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PUBLICATIONS

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
Pub Type
Journals

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 18, 2025)

Issues

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Created October 1, 1997, Updated February 17, 2017
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