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Dal'nevost. Mat. Zh., 2020 Volume 20, Number 2, Pages 267–270 (Mi dvmg440)

The computational complexity of optimal blocking of vertices in the digraph

G. Sh. Tsitsiashvili

Institute for Applied Mathematics, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok

Abstract: In this paper, we solve the problem of determining the minimum set of edges, whose removal from the digraph breaks all paths, that pass through the selected set of vertices. This problem is reduced to the problem of the minimum section and maximum flow in a bipolar junction. Methods of digraph decomposition that reduce its computational complexity are proposed.

Key words: digraph, Ford-Fulkerson Theorem, optimal blocking, computational complexity.

UDC: 519.178

MSC: 68R10

Received: 11.08.2020

DOI: 10.47910/FEMJ202027



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