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PROGRAM:

NAME

v.net.flow - Computes the maximum flow between two sets of nodes in the network.

KEYWORDS

vector, network, flow

SYNOPSIS

v.net.flow
v.net.flow --help
v.net.flow input=name [arc_layer=string] [node_layer=string] output=name cut=name
[arc_column=name] [arc_backward_column=name] [node_column=name] [source_cats=range]
[source_where=sql_query] [sink_cats=range] [sink_where=sql_query] [--overwrite]
[--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:
--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
Print usage summary

--verbose
Verbose module output

--quiet
Quiet module output

--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:
input=name [required]
Name of input vector map
Or data source for direct OGR access

arc_layer=string
Arc layer
Vector features can have category values in different layers. This number determines
which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
Default: 1

node_layer=string
Node layer
Vector features can have category values in different layers. This number determines
which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
Default: 2

output=name [required]
Name for output vector map

cut=name [required]
Name for output vector map containing a minimum cut

arc_column=name
Arc forward/both direction(s) cost column (number)

arc_backward_column=name
Arc backward direction cost column (number)

node_column=name
Node cost column (number)

source_cats=range
Source category values
Example: 1,3,7-9,13

source_where=sql_query
Source WHERE conditions of SQL statement without ’where’ keyword
Example: income < 1000 and inhab >= 10000

sink_cats=range
Sink category values
Example: 1,3,7-9,13

sink_where=sql_query
Sink WHERE conditions of SQL statement without ’where’ keyword
Example: income < 1000 and inhab >= 10000

DESCRIPTION

v.net.flow computes the maximum flow and minimum cut between two sets of nodes.

NOTES

The two sets of nodes are called sources and sink and v.net.flow finds the maximimum flow
from the former to the latter ones. Edge capacities can be specified by arc_column for
forward direction and arc_backward_column for backward direction. If the latter parameter
is ommited then the same capacity is used in either direction. The sets are given by the
respective cats, layer and where parameters. Maximum flow corresponds to the maximum
amount of water possibly flowing through the network preserving the capacity constraints
and minimum cut to the set of edges of minimum total capacity completely separating
sources from sinks. The cut produced by this module corresponds to the first fully
saturated edges from sources to sinks. An attribute table containing the flow information
is linked to the output map. The table consists of two columns: cat and flow and stores
the flow along each line. Negative flow means that "water" is flowing in the backward
direction. Cut map contains the edges in the minimum cut.
A famous result says that the total amount of water flowing is equal to the minimum cut.

EXAMPLES

Find maximum flow from factories to stores using SPEED for the capacities.
v.net.flow input=roads output=roads_flow cut=roads_cut arc_column=SPEED \
source_where="type=factory" sink_where="type=store"

If all the capacties are one then the minimum cut corresponds to the minimum number of
edges separating sources from sinks.
v.net.flow input=network output=flow cut=cut arc_column=ones \
source_cats=1-10 sink_cats=100-100

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