Fred Roberts, Barry Tesman

Applied Combinatorics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents the tools of combinatorics from an applied point of view. This book focuses on three basic problems of combinatorics: counting, existence, and optimization problems. It contains many examples from the biological, computer, and social sciences, including disease screening, genome mapping, satellite communication and search engines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 890
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 1744g
• ISBN-13: 9781420099829
• ISBN-10: 1420099825
• Artikelnr.: 26872407

Autorenporträt

Fred S. Roberts is Professor of Mathematics and Director of DIMACS at Rutgers University. Barry Tesman is Professor of Mathematics at Dickinson College.

Inhaltsangabe

What Is Combinatorics? THE BASIC TOOLS OF COMBINATORICS: Basic Counting
Rules. Introduction to Graph Theory. Relations. THE COUNTING PROBLEM:
Generating Functions and Their Applications. Recurrence Relations. The
Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion. The Pólya Theory of Counting. THE
EXISTENCE PROBLEM: Combinatorial Designs. Coding Theory. Existence Problems
in Graph Theory. COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION: Matching and Covering.
Optimization Problems for Graphs and Networks. Appendix. Indices.