Tr. Ervolina et St. Mccormick, 2 STRONGLY POLYNOMIAL CUT CANCELING ALGORITHMS FOR MINIMUM-COST NETWORK FLOW, Discrete applied mathematics, 46(2), 1993, pp. 133-165
We present two new strongly polynomial algorithms for the minimum cost
network flow problem (MCNF). They are dual algorithms based on cancel
ling positive augmenting cuts, which are the duals of negative augment
ing cycles. The first cancels maximum mean cuts, which are cuts whose
increase in the dual objective function per arc is maximum. The second
, Dual Cancel and Tighten, employs a more flexible cut selection rule
that allows it to be more efficient. These algorithms are duals to the
Minimum Mean Cycle Cancelling and (Primal) Cancel and Tighten algorit
hms of Goldberg and Tarjan. These algorithms do not use explicit scali
ng to achieve polynomiality.