Digraphs: Theory, Algorithms and Applications

Bang-Jensen, Jorgen, Gutin, Gregory

ISBN 10: 1852332689 / ISBN 13: 9781852332686

Published by Springer, 2002

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Title: Digraphs: Theory, Algorithms and Applications

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Book Type: book

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Synopsis:

The study of directed graphs has developed enormously over recent decades, yet no book covers more than a tiny fraction of the results from more than 3000 research articles on the topic. Digraphs is the first book to present a unified and comprehensive survey of the subject. In addition to covering the theoretical aspects, including detailed proofs of many important results, the authors present a number of algorithms and applications. The applications of digraphs and their generalizations include among other things recent developments in the Travelling Salesman Problem, genetics and network connectivity. More than 700 exercises and 180 figures will help readers to study the topic while open problems and conjectures will inspire further research.This book will be essential reading and reference for all graduate students, researchers and professionals in mathematics, operational research, computer science and other areas who are interested in graph theory and its applications.

Review:

From the reviews:

"Digraphs (directed graphs) are a long-standing and important field of graph theory. Nevertheless, this is the first comprehensive monograph devoted to the subject. As a handbook, it addresses various groups of readers (students as well as researchers, and from various areas of applications). Throughout, because of their importance for applications, emphasis is on algorithms (in form of constructive proofs whenever possible). ... a valuable and indispensable reference for many years to come. Readers and users will be thankful!" (P. Schmitt, Monatshefte für Mathematik, Vol. 141 (1), 2004)

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This is a very comprehensive volume on directed graphs and related topics. ... an excellent reference. ... the book will be useful not just for researchers focusing on digraphs, but also for everyone ... . an extensive list of conjectures and open questions is included in every chapter. These are typically very well presented and easy to understand." (Miklós Bóna, MAA Online, February, 2009)

“The first edition of this book was published in 2000 ... . The area has continued to develop and this reorganized and updated edition contains an additional six chapters ... . there is a strong emphasis on algorithms, and constructive proofs are given whenever possible. There are more than 650 exercises and 150 open problems and conjectures. ... the bibliography contains 934 items and the author index contains 740 names. This book would be a valuable resource for anyone interested in digraphs and their applications.” (J. W. Moon, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1170, 2009)