1 Maximum flow: The preflow/push method of Goldberg and Tarjan (87)
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Definitions
• G=(V,E) is a directed graph
• capacity c(v,w) for every v,w V: If (v,w) E then c(v,w) = 0
• Two distinguished vertices s and t.
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Definitions (cont)
A flow is a function on the edges which satisfies the following requirements
• f(v,w) = -f(w,v) skew symmetry
• f(v,w) c(v,w)
• For every v except s and t wf(v,w) = 0
The value of the flow |f| = wf(s,w)
The maxflow problem is to find f with maximum value
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Flows and s-t cutsLet (X,X’) be a cut such that s X, t X’.
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f(X,X’) = f(v,w) = f(v,w) - f(v,w) = |f| - 0 = |f|
|f| cap(X,X’) = c(v,w)
Flow is the same across any cut:
so
The value of the maximum flow is smaller than the minimum capacity of a cut.
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More definitionsThe residual capacity of a flow is a function r on the edges such that
r(v,w) = c(v,w) - f(v,w)
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Interpretation: We can push r(v,w) more flow from v to w by increasing f(v,w) and decreasing f(w,v)
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More definitions (cont)We define the residual graph R on V such that there is an arc from v to w with capacity r(v,w) for every v and w such that r(v,w) > 0
An augmenting path p R is a path from s to t in R
r(p) = min r(v,w)(v,w) p
We can increase the flow by r(p)
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Basic theorem
(1) f is max flow <==>
(2) There is no augmenting path in R <==>
(3) |f| = cap(X,X’) for some X
Proof. (3) ==> (1), (1) ==> (2) obvious
To prove (2) ==>(3) let X be all vertices reachable from s in R. By assumption t X. So (X,X’) is an s-t cut. Since there is no edge from X to X’ in R |f| = f(X,X’) = f(v,w) = c(v,w) = cap(X,X’)
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Augmenting path methods
Repeat the following step:
Find an augmenting path in R, increase the flow, update R
Stop when s and t are disconnected in R.
Need to be careful about how you choose those augmenting paths !
The best algorithm in this family is Dinic’s algorithm, that can be implemented in O(nmlog(n)) time
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Distance labels
• Defined with respect to residual capacities
• d(t) = 0• d(v) ≤ d(w) + 1 if r(v,w) > 0
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Example (distance labels)
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A flow The residual network
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Example (distance labels)
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A flow The residual network
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A flow The residual network
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A flow The residual network
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Distance labels – basic lemma
Lemma: d(v) is a lower bound on the length of the shortest path from v to the sink
Proof: Let the s.p. to the sink be:
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d(v) ≤ d(v1) + 1 ≤ d(v2) + 2 ..... ≤ d(t) + k = k
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Preflow (definition)
A preflow is a function on the edges which satisfies the following requirements
• f(v,w) = -f(w,v) skew symmetry
• f(v,w) c(v,w)
• For every v, except s and t, vf(v,w) ≥ 0
Let e(w) = vf(v,w) be the excess at the node v
(we’ll also have e(t) ≥ 0, and e(s) ≤ 0)
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Example (preflow)
Nodes with positive excess are called active.
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The preflow push algorithm will try to push flow from active nodes towards the sink, relying on d( ).
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Initialization (distance labels)
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Note: s must be disconnected from t when d(s) = n, and the labeling is valid…
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The preflow push algorithm
While there is an active node {
pick an active node v and push/relabel(v)
}Push/relabel(v) {
If there is an admissible arc (v,w) then {
push = min {e(v) , r(v,w)} flow from v to w
} else {
d(v) := min{d(w) + 1 | r(v,w) > 0} (relabel)
}
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Correctness
Lemma 1: The source is reachable from every active vertex in the residual network
Proof:
Which means that no flow enters S..
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Assume that’s not the case:
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Correctness (cont)
Corollary: There is an outgoing arc incident with every active vertex
so assuming distance labels are valid, we can always either push or relabel an active node.
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Correctness (cont)
Lemma 1: Distance labels remain valid at all times
Proof:
By induction on the number of pushing and relabeling operations.
For relabel this is clear by the definition of relabel
For push: v w
d(v) = d(w) + 1 so even if we add (w,v) to the residual network then it is still a valid labeling
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Correctness (cont)
Corollary: So we can push-relabel as long as there is an active vertex
Lemma: When (and if) the algorithm stops the preflow is a maximum flow
Proof:
It is a flow since there is no active vertex.
It is maximum since the sink is not reachable from the source in the residual network. (d(s) = n, and the labeling is valid)
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Complexity analysis
Observation: d(v) increases when we relabel v !
Lemma: d(v) ≤ 2n-1
Proof:
vv1v2s
d(v) ≤ d(v1) + 1 ≤ d(v2) + 2 ..... ≤ d(s) + (n-1) = 2n-1
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Complexity analysis (cont)
Lemma: The # of relabelings is (2n-1)(n-2) < 2n2
Proof:
At most 2n-1 per each node other than s and t
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Complexity analysis (cont)
Def: Call a push saturating if min{e(v), r(v,w)} = r(v,w)
Lemma: The # of saturating pushes is at most 2nm
Proof: Before another saturating push on (v,w), we must push from w to v.
d(w) must increase by at least 2
Since d(w) ≤ 2n-1, this can happen at most n times
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Nonsaturating pushes
Lemma: The # of nonsaturating pushes is at most 4n2m
Proof:
Let Φ = Σv active d(v)
• Decreases (by at least one) by every nonsaturating push
• Increases by at most 2n-1 by a saturating push : total increase (2n-1)2nm
• Increases by each relabeling: total increase < (2n-1)(n-2)
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Implementation
Maintain a list of active nodes, so finding an active node is easy
Given an active node v, we need to decide if there is an admissible arc (v,w) to push on ?
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All edges, not only those in R
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Current edge
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If the current edge (v,w) is admissible, push on it (updating the list of active vertices)
Otherwise, advance the current edge pointer
if you are on the last edge, relabel v and set the current edge to be the first one.
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Is this implementation correct?
Lemma: When we relabel v there is no admissible arc (v,w)
Proof: After we scanned (v,w) either (v,w) dropped off the residual network or d(v) ≤ d(w)
If d(v) ≤ d(w) then this must be the case now since v has not been relabeled.
If (v,w) got back on the list of v since it was scanned then when that happened d(w) = d(v) + 1 d(v) ≤ d(w) and this must be the case now
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Analysis
Lemma: The total time spent at v between two relabelings of v is Δv plus O(1) per push out of v
Summary: Since we relabel v at most (2n-1) times we get that the total work at v is O(nΔv) + O(1) per push out of v.
Summing over all vertices we get that the total time is O(nm) + #of pushes
O(n2m)
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Maintain the list of active vertices as a FIFO queue (Q)
Discharge the first vertex of the queue:
Discharge(v) {
While v is active and hasn’t been relabeled then push/relabel(v).
(If the loop stops because v is relabeled then add v to the end of Q)
}
Reducing the # of nonsaturating pushes
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Passes
Pass 1: Until you finish discharging all vertices initially in Q
Pass i: Until you finish discharging all vertices added to Q in pass (i-1)
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Analysis
Note that we still have the O(n2m) bound
How many passes are there ?
Let Φ = maxactive vd(v)
1) If the algorithm does not relabel during a pass then Φ decreases by at least 1 (each active node at the beginning of a pass moved its excess to a vertex with lower label)
2) If we relabel then Φ may increase by at most the maximum increase of a distance label
There are at most O(n2) passes of the second kind. These passes increase Φ by at most O(n2) There are at most O(n2) passes of the first kind
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Analysis (Cont)
So we have O(n2) passes
In each pass we have at most one nonsaturating push per vertex
O(n3) nonsaturating pushes
O(n3) total running time
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A faster implementation
Maintain a (dynamic) forest of some of the admissible current edges
Active guys are among the roots
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At a high level the algorithm is almost the same
While there is an active node in Q {
Let v be the first in Q
discharge(v)
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discharge(v) {
While v is active and hasn’t been relabeled then Treepush/relabel(v).
(If the loop stops because v is relabeled then add v to the end of Q)
}
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Case 1: (v,w) is admissible
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link(v,w,rf(v,w)),
(v,c) = findmin(v), addcost(v,-c)
Let (u,c) = findmin(v) If c=0 cut(u) and repeatIf e(v) > 0 and v is not a root then repeat
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Case 2: (v,w) is not admissible
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a) If (v,w) is not the last edge then advance the current edge
b) If (v,w) is the last edge we relabel v and perform cut(u) for every child u of v
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Analysis
O(1) work + tree operations in Treepush/relabel +
O(1) work + tree operations per cut
How many cuts do we do ?
O(mn)
How many times do we call Treepush/relabel ?
O(mn) + # of times we add a vertex to Q
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Analysis (Cont)
How many times a vertex can become active ?
We can charge each new active vertex to a link or a cut
A vertex becomes active O(mn) times
Summary: we do O(mn) dynamic tree operations
We’ll see how to do those in O(log n) each so we get running time of O(mnlog n)
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Can we improve on that ?
Notice that we have not really used the fact that Q is a queue, any list would do !
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Idea: Don’t get the trees to grow too large
Case 1: (v,w) is admissible
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link(v,w,rf(v,w)),
(v,c) = findmin(v), addcost(v,-c)
Let (u,c) = findmin(v) If c=0 cut(u) and repeatIf e(v) > 0 and v is not a root then repeat
We won’t do the link if a too large tree is created (say larger than k)
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If we are about to create a tree with at least k vertices
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Push from v to w min{e(v),rf(v,w)} flow
(w,c) = findmin(w), addcost(w,-c)
Let (u,c) = findmin(w) If c=0 cut(u) and repeatIf e(w) > 0 and w is not a root then repeat
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What collapses in our analysis ?
Note r may become active and we cannot charge it to a link or a cut !
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So we cannot say that the # of insertions into Q is O(mn)
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How do we recover ?
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May assume that the push from v is not saturating..(there are only O(nm) saturating ones)
There cannot be another such push involving v as the pushing root and r as the “becoming active” node in a phase
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Either Tv or Tr is large ≥ k/2
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Charge it to the large tree if it existed at the beginning of the phase
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Charge it to the link or cut creating it if it did not exist at the beginning of the phase.