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The isomorphic version of Brualdies nestedness is in P

Combinatorics 2018-08-24 v2

Abstract

The discrepancy BR for an m×nm \times n 0,10,1-matrix from Brualdi and Sanderson \cite{Brualdi1998} counts the minimum number of 11's which need to be shifted in each row to the left to achieve its Ferrers matrix, i.e. each row consists of consecutive 11's followed by consecutive 00's. For ecological bipartite networks BR describes how nested a set of relationships is. Since different labeled matrices can be isomorphic but possess different discrepancies, we define a metric determining the minimum discrepancy in an isomorphic class. We give a reduction to knk\leq n minimum weighted perfect matching problems.

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@article{arxiv.1602.02536,
  title  = {The isomorphic version of Brualdies nestedness is in P},
  author = {Annabell Berger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.02536},
  year   = {2018}
}

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