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capacity

(definition)

Definition: The maximum flow that may be sent through an edge or a vertex.

See also saturated edge, flow network.

Note: Formally the capacity is just a weight, but because it is used with networks and flows, it is helpful to think of it as analogous to a physical capacity.

From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 7-21, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "capacity", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/capacity.html