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Quadratic diameter bounds for dual network flow polyhedra

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Both the combinatorial and the circuit diameters of polyhedra are of interest to the theory of linear programming for their intimate connection to a best-case performance of linear programming algorithms. We study the diameters of dual network flow polyhedra associated to bb-flows on directed graphs G=(V,E)G=(V,E) and prove quadratic upper bounds for both of them: the minimum of (∣Vβˆ£βˆ’1)β‹…βˆ£E∣(|V|-1)\cdot |E| and 16∣V∣3\frac{1}{6}|V|^3 for the combinatorial diameter, and ∣Vβˆ£β‹…(∣Vβˆ£βˆ’1)2\frac{|V|\cdot (|V|-1)}{2} for the circuit diameter. The latter strengthens the cubic bound implied by a result in [De Loera, Hemmecke, Lee; 2014]. Previously, bounds on these diameters have only been known for bipartite graphs. The situation is much more involved for general graphs. In particular, we construct a family of dual network flow polyhedra with members that violate the circuit diameter bound for bipartite graphs by an arbitrary additive constant. Further, it provides examples of circuit diameter 43∣Vβˆ£βˆ’4\frac{4}{3}|V| - 4

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