Applied combinatorics

Author(s)

• Roberts, Fred S.

Bibliographic Information

Applied combinatorics

Fred S. Roberts

Prentice-Hall, c1984

Note

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Our most applied text, including topics in optimization.

Table of Contents

Notation. 1. What is Combinatorics? I. The Basic Tools of Combinatorics. 2. Basic Counting Rules 3. Introduction to Graph Theory. II. The Counting Problem. 4. Generating Functions and Their Applications. 5. Recurrence Relations. 7. The Polya Theory of Counting. III. The Existence Problem. 8. The Pigeonhole Principle and its Generalizations. 9. Experimental Design. 10. Coding Theory. 11. Existence Problems in Graph Theory. IV. Combinatorial Optimization. 12. Matching and Covering. 13. Optimization Problems for Graphs and Networks. Answers to Selected Exercises. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA01497327
• ISBN:
  • 0130393134
• LCCN: 83019052
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 606 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA164
  • DC19 : 511/.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Combinatorial analysis