

It is now generally recognized that the field of combinatorics has, over the past years, evolved into a fully-fledged branch of discrete mathematics whose potential with respect to computers and the natural sciences is only beginning to be realized. Still, two points seem to...

This book offers a well-organized, easy-to-follow introduction to combinatorial theory, with examples, notes and exercises. ". . . a very good introduction to combinatorics. This book can warmly be recommended first of all to students interested in combinatorics." Publicationes...

Introduces the basic ideas and most interesting instances of search problems. The first chapter discusses combinatorial search. Following chapters, which are relatively independent of one another, present five general types of search problems. Each subsection is accompanied by...