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Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm

The Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm, developed by Lester R. Ford and Delbert R. Fulkerson in 1956, is a foundational method for computing the maximum flow in a flow network. It finds the maximum amount of flow that can be sent from a source to a sink through a directed graph with capacity constraints on edges.

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Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm for Maximum Flow
Taxonomic method record · ml-model / operations-research
  • Ford, L. R., & Fulkerson, D. R. (1956). Maximal flow through a network. Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 8(3), 399-404. · DOI 10.4153/CJM-1956-045-5
  • Cormen, T. H., Leiserson, C. E., Rivest, R. L., & Stein, C. (2009). Introduction to Algorithms (3rd ed.). MIT Press. · ISBN 978-0-262-03384-8
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