Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
419793 Discrete Applied Mathematics 2009 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let GG be a graph and let AA be its cutset-edge incidence matrix. We prove that the linear system 12Ax≥1,x≥0 is box totally dual integral (box-TDI) if and only if  GG is a series-parallel graph; a by-product of this characterization is a structural description of a box-TDI system on matroids. Our results strengthen two previous theorems obtained respectively by Cornuéjols, Fonlupt, and Naddef and by Mahjoub which assert that both polyhedra {x∣12Ax≥1,x≥0} and {x∣12Ax≥1,1≥x≥0} are integral if GG is series-parallel.

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