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saturated edge

(definition)

Definition: An edge in a flow network which has the maximum possible flow.

See also blocking flow, flow function, capacity.

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "saturated edge", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: /HTML/saturatedEdge.html