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Flows

Maximum Flow

maximum_flow(flowG, _s, _t[, capacity, …]) Find a maximum single-commodity flow.
maximum_flow_value(flowG, _s, _t[, …]) Find the value of maximum single-commodity flow.
minimum_cut(flowG, _s, _t[, capacity, flow_func]) Compute the value and the node partition of a minimum (s, t)-cut.
minimum_cut_value(flowG, _s, _t[, capacity, …]) Compute the value of a minimum (s, t)-cut.

Edmonds-Karp

edmonds_karp(G, s, t[, capacity, residual, …]) Find a maximum single-commodity flow using the Edmonds-Karp algorithm.

Shortest Augmenting Path

shortest_augmenting_path(G, s, t[, …]) Find a maximum single-commodity flow using the shortest augmenting path algorithm.

Preflow-Push

preflow_push(G, s, t[, capacity, residual, …]) Find a maximum single-commodity flow using the highest-label preflow-push algorithm.

Dinitz

dinitz(G, s, t[, capacity, residual, …]) Find a maximum single-commodity flow using Dinitz’ algorithm.

Boykov-Kolmogorov

boykov_kolmogorov(G, s, t[, capacity, …]) Find a maximum single-commodity flow using Boykov-Kolmogorov algorithm.

Gomory-Hu Tree

gomory_hu_tree(G[, capacity, flow_func]) Returns the Gomory-Hu tree of an undirected graph G.

Utils

build_residual_network(G, capacity) Build a residual network and initialize a zero flow.

Network Simplex

network_simplex(G[, demand, capacity, weight]) Find a minimum cost flow satisfying all demands in digraph G.
min_cost_flow_cost(G[, demand, capacity, weight]) Find the cost of a minimum cost flow satisfying all demands in digraph G.
min_cost_flow(G[, demand, capacity, weight]) Return a minimum cost flow satisfying all demands in digraph G.
cost_of_flow(G, flowDict[, weight]) Compute the cost of the flow given by flowDict on graph G.
max_flow_min_cost(G, s, t[, capacity, weight]) Return a maximum (s, t)-flow of minimum cost.

Capacity Scaling Minimum Cost Flow

capacity_scaling(G[, demand, capacity, …]) Find a minimum cost flow satisfying all demands in digraph G.