PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF UNISTOR GRAPHS,

Abstract

New properties and applications of unistor graphs are presented. A technique for solving a set of linear equations is derived and an alternative graphical representation of an active network is given. Communication nets are treated for the first time by unistor graph techniques. A unistor is an oriented edge connecting two vertices in a graph. A flow exists in the oriented edge with a value equal to the product of the edge weight and the weight of the initial vertex. The unistor is characterized by flow, potential, admittance, and directedness-four properties also found in linear equations and electrical networks. It is shown that a unistor graph can represent a matrix and the determinant and cofactors can be evaluated by using directed trees and directed 2-trees. A technique is given for representing in a node-admittance form an active network by a unistor graph. This graph is then used to determine the values of the unknown voltages of the original circuit. A vertex potential for a communication net is defined and used to obtain upper and lower bounds on the maximum flow between two vertices of the net. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0604095

Entities

People

  • George G. Dodd

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Electrical Networks
  • Military Research
  • Networks
  • Scientific Research

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.