Asratian A. Bipartite Graphs And Their Applications 1998

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Bipartite graphs are perhaps the most basic of objects in graph theory, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. Until now, they have been considered only as a special class in some wider context. This work deals solely with bipartite graphs, providing traditional material as well as many new and unusual results. The authors illustrate the theory with many applications, especially to problems in timetabling, chemistry, communication networks and computer science. The material is accessible to any reader with a graduate understanding of mathematics and will be of interest to specialists in combinatorics and graph theory.
Basic concepts.
Introduction to bipartite graphs.
Metric properties.
Connectivity.
Maximum matchings.
Expanding properties.
Subgraphs with restricted degrees.
Edge colourings.
Doubly stochastic matrices and bipartite graphs.
Coverings.
Some combinatorial applications.
Bipartite subgraphs of arbitrary graphs.
Appendix.
Index.
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