Forward improvement and reference optimality transfer #
Lemma 42 of [KKR18], arXiv:1602.03124v6, printed p. 20, transfers
optimality of the contracted reference back to the prepared original labeling. The constructive
forward map below projects an original augmentation, stopping at its first internal port when
necessary. Together with liftComparison_spec, it supplies the two mathematical outcomes
needed after recursively optimizing the actual contracted instance.
Project an original augmenting walk, stopping at its first blossom variable if it enters. The all-outside case retains the honest reference central row. The entering case changes the central row to the actual touched-constraint indicator of the first internal port.
Instances For
The executable forward construction projects every actual original augmentation starting away from the base and removes exactly two contracted-reference defects.
Lemma 42 for the actual executable whole-instance contraction. Optimality of its prepared reference implies optimality of the original prepared labeling, with no model or oracle.