The Maximum-Flow Problem
Hexxon Oil wants to determine the maximum number of liters of
gasoline per hour that can be pumped from the refinery in Newark to
storage tanks in Philadelphia through a pipeline network with pumping
stations in Sayerville, Easton, Trenton, Bridgewater, and Allentown.
The maximum number of thousands of liters per hour that can be
shipped along each segment of the pipeline follows:
From To Cap.
Bridgewater Easton 100
Easton Allentown 75
Easton Trenton 50
Allentown Philadelphia 90
From To Cap.
Newark Sayerville 150
Sayerville Trenton 125
Trenton Philadelphia 130
Newark Bridgewater 80
Sayerville Bridgewater 60