Hello Andrew, Xypron

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To:           glpk xypron <[email protected]>
Subject:      Re: [Bug-glpk] Documentation: RHS for minimum cost flow
Message-ID:  <1334735191.2982.11.camel@corvax>
From:         Andrew Makhorin <[email protected]>
Date:         Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:46:31 +0400
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>> for minimum cost flow problems the inflow to the
>> nodes is significant.  It is specified by parameter
>> RHS of the vertices.
>>
>> My understanding is that a positive value of RHS is a
>> flow to the node and a negative value of RHS is a
>> flow out of the node.
>
> Exactly the opposite: a positive rhs value is the
> supply at the node, and negative rhs value is the
> demand at the node. This is a standard convention.

That is not "exactly the opposite" -- that is the
same.  Xypron and Andrew are following the same
convention.

>> I was unable to find a definition in file glpk-4.47/tables.pdf.
>>
>> Could you, please, add the missing information.
>
> Please see Section 2.1 "Minimum cost flow problem",
> Subsection 2.1.1 "Background" on pp.24-25 (file
> graphs.pdf).

The official explanation looks good to me.

cheers, Robbie
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Robbie Morrison
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Technical University of Berlin (TU-Berlin), Germany
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