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A min-max theorem for the minimum fleet-size problem

Discrete Mathematics 2023-04-07 v2 Computers and Society

Abstract

A retrospective fleet-sizing problem can be solved via bipartite matching, where a maximum cardinality matching corresponds to the minimum number of vehicles needed to cover all trips. We prove a min-max theorem on this minimum fleet-size problem: the maximum number of pairwise incompatible trips is equal to the minimum fleet size needed.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2211.11173,
  title  = {A min-max theorem for the minimum fleet-size problem},
  author = {Tinghan Ye and David Shmoys},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.11173},
  year   = {2023}
}
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