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Graph Theory and Network Flows

Introduces graph theory, network flows, and flow conservation laws with practical examples and theorems.

Graph Algorithms: Ford-Fulkerson and Strongly Connected Components

Discusses the Ford-Fulkerson method and strongly connected components in graph algorithms.

Connectivity in Graph Theory

Covers the fundamentals of connectivity in graph theory, including paths, cycles, and spanning trees.

Graph Algorithms: Modeling and Traversal

Covers graph algorithms, modeling relationships between objects, and traversal techniques like BFS and DFS.

Flow Networks: Understanding Flows and Cuts in Algorithms

Covers flow networks, focusing on flows, cuts, and their applications in algorithms.

Graph Theory: Connectivity and Properties

Explores the properties of undirected and directed graphs, emphasizing connectivity and network topology modeling.

Graphs and Networks: Basics and Applications

Introduces the basics of graphs and networks, covering definitions, paths, trees, flows, circulation, and spanning trees.

Networked Control Systems: Coordination Among Agents

Explores coordination among agents in networked control systems through graph theory and real-world examples.

DFS Continuation: Topological Sort

Covers topics like DFS output, edge classification, acyclic graphs, correctness, time analysis, SCCs, and the Topological Sort algorithm.

Graph Algorithms: Flows and Strongly Connected Components

Discusses graph algorithms, focusing on flow networks and strongly connected components.

Integer Programming and Network Flows

Covers the fundamentals of integer programming and network flows in directed graphs.

Shortest Paths: Negative Weights & Applications

Covers Minimum Spanning Trees, Kruskal's Algorithm, and Shortest Paths in directed graphs.

Shortest Path Algorithms: BFS and Dijkstra

Explores Breadth-First Search and Dijkstra's algorithm for finding shortest paths in graphs.

Fixed Points in Graph Theory

Focuses on fixed points in graph theory and their implications in algorithms and analysis.

Minimum Spanning Trees: Prim's Algorithm

Explores Prim's algorithm for minimum spanning trees and introduces the Traveling Salesman Problem.

Bellman-Ford Algorithm: Shortest Path Estimation

Explains the Bellman-Ford algorithm for finding the shortest path in a directed graph with edge weights.

Graph Algorithms: Modeling and Representation

Covers the basics of graph algorithms, focusing on modeling and representation of graphs in memory.

Graph Algorithms II: Traversal and Paths

Explores graph traversal methods, spanning trees, and shortest paths using BFS and DFS.

Belief Propagation

Explores Belief Propagation in graphical models, factor graphs, spin glass examples, Boltzmann distributions, and graph coloring properties.

Sparsest Cut: ARV Theorem

Covers the proof of the Bourgain's ARV Theorem, focusing on the finite set of points in a semi-metric space and the application of the ARV algorithm to find the sparsest cut in a graph.