TY - BOOK AU - Papadimitriou, Christos H. TI - Combinatorial optimization: algorithms and complexity SN - 9780486402581 (pbk.) U1 - 511.6 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Dover Publications, inc. KW - Mathematical optimization KW - Computational complexity N1 - https://store.doverpublications.com/0486402584.html N2 - This clearly written, mathematically rigorous text includes a novel algorithmic exposition of the simplex method and also discusses the Soviet ellipsoid algorithm for linear programming; efficient algorithms for network flow, matching, spanning trees, and matroids; the theory of NP-complete problems; approximation algorithms, local search heuristics for NP-complete problems, more. All chapters are supplemented by thought-provoking problems. A useful work for graduate-level students with backgrounds in computer science, operations research ER -