// mean cycle.

  ///

  /// This class implements Karp's algorithm for finding a directed

  /// It runs in time O(ne) and uses space O(n<sup>2</sup>+e).

  ///

  /// \tparam GR The type of the digraph the algorithm runs on.

  /// \tparam LEN The type of the length map. The default

  /// map type is \ref concepts::Digraph::ArcMap "GR::ArcMap<int>".

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