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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2011.16.5.153

Maximum Capacity-based Minimum Cut Algorithm  

Lee, Sang-Un (Dept. of Multimedia Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Abstract
The minimum cut problem is to minimize c(S,T), that is, to determine source S and sink T such that the capacity of the S-T cut is minimal. The flow-based algorithm is mostly used to find the bottleneck arcs by calculating flow network, and does not presents the minimum cut. This paper suggests an algorithm that simply includes the maximum capacity vertex to adjacent set S or T and finds the minimum cut without obtaining flow network in advance. On applying the suggested algorithm to 13 limited graphs, it can be finds the minimum cut value $_{\min}c$(S, T) with simply and correctly.
Keywords
Max-flow/Min-cut; Flow-based; Deterministic Algorithm; Contraction Algorithm; Construction Algorithm;
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