Combinatorica package and graph-theoretical issues

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I've searched for a solution to my problem a couple of days, and I didn't find one. Hope you guys can help me.

I'm currently trying to solve some graph-theoretical problems. One of them is to find the maximum flow throughout a graph. I've managed to draw the graph in Mathematica, and would now like to use the built-in function NetworkFlow. To do this I need to load the package Combinatorica, but that gives me problems with "shadowed" functions. I've tried to refer to them by their fully qualified names, e.g., Combinatorica`NetworkFlow, etc., but I still can't get it to work.

I've pasted in some code which I hope will make it easier to see what I'm doing wrong:

Graph[{Kø -> Ro, Kø -> Pu, Kø -> Pa, Ro -> Ha, Ro -> Be, Pu -> Ha,   Pu -> Be, Pa -> Ha, Ha -> Be, Ha -> St, Ha -> Br, Ha -> Li,   Be -> St, Be -> Br, Be -> Li, St -> Br, St -> Li, St -> Par,   Br -> Li, Br -> Par, Li -> Par},  EdgeWeight -> {"2", "11", "8", "3", "5", "14", "11", "10", "12",    "12", "10", "10", "4", "4", "12", "4", "12", "11", "23", "16",    "10"}, VertexLabels -> "Name", ImagePadding -> 10,  GraphLayout -> "SpringEmbedding"]

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Which gives me a nice graph. Below is the "real" problem:

Needs["Combinatorica`"]Graph[{Kø -> Ro, Kø -> Pu, Kø -> Pa, Ro -> Ha, Ro -> Be, Pu -> Ha,   Pu -> Be, Pa -> Ha, Ha -> Be, Ha -> St, Ha -> Br, Ha -> Li,   Be -> St, Be -> Br, Be -> Li, St -> Br, St -> Li, St -> Par,   Br -> Li, Br -> Par, Li -> Par},  EdgeWeight -> {"2", "11", "8", "3", "5", "14", "11", "10", "12",    "12", "10", "10", "4", "4", "12", "4", "12", "11", "23", "16",    "10"}, VertexLabels -> "Name", ImagePadding -> 10,  GraphLayout -> "SpringEmbedding"]Combinatorica`NetworkFlow[%, Kø, Par]

During evaluation of In[28]:= General::compat: Combinatorica Graph and Permutations functionality has been superseded by preloaded functionaliy. The package now being loaded may conflict with this. Please see the Compatibility Guide for details.

Out[29]= Graph({Kø->Ro,Kø->Pu,Kø->Pa,Ro->Ha,Ro->Be,Pu->Ha,Pu->Be,Pa->Ha,Ha->Be,Ha->St,Ha->Br,Ha->Li,Be->St,Be->Br,Be->Li,St->Br,St->Li,St->Par,Br->Li,Br->Par,Li->Par},EdgeWeight->{2,11,8,3,5,14,11,10,12,12,10,10,4,4,12,4,12,11,23,16,10},VertexLabels->Name,ImagePadding->10,GraphLayout->SpringEmbedding)Out[30]= NetworkFlow(Graph({Kø->Ro,Kø->Pu,Kø->Pa,Ro->Ha,Ro->Be,Pu->Ha,Pu->Be,Pa->Ha,Ha->Be,Ha->St,Ha->Br,Ha->Li,Be->St,Be->Br,Be->Li,St->Br,St->Li,St->Par,Br->Li,Br->Par,Li->Par},EdgeWeight->{2,11,8,3,5,14,11,10,12,12,10,10,4,4,12,4,12,11,23,16,10},VertexLabels->Name,ImagePadding->10,GraphLayout->SpringEmbedding),Kø,Par)

I am curious - what is background of this problem? - could you enlighten us please? — Nov 28 '12 at 22:25
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halmir 4,521924 · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-28 22:54:17Z

You do not need the package if you have Mathematica 9. Something very important - you cannot use strings on EdgeWeight - you need numerical values there. So corrected your code is:

g = Graph[{Kø -> Ro, Kø -> Pu, Kø -> Pa, Ro -> Ha, Ro -> Be, Pu -> Ha,    Pu -> Be, Pa -> Ha, Ha -> Be, Ha -> St, Ha -> Br, Ha -> Li,    Be -> St, Be -> Br, Be -> Li, St -> Br, St -> Li, St -> Par,    Br -> Li, Br -> Par, Li -> Par},   EdgeWeight -> {2, 11, 8, 3, 5, 14, 11, 10, 12, 12, 10, 10, 4, 4, 12,     4, 12, 11, 23, 16, 10}, ImagePadding -> 10,   GraphLayout -> "SpringEmbedding", GraphStyle -> "SmallNetwork",   EdgeLabels -> "EdgeWeight", VertexSize -> .2]

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Edge labels are edge weights. For the flow we do:

OF = FindMaximumFlow[g, Kø, Par, "OptimumFlowData", EdgeCapacity -> EdgeWeight];OF["FlowValue"]

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SetProperty[OF["FlowGraph"], {EdgeLabelStyle -> Directive[Red, 13], EdgeLabels -> (# -> Row[{OF[#], "/",  PropertyValue[{g, #}, EdgeWeight]}] & /@ EdgeList[g])}]

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Now you have "edge flow / edge capacity". Edge opacity is also edge flow. There is a free trial version of Mathematica 9 if you do not have it yet.

I'm having some trouble installing the new version 9.0, but your answer was perfect - exactly what I'm looking for, thanks. I need to use it for a new class I'm taking. My teacher want me to calculate it by hand, so I need something to check my answers! — Nov 29 '12 at 8:29
@MarcoDalFarra I am curious - what is background of this problem? - could you explain please? Some sort of chemical processes? — Nov 29 '12 at 8:35
The Vertexes represent major cities in europe, eg. Kø = København, danish for Copenhagen, Par = Paris, etc. So I need to figure out how to move max passengers from Copenhagen to Paris given a railroad capacity between each city. — Nov 29 '12 at 8:45

score 3 · Answer 2 · 2013-04-17 12:00:31Z

Precede Graph with the System` context and it should work out fine. Please note that you can't use system 8 Graphs as input in Combinatorica graph functions. They have to be converted first, for instance by converting the v8 Graph to an adjacency matrix, which can be converted to a Combinatorica graph.

ShowGraph[SpringEmbedding@FromAdjacencyMatrix[ AdjacencyMatrix@g // Normal]]

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You lose the labels in the process.

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Combinatorica package and graph-theoretical issues

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