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Graphs -> Flow With Lower Bounds

Feasible circulation and lower/upper edge bounds reduced to one saturating max-flow check with super source and super sink.

  • Topic slug: graphs/flow-lower-bounds
  • Tutorial page: Open tutorial
  • Ladder page: Open ladder
  • Repo problems currently tagged here: 1
  • Repo companion pages: 5
  • Curated external problems: 2

Microtopics

  • feasible-circulation
  • lower-bounds
  • balance-array
  • super-source-sink
  • t-to-s-reduction
  • flow-reconstruction

Learning Sources

Source Type
CP-Algorithms flows with demands Reference
USACO Guide flow with lower bounds Reference
Illinois CS473 flow extensions Course

Practice Sources

Source Type
Codeforces acmsguru Reactor Cooling Practice
Library Checker min_cost_b_flow Practice
Codeforces problemset Practice

Repo Companion Material

Material Type
Flow With Lower Bounds hot sheet quick reference
Reactor Cooling note anchor note
Flow starter route starter route
Maximum Flow tutorial adjacent tutorial
Min-Cost Flow tutorial compare point

Curated External Problems

Core

Problem Source Difficulty Context Style Prerequisites Tags Why it fits
Reactor Cooling Codeforces acmsguru Hard Lower Bounds Reduction; Witness Output Maximum Flow; Residual Graph; Super Source / Super Sink Feasible Circulation; Balance Array; Witness Output The canonical first lower-bounds circulation problem: every edge has mandatory minimum and maximum flow, and you must print one witness in input order.

Advanced

Problem Source Difficulty Context Style Prerequisites Tags Why it fits
Minimum Cost b-Flow Library Checker Hard Lower Bounds, Cost Verification; Cross-Topic Flow With Lower Bounds; Min-Cost Flow; Supply / Demand Modeling Node Supply/Demand; Costed Flow A strong official compare point showing how lower bounds and node balances grow into the costed b-flow family.

Repo Problems

Code Title Fit Difficulty Pattern Note Solution
REACTORCOOLING Reactor Cooling secondary hard feasible circulation; lower bounds; flow reconstruction Note Code

Regeneration

python3 scripts/generate_problem_catalog.py