source: lemon-0.x/NEWS @ 2274:432d0469a87e

2006-10-27  Version 0.6 Released

#Renamed:
  *Undir -> U
  *Minimum -> Min
  *Work -> Aux
  *UGraphExtender -> UndirectGraphExtender
    -UGraphExtenders with changed meaning
  *GridGraph -> GridUGraph
  *UNDIRGRAPH_TYPEDEFS -> UGRAPH_TYPEDEFS
  *LinearHeap -> BucketHeap
  *UGraphBaseExtender -> UndirGraphExtender
  *BpUGraphBaseExtender merged into BpUGraphExtender
  *StaticGraph to Graph
  *ColorSet to Palette
  *xy -> dim2::Point
  *DirPath to Path
  *concept -> concepts (namespace & directory)

#Reorganized:
  *bootstrap: quiet option
  *utility, invalid and traits moved to bits
  *section readers moved to own group
  *separate group for matrices
  *single makefile
  *glemon is moved to own repository
  *graph_component.h -> graph_components.h
  *reference to modules added
  *disable assertions in default behaviour
  *BiVariant moved to lemon/bits/variant.h
  *using abort() instead of exit(1)

#Taken out:
  *SplitGraph is temporarly deleted
  *SubBidirGraphAdaptor
  *obsolote "id" map handling
  *concepts for extendable and erasable graphs
  *exceptionName()
  *bezier.h
  *functional interfaces
  *UPath

#Rewritten, modificated, improved
  *UnionFindEnum revision
  *countItems
  *findEdges
  *IncEdgeIt goes through on loop edges twice.
  *mining of the clear in heaps
  *SplitGraphAdaptor
  *item sets are written in the order sorted by the labels
  *make explicit constructors
  *snapshot
    -rewritten
    -implemented for SmartUGraph an SmartBpUGraph
  *Node/Edge::operator<() is required by the concept
  *Graph Component concepts
  *disabled the copy constructor and operator- of {List|Smart}[U]Graph.
  *modificated interface: colType() functions
  *made public what() in NodeSetError
  *improvment in exception handling
    -exception safe erase and clear handler
    -proper exception handling in the SmartEdgeSet
    -rethrow of exception missing 
  *signaling alterations in BpUGraphs
  *UnionFind
    -takes less space
    -UnionFindEnum
      -changed interface
  *updated the Path concept
  *item readers and writers

#New
  *functor usage for writeable map adaptors
  *MIP support
    -interface to the cplex MIP solver
  *data structures
    -ListBpUGraph
    -SmartEdgeset
    -RefPtr: a reference counted pointer class
    -two state variant
    -Polinomial template class
    -SimpleBucketHeap  
      -even a smaller version
    -tolerance class
      -Tolerance<unsigned int> and Tolerance<unsigned long long int> added
    -the extender system
      -some UGraphExtender /SubUGraphExtenders, DirectUGraphExtender/
    -adaptor related
      -ResGraphAdaptor with Tolerance
      -SwapBpUGraphAdaptor which swaps the two nodeset of the bipartite graph
    -map related
      -SimpleMap and SimpleWriteMap
      -new map type based on array map for debugging purpose
      -DynamicAsymMatrixMap
      -MatrixMapTraits
  *functions
    -optimality test on random graph
    -implementation of the drand48 functions
    -negative cycle to path converter
    -reserveNode function
    -Mersenne Twister random number generator
    -EdgeLookUp and AllEdgeLookUp
  *scripts
    -script that lists all the header files included directly or indirectly by a certain header file
    -script creates/updates the copyright header of a source file
  *algorithms
    -algorithm group for matchings
      -Bipartite Graph Max Cardinality Matching (Hopcroft-Karp)
      -MaxWeightedBipartiteMatching
      -MinCostMaxBipartiteMatching
    -MaxCardinalitySearch
    -MinimalCut in UGraph
    -tabu search
    -Minimum Cost Arborescence algorithm 
      -dual solution computation and interface for algorithm
      -Edmonds-Karp MaxFlow
    -Hao-Orlin algorithm

#Progress in already existing objects:
  *radix sort to ansi compatible
  *map creation based on virtual base class is possible
  *default constructor which allocates empty graphs
  *defaultMap is introdouced, graph maps should not be inherited from the ObserverBase.
  *clarifing alteration observing system
  *resize for static size graph
  *an additional simplier interface for static size graphs.
  *Node operator()(int) for getting node by index
  *int index(Node node) for getting index by node
  *traits for alteration notifiers
  *graph adadptors can be alteration observed
  *count ANodes-BNodes in bipartite graphs
  *the template assign operators and map iterators can be used for adaptors also
  *writeable extension of some maps
  *rot180() added to xy.h
  *change source and target for the bipartite list graph
  *findEdge extension also for the BpUGraphs
  *proper handling of loop edges in the UGraph::findUEdge
  *exported interface to the Graph class
  *new random interface
  *graph imlementations actually provide ReferenceMaps
  *lgf2ps:
    -RGB color related stuff is in color.h now
    -simple class to create .eps figures (eps.h)
    -"Node shapes" added
    -some color constants added (BLACK, WHITE, RED etc)
    -absolute/relative node size/link width scaling

#Compatibility issues:
  *compilation with G++ -ansi
  *gcc-4.1
  *NaN checking to be conform to MinGW32
  *MinGW, MinGW32
  *long long just for gnu compilers
  *CPLEX 9.x support
  *turned off 32bit specific tests.

#Beyond the aboves several bugfix and documentation improvement is made, new demos, benchmarks are implemented.

2006-02-03  Version 0.5 Released
        * New features:
          - Bfs/Dfs/Dijkstra
            + query functions for the next node/edge to be processed
            + visitor interface for dfs
          - topology.h: small functions for discovering graph topology
            + connected components, strongly connected components
            + bipartiteness testing
          - Shortest paths algorithms:
            bellman_ford.h, floyd_warshall.h, johnson.h
          - Euler tour iterator for directed and undirected graphs
          - Other algorithms:
            + dag_shortest_path.h
            + fredman_tarjan.h and prim.h for min cost trees
          - Bipartite graph concept and implementations
          - Graph maps:
            + template assign operator
            + specialized iterable bool map
            + potential difference map
            + NodeMatrixMap -- Matrix over the nodes
          - Maps:
            + IterableIntMap
          - GUI:
            + NewMap window in MapSelector
            + Algorithm window and some algorithms (eg. Kruskal) added
          - LemonReader:
            + exception on non-existent files
          - LP interface:
            + (Dual)Expr::simplify(double tolerance) added
            + getDual()
          - GraphToEps:
            + negateY() opt
            + male/female node shapes :)
            + correct %%BoundingBox handling
          - Tools:
            + Timer can be stop()ed and (re)start()ed
            + radix sort algorithm
            + tolerance.h for working with imprecise numbers
        * Backward incompatibilities/changed namings:
          - Access functions of TimeStamp/Timer
          - Undir graph interface: findUEdge, ConUEdgeIt
          - pred -> predEdge renaming in search algorithms
          - SnapShot -> Snapshot in {List,Smart}Graph
          - NewEdgeSetAdaptor -> ListEdgeSet
          - LP: set{Obj,Row,Col}() -> {obj,row,col}()
          - "label" instead of "id" inside the LGF files
          - UndirGraph -> UGraph, UndirEdge* -> UEdge*
          - BipartiteGraph -> BpGraph, Lower/UpperNode* -> A/BNode*
        * Bugfixes in
          - DFS
          - Preflow
          - x86_64 connected bugfixes (lemon_reader.h)
          - lp.h
        * New demos, benchmarks and tools:
          - graph_orientation.cc: A thoroughly documented demo application
          - runningTimeTest(): a tool to measure running times more precisely
          - Demo for topology
          - counter.h: a tool to measure the number of steps of algorithms
          - Some useful scripts: check-compiler, check-integrity
        * Other changes:
          - Demos and benchmarks are not built by default now. They can be
            enabled with the --enable-demo and --enable-benchmark
            configure flags.
          - GCC 4.0.3 and ICC 9.0 compatibility
          
2005-08-27  Version 0.4 Released
        * List of new features and changes      
          * Changed namings:
            Wrapper -> Adaptor
            kruskalEdgeMap() -> kruskal()
            kruskalEdgeMap_IteratorOut() -> kruskal()
          * BoundinBox<>
            * operator+=() -> add()
            + clear()
          + More and better graph I/O functionalities
          + High level uniform LP solver interface to CPLEX and GLKP
          * graphToEps()
            + Automatic node size and edge width scaling
            + Simple color palette tool (ColorSet)
          * Bfs/Dfs/Dijkstra
            + Step-by-step execution
            + Run from multiple sources
            + Used define stop condition
            + Improved "named parameters"
          * Preflow
            + Function type interface
            + Changed interface
          * ListGraph/SmarGraph
            + split() splits a node
            + SnapShot
          + New map adaptors
          + New convenience maps
            + IdMap, DescriptorMap
            + InDegMap, OutDegMap
            + XMap, YMap
          + Default graph maps are iterable
          + glemon: a graph editor
          + Some new demo codes added, the old ones got polished.
          * Better documentation
          * Several important bugfixes
          * Now lemon should compile without warnings with
            * gcc 3.3, 3.4, 4.0
            * Intel C++ Compiler v9.0 

2005-03-19  Version 0.3.1 Released
        * This release fixes a compilation failure bug under cygwin. 

2005-02-21  Version 0.3 released
        * List of new features and changes      
          * Redesigned Graph infrastructures
          + Standardized LEMON exceptions
          + Undirected Graph
          + Standard graph file format, input and output classes for it.
          * head() -> target(), tail() -> source()
          * Some standard namings have changes:
            ValueType -> Value, 
            KeyType -> Key,
            ReferenceType ->Reference,
            PointerType -> Pointer
          + GraphToEps: A simple graph drawer
          * Better documentation
        
2004-09-30  Version 0.2 released