Matching Theory (AMS Chelsea Publishing) (Chelsea Publications) - Hardcover

Lovász, László; Plummer, Michael D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821847597 ISBN 13: 9780821847596

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2009

Synopsis

This book surveys matching theory, with an emphasis on connections with other areas of mathematics and on the role matching theory has played, and continues to play, in the development of some of these areas. Besides basic results on the existence of matchings and on the matching structure of graphs, the impact of matching theory is discussed by providing crucial special cases and nontrivial examples on matroid theory, algorithms, and polyhedral combinatorics. The new Appendix outlines how the theory and applications of matching theory have continued to develop since the book was first published in 1986, by launching (among other things) the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0821847597
• ISBN 13: 9780821847596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 547