A capacity scaling algorithm for M-convex submodular flow

Abstract.This paper presents a faster algorithm for the M-convex submodular flow problem, which is a generalization of the minimum-cost flow problem with an M-convex cost function for the flow-boundary, where an M-convex function is a nonlinear nonseparable discrete convex function on integer points. The algorithm extends the capacity scaling approach for the submodular flow problem by Fleischer, Iwata and McCormick (2002) with the aid of a novel technique of changing the potential by solving maximum submodular flow problems.

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