Question about Network Flow
Consider the flow network below, with vertices V = { s , a , b , t } , source s , and sink t . The edge capacities are given as: ( s , a ) = 10 , ( s , b ) = 5 , ( a , b ) = 15 , ( a , t ) = 10 , ( b , t ) = 10 A student applies the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm, choosing augmenting paths in the order they are found by DFS, without using BFS or any other fixed rule. After a few iterations, the student notices that the total flow found is 15, but there still exists an augmenting path in the residual graph. What does this example illustrate about the Ford-Fulkerson method? A) This behavior only occurs if there are cycles in the graph, which is not the case here . B) The Ford-Fulkerson algorithm may stop before the optimum if the choice of augmenting paths is not made carefully. C) The choice of augmenting paths may affect the number of iterations and efficiency, but the algorithm still finds the maximum flow in the end. D) The Ford-Fulkerso...