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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p>In <a href="Mathematical_optimization" title="Mathematical optimization">mathematical optimization</a>, the <b>revised simplex method</b> is a variant of <a href="George_Dantzig" title="George Dantzig">George Dantzig</a>'s <a href="Simplex_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplex method">simplex method</a> for <a href="Linear_programming" title="Linear programming">linear programming</a>.
</p><p>The revised simplex method is mathematically equivalent to the standard simplex method but differs in implementation. Instead of maintaining a tableau which explicitly represents the constraints adjusted to a set of basic variables, it maintains a representation of a <a href="Basis_(linear_algebra)" title="Basis (linear algebra)">basis</a> of the <a href="Matrix_(mathematics)" title="Matrix (mathematics)">matrix</a> representing the constraints. The matrix-oriented approach allows for greater computational efficiency by enabling sparse matrix operations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorgan1997§2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorgan1997§2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Problem_formulation">Problem formulation</h2></div>
<p>For the rest of the discussion, it is assumed that a linear programming problem has been converted into the following standard form:
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<p>where <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b></i> ∈ ℝ<sup><i>m</i>×<i>n</i></sup></span>. Without loss of generality, it is assumed that the constraint matrix <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b></i></span> has full row rank and that the problem is feasible, i.e., there is at least one <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x</b></i> ≥ <b>0</b></span> such that <span class="texhtml"><i><b>Ax</b></i> = <i><b>b</b></i></span>. If <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b></i></span> is rank-deficient, either there are redundant constraints, or the problem is infeasible. Both situations can be handled by a presolve step.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Optimality_conditions">Optimality conditions</h3></div>
<p>For linear programming, the <a href="Karush%E2%80%93Kuhn%E2%80%93Tucker_conditions" title="Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions">Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions</a> are both <a href="Necessary_and_sufficient" class="mw-redirect" title="Necessary and sufficient">necessary and sufficient</a> for optimality. The KKT conditions of a linear programming problem in the standard form is
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<p>where <span class="texhtml"><i><b>λ</b></i></span> and <span class="texhtml"><i><b>s</b></i></span> are the <a href="Lagrange_multiplier" title="Lagrange multiplier">Lagrange multipliers</a> associated with the constraints <span class="texhtml"><i><b>Ax</b></i> = <i><b>b</b></i></span> and <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x</b></i> ≥ <b>0</b></span>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006358Eq.&nbsp;13.4_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006358Eq.&nbsp;13.4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last condition, which is equivalent to <span class="texhtml"><i>s<sub>i</sub>x<sub>i</sub></i> = 0</span> for all <span class="texhtml">1 < <i>i</i> < <i>n</i></span>, is called the <i>complementary slackness condition</i>.
</p><p>By what is sometimes known as the <i>fundamental theorem of linear programming</i>, a vertex <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x</b></i></span> of the feasible polytope can be identified by being a basis <span class="texhtml"><i><b>B</b></i></span> of <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b></i></span> chosen from the latter's columns.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b></i></span> has full rank, <span class="texhtml"><i><b>B</b></i></span> is nonsingular. Without loss of generality, assume that <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b></i> = [<i><b>B</b></i> <i><b>N</b></i>]</span>. Then <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x</b></i></span> is given by
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<p>where <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x<sub>B</sub></b></i> ≥ <b>0</b></span>. Partition <span class="texhtml"><i><b>c</b></i></span> and <span class="texhtml"><i><b>s</b></i></span> accordingly into
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<p>To satisfy the complementary slackness condition, let <span class="texhtml"><i><b>s<sub>B</sub></b></i> = <b>0</b></span>. It follows that
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<p>which implies that
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<p>If <span class="texhtml"><i><b>s<sub>N</sub></b></i> ≥ <b>0</b></span> at this point, the KKT conditions are satisfied, and thus <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x</b></i></span> is optimal.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pivot_operation">Pivot operation</h3></div>
<p>If the KKT conditions are violated, a <i>pivot operation</i> consisting of introducing a column of <span class="texhtml"><i><b>N</b></i></span> into the basis at the expense of an existing column in <span class="texhtml"><i><b>B</b></i></span> is performed. In the absence of <a href="Degeneracy_(mathematics)" title="Degeneracy (mathematics)">degeneracy</a>, a pivot operation always results in a strict decrease in <span class="texhtml"><i><b>c</b></i><sup>T</sup><i><b>x</b></i></span>. Therefore, if the problem is bounded, the revised simplex method must terminate at an optimal vertex after repeated pivot operations because there are only a finite number of vertices.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006370Theorem&nbsp;13.4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006370Theorem&nbsp;13.4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Select an index <span class="texhtml"><i>m</i> < <i>q</i> ≤ <i>n</i></span> such that <span class="texhtml"><i>s<sub>q</sub></i> < 0</span> as the <i>entering index</i>. The corresponding column of <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b></i></span>, <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b><sub>q</sub></i></span>, will be moved into the basis, and <span class="texhtml"><i>x<sub>q</sub></i></span> will be allowed to increase from zero. It can be shown that
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<p>i.e., every unit increase in <span class="texhtml"><i>x<sub>q</sub></i></span> results in a decrease by <span class="texhtml">−<i>s<sub>q</sub></i></span> in <span class="texhtml"><i><b>c</b></i><sup>T</sup><i><b>x</b></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006369Eq.&nbsp;13.24_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006369Eq.&nbsp;13.24-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since
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<p><span class="texhtml"><i><b>x<sub>B</sub></b></i></span> must be correspondingly decreased by <span class="texhtml">Δ<i><b>x<sub>B</sub></b></i> = <i><b>B</b></i><sup>−1</sup><i><b>A</b><sub>q</sub>x<sub>q</sub></i></span> subject to <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x<sub>B</sub></b></i> − Δ<i><b>x<sub>B</sub></b></i> ≥ <b>0</b></span>. Let <span class="texhtml"><i><b>d</b></i> = <i><b>B</b></i><sup>−1</sup><i><b>A</b><sub>q</sub></i></span>. If <span class="texhtml"><i><b>d</b></i> ≤ <b>0</b></span>, no matter how much <span class="texhtml"><i>x<sub>q</sub></i></span> is increased, <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x<sub>B</sub></b></i> − Δ<i><b>x<sub>B</sub></b></i></span> will stay nonnegative. Hence, <span class="texhtml"><i><b>c</b></i><sup>T</sup><i><b>x</b></i></span> can be arbitrarily decreased, and thus the problem is unbounded. Otherwise, select an index <span class="texhtml"><i>p</i> = argmin<sub>1≤<i>i</i>≤<i>m</i></sub> {<i>x<sub>i</sub></i>/<i>d<sub>i</sub></i> | <i>d<sub>i</sub></i> > 0}</span> as the <i>leaving index</i>. This choice effectively increases <span class="texhtml"><i>x<sub>q</sub></i></span> from zero until <span class="texhtml"><i>x<sub>p</sub></i></span> is reduced to zero while maintaining feasibility. The pivot operation concludes with replacing <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b><sub>p</sub></i></span> with <span class="texhtml"><i><b>A</b><sub>q</sub></i></span> in the basis.
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<p>Choose <span class="texhtml"><i>q</i> = 3</span> as the entering index. Then <span class="texhtml"><i><b>d</b></i> = [1 3]<sup>T</sup></span>, which means a unit increase in <span class="texhtml"><i>x</i><sub>3</sub></span> results in <span class="texhtml"><i>x</i><sub>4</sub></span> and <span class="texhtml"><i>x</i><sub>5</sub></span> being decreased by <span class="texhtml">1</span> and <span class="texhtml">3</span>, respectively. Therefore, <span class="texhtml"><i>x</i><sub>3</sub></span> is increased to <span class="texhtml">5</span>, at which point <span class="texhtml"><i>x</i><sub>5</sub></span> is reduced to zero, and <span class="texhtml"><i>p</i> = 5</span> becomes the leaving index.
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<p>A positive <span class="texhtml"><i><b>s<sub>N</sub></b></i></span> indicates that <span class="texhtml"><i><b>x</b></i></span> is now optimal.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practical_issues">Practical issues</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Degeneracy">Degeneracy</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Simplex_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplex method">Simplex method § Degeneracy: stalling and cycling</a></div>
<p>Because the revised simplex method is mathematically equivalent to the simplex method, it also suffers from degeneracy, where a pivot operation does not result in a decrease in <span class="texhtml"><i><b>c</b></i><sup>T</sup><i><b>x</b></i></span>, and a chain of pivot operations causes the basis to cycle. A perturbation or lexicographic strategy can be used to prevent cycling and guarantee termination.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006381§13.5_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006381§13.5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basis_representation">Basis representation</h3></div>
<p>Two types of <a href="System_of_linear_equations" title="System of linear equations">linear systems</a> involving <span class="texhtml"><i><b>B</b></i></span> are present in the revised simplex method:
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<p>Instead of refactorizing <span class="texhtml"><i><b>B</b></i></span>, usually an <a href="LU_factorization" class="mw-redirect" title="LU factorization">LU factorization</a> is directly updated after each pivot operation, for which purpose there exist several strategies such as the Forrest−Tomlin and Bartels−Golub methods. However, the amount of data representing the updates as well as numerical errors builds up over time and makes periodic refactorization necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorgan1997§2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorgan1997§2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006372§13.4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006372§13.4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The same theorem also states that the feasible polytope has at least one vertex and that there is at least one vertex which is optimal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006363Theorem&nbsp;13.2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006363Theorem&nbsp;13.2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorgan1997§2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorgan1997§2_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorgan1997§2_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorgan1997">Morgan 1997</a>, §2.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006358Eq.&nbsp;13.4-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006358Eq.&nbsp;13.4_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNocedalWright2006">Nocedal & Wright 2006</a>, p. 358, Eq. 13.4.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006363Theorem&nbsp;13.2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006363Theorem&nbsp;13.2_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNocedalWright2006">Nocedal & Wright 2006</a>, p. 363, Theorem 13.2.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006370Theorem&nbsp;13.4-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006370Theorem&nbsp;13.4_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNocedalWright2006">Nocedal & Wright 2006</a>, p. 370, Theorem 13.4.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006369Eq.&nbsp;13.24-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006369Eq.&nbsp;13.24_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNocedalWright2006">Nocedal & Wright 2006</a>, p. 369, Eq. 13.24.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006381§13.5-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006381§13.5_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNocedalWright2006">Nocedal & Wright 2006</a>, p. 381, §13.5.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006372§13.4-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENocedalWright2006372§13.4_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNocedalWright2006">Nocedal & Wright 2006</a>, p. 372, §13.4.</span>
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<ul><li><a href="Golden-section_search" title="Golden-section search">Golden-section search</a></li>
<li><a href="Powell's_method" title="Powell's method">Powell's method</a></li>
<li><a href="Line_search" title="Line search">Line search</a></li>
<li><a href="Nelder%E2%80%93Mead_method" title="Nelder–Mead method">Nelder–Mead method</a></li>
<li><a href="Successive_parabolic_interpolation" title="Successive parabolic interpolation">Successive parabolic interpolation</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Trust_region" title="Trust region">Trust region</a></li>
<li><a href="Wolfe_conditions" title="Wolfe conditions">Wolfe conditions</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Berndt%E2%80%93Hall%E2%80%93Hall%E2%80%93Hausman_algorithm" title="Berndt–Hall–Hall–Hausman algorithm">Berndt–Hall–Hall–Hausman</a></li>
<li><a href="Broyden%E2%80%93Fletcher%E2%80%93Goldfarb%E2%80%93Shanno_algorithm" title="Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm">Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno</a> and <a href="Limited-memory_BFGS" title="Limited-memory BFGS">L-BFGS</a></li>
<li><a href="Davidon%E2%80%93Fletcher%E2%80%93Powell_formula" title="Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula">Davidon–Fletcher–Powell</a></li>
<li><a href="Symmetric_rank-one" title="Symmetric rank-one">Symmetric rank-one (SR1)</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Nonlinear_conjugate_gradient_method" title="Nonlinear conjugate gradient method">Conjugate gradient</a></li>
<li><a href="Gauss%E2%80%93Newton_algorithm" title="Gauss–Newton algorithm">Gauss–Newton</a></li>
<li><a href="Gradient_descent" title="Gradient descent">Gradient</a></li>
<li><a href="Mirror_descent" title="Mirror descent">Mirror</a></li>
<li><a href="Levenberg%E2%80%93Marquardt_algorithm" title="Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm">Levenberg–Marquardt</a></li>
<li><a href="Powell's_dog_leg_method" title="Powell's dog leg method">Powell's dog leg method</a></li>
<li><a href="Truncated_Newton_method" title="Truncated Newton method">Truncated Newton</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Newton's_method_in_optimization" title="Newton's method in optimization">Newton's method</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Barrier_function" title="Barrier function">Barrier methods</a></li>
<li><a href="Penalty_method" title="Penalty method">Penalty methods</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Augmented_Lagrangian_method" title="Augmented Lagrangian method">Augmented Lagrangian methods</a></li>
<li><a href="Sequential_quadratic_programming" title="Sequential quadratic programming">Sequential quadratic programming</a></li>
<li><a href="Successive_linear_programming" title="Successive linear programming">Successive linear programming</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Cutting-plane_method" title="Cutting-plane method">Cutting-plane method</a></li>
<li><a href="Frank%E2%80%93Wolfe_algorithm" title="Frank–Wolfe algorithm">Reduced gradient (Frank–Wolfe)</a></li>
<li><a href="Subgradient_method" title="Subgradient method">Subgradient method</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Linear_programming" title="Linear programming">Linear</a> and<br><a href="Quadratic_programming" title="Quadratic programming">quadratic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Linear_programming#Interior_point" title="Linear programming">Interior point</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Affine_scaling" title="Affine scaling">Affine scaling</a></li>
<li><a href="Ellipsoid_method" title="Ellipsoid method">Ellipsoid algorithm of Khachiyan</a></li>
<li><a href="Karmarkar's_algorithm" title="Karmarkar's algorithm">Projective algorithm of Karmarkar</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Matroid" title="Matroid">Basis-</a><a href="Exchange_algorithm" class="mw-redirect" title="Exchange algorithm">exchange</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Simplex_algorithm" title="Simplex algorithm">Simplex algorithm of Dantzig</a></li>
<li><a href="Criss-cross_algorithm" title="Criss-cross algorithm">Criss-cross algorithm</a></li>
<li><a href="Lemke's_algorithm" title="Lemke's algorithm">Principal pivoting algorithm of Lemke</a></li>
<li><a href="Active-set_method" title="Active-set method">Active-set method</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Approximation_algorithm" title="Approximation algorithm">Approximation algorithm</a></li>
<li><a href="Dynamic_programming" title="Dynamic programming">Dynamic programming</a></li>
<li><a href="Greedy_algorithm" title="Greedy algorithm">Greedy algorithm</a></li>
<li><a href="Integer_programming" title="Integer programming">Integer programming</a>
<ul><li><a href="Branch_and_bound" title="Branch and bound">Branch and bound</a>/<a href="Branch_and_cut" title="Branch and cut">cut</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Graph_algorithm" class="mw-redirect" title="Graph algorithm">Graph<br> algorithms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Minimum_spanning_tree52" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Minimum_spanning_tree" title="Minimum spanning tree">Minimum<br> spanning tree</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bor%C5%AFvka's_algorithm" title="Borůvka's algorithm">Borůvka</a></li>
<li><a href="Prim's_algorithm" title="Prim's algorithm">Prim</a></li>
<li><a href="Kruskal's_algorithm" title="Kruskal's algorithm">Kruskal</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Bellman%E2%80%93Ford_algorithm" title="Bellman–Ford algorithm">Bellman–Ford</a>
<ul><li><a href="Shortest_Path_Faster_Algorithm" class="mw-redirect" title="Shortest Path Faster Algorithm">SPFA</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Dijkstra's_algorithm" title="Dijkstra's algorithm">Dijkstra</a></li>
<li><a href="Floyd%E2%80%93Warshall_algorithm" title="Floyd–Warshall algorithm">Floyd–Warshall</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Dinic's_algorithm" title="Dinic's algorithm">Dinic</a></li>
<li><a href="Edmonds%E2%80%93Karp_algorithm" title="Edmonds–Karp algorithm">Edmonds–Karp</a></li>
<li><a href="Ford%E2%80%93Fulkerson_algorithm" title="Ford–Fulkerson algorithm">Ford–Fulkerson</a></li>
<li><a href="Push%E2%80%93relabel_maximum_flow_algorithm" title="Push–relabel maximum flow algorithm">Push–relabel maximum flow</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="Lemke's_algorithm" title="Lemke's algorithm">Lemke</a></li></ul>
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