minimum_vertex_cover.h

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#ifndef OR_TOOLS_GRAPH_MINIMUM_VERTEX_COVER_H_
#define OR_TOOLS_GRAPH_MINIMUM_VERTEX_COVER_H_
 
#include <vector>
 
namespace operations_research {
 
// This method computes a minimum vertex cover for the bipartite graph.
//
// If we define num_left=left_to_right_arcs.size(), the "left" nodes are
// integers in [0, num_left), and the "right" nodes are integers in [num_left,
// num_left + num_right).
//
// Returns a vector of size num_left+num_right, such that element #l is true if
// it is part of the minimum vertex cover and false if it is part of the maximum
// independent set (one is the complement of the other).
std::vector<bool> BipartiteMinimumVertexCover(
    const std::vector<std::vector<int>>& left_to_right_arcs, int num_right);
 
}  // namespace operations_research
 
#endif  // OR_TOOLS_GRAPH_MINIMUM_VERTEX_COVER_H_