Improved bounds on the max-flow min-cut ratio for multicommodity flows

Abstract
In this paper we consider the worst case ratio between the capacity of min-cuts and the valueof max-flow for multicommodity flow problems. We improve the best known bounds for the mincutmax-flow ratio for multicommodity flows in undirected graphs, by replacing the O(log D) inthe bound by O(log k), where D denotes the sum of all demands, and k denotes the number ofcommodities. In essence we prove that up to constant factors the worst min-cut max-flow ratiosappear in problems where...

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