Maximum-Weight Matching (Maximum-Weight Matching)

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Description

In computer science, the maximum weight matching problem is the problem of finding, in a weighted graph, a matching in which the sum of weights is maximized. Here, the graph is unrestricted; i.e. can be any general graph.

Related Problems

Subproblem: Bipartite Maximum-Weight Matching

Parameters

n: number of vertices
m: number of edges
N: largest weight magnitude

Table of Algorithms

Name Year Time Space Approximation Factor Model Reference
Edmonds 1965 $O(mn^{2})$ $O(mn^{2})$?? Exact Deterministic Time
Micali; Vazirani 1980 $O(n^{3} logn)$ Exact Deterministic Time
Mucha and Sankowski 2004 $O(n^{3})$ Exact Deterministic Time

Time Complexity graph

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Space Complexity graph

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Pareto Decades graph

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