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- """
- **************
- Graph Matching
- **************
- Given a graph G = (V,E), a matching M in G is a set of pairwise non-adjacent
- edges; that is, no two edges share a common vertex.
- `Wikipedia: Matching <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matching_(graph_theory)>`_
- """
- import networkx as nx
- __all__ = ["min_maximal_matching"]
- @nx._dispatchable
- def min_maximal_matching(G):
- r"""Returns the minimum maximal matching of G. That is, out of all maximal
- matchings of the graph G, the smallest is returned.
- Parameters
- ----------
- G : NetworkX graph
- Undirected graph
- Returns
- -------
- min_maximal_matching : set
- Returns a set of edges such that no two edges share a common endpoint
- and every edge not in the set shares some common endpoint in the set.
- Cardinality will be 2*OPT in the worst case.
- Notes
- -----
- The algorithm computes an approximate solution for the minimum maximal
- cardinality matching problem. The solution is no more than 2 * OPT in size.
- Runtime is $O(|E|)$.
- References
- ----------
- .. [1] Vazirani, Vijay Approximation Algorithms (2001)
- """
- return nx.maximal_matching(G)
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