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
Practice Sources
Repo Companion Material
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