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Shortest Connectivity

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Two Classical Optimization Problems -- Gauss’ Question -- What Does Solution Mean? -- Network Design Problems -- A New Challenge: The Phylogeny -- An Analysis of Steiner’s Problem in Phylogenetic Spaces -- Tree Building Algorithms.The problem of "Shortest Connectivity" has a long and convoluted history: given a finite set of points in a metric space, search for a network that connects these points with the shortest possible length. This shortest network must be a tree and may contain vertices different from the points which are to be connected. Over the years more and more real-life problems are given, which use this problem or one of its relatives as an application, as a subproblem or a model. This volume is an introduction to the theory of "Shortest Connectivity", as the core of the so-called "Geometric Network Design Problems", where the general problem can be stated as follows: given a configuration of vertices and/or edges, find a network which contains these objects, satisfies some predetermined requirements, and which minimizes a given objective function that depends on several distance measures. A new application of shortest connectivity is also discussed, namely to create trees which reflect the evolutionary history of "living entities". The aim in this graduate level text is to outline the key mathematical concepts that underpin these important questions in applied mathematics. These concepts involve discrete mathematics (particularly graph theory), optimization, computer science, and several ideas in biology. .

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Penerbit

Boston : Springer., 2005

Deskripsi Fisik

IX, 268 p.online resource.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780387235394

Klasifikasi

519.6

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

1st ed. 2005.

Subjek

Mathematical optimization.
Optimization.
Management science.
Operations research.
Operations Research, Management Science.
Biomathematics.
Mathematical and Computational Biology.
Mathematical models.
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Dietmar Cieslik.

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