Counting Minimum (s, t)-Cuts in Weighted Planar Graphs in Polynomial Time
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We give an O(nd+n log n) algorithm computing the number of minimum (s, t)-cuts in weighted planar graphs, where n is the number of vertices and d is the length of the shortest s-t path in the corresponding unweighted graph. Previously, Ball and Provan gave a polynomial-time algorithm for unweighted graphs with both s and t lying on the outer face. Our results hold for all locations of s and t and weighted graphs, and have direct applications in image segmentation and other computer vision problems.
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Counting and sampling minimum (s, t)-cuts in weighted planar graphs in polynomial time
We give an O(nd + n log n) algorithm computing the number of minimum (s, t)-cuts in weighted planar graphs, where n is the number of vertices and d is the length of the shortest s-t path in the corresponding unweighted graph. Previously, Ball and Provan gave a polynomial-time algorithm for unweighted planar graphs with both s and t lying on the outer face. Our results hold for all locations of ...
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