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Make Me a Match

Published

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, F Sullivan

Abstract

This is a tutorial article on the Hopcroft-Karp algorithm for finding a maximal matching in an undirected graph.
Citation
IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering

Keywords

backtrack algorithms, combinatorial problems, graph traversal, matchings

Citation

Beichl, I. and Sullivan, F. (1997), Make Me a Match, IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering (Accessed October 5, 2024)

Issues

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Created October 1, 1997, Updated February 17, 2017