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The spanning tree algorithm is used with Ethernet switches to routinely remove loop circuits. If these loops weren’t removed, a single IP packet carrying video could loop endlessly while consuming ...

We consider a generalization of the classical minimum spanning tree problem called the generalized minimum spanning tree problem and denoted by GMST problem. It is known that the GMST problem belongs ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 18, No. 1 (1969), pp. 54-64 (11 pages) Minimum spanning trees (MST) and single linkage cluster analysis (SLCA) are ...