01-10-056
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The cycle space of a strongly connected graph has a basis consisting of directed circuits. The concept of relevant circuits is introduced as a generalization of the relevant cycles in undirected graphs. A polynomial time algorithm for the computation of a minimum weight directed circuit basis is outlined.
Presented at the conference Recent Trends in Graph Theory,
Algebraic Combinatorics, and Graph Algorithms, Bled (Slovenia)
Sep 24-27 (2001).
Keywords:
Strongly conncted digraphs, cycle space, minimum circuit basis
AMS subject classification:
05C20 (directed graphs), 05C38 (paths and cycles),
05C85 (graph algorithms)
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