Circuit Decompositions and Shortest Circuit Coverings of Hypergraphs
- Award ID(s):
- 1700218
- PAR ID:
- 10084488
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Graphs and Combinatorics
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0911-0119
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 365 to 372
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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