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# The collection of all subsets of feasible sets forms a [[matroid]].
# The collection of all subsets of feasible sets forms a [[matroid]].


Matroid embedding was introduced by {{harvtxt|Helman|Moret|Shapiro|1993}} to characterize problems that can be optimized by a [[greedy algorithm]].
Matroid embeddings were introduced by {{harvtxt|Helman|Moret|Shapiro|1993}} to characterize problems that can be optimized by a [[greedy algorithm]].


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 16:18, 24 November 2025

Template:Short description In combinatorics, a matroid embedding is a set system (FE), where F is a collection of feasible sets, that satisfies the following properties.

  1. Accessibility property: Every non-empty feasible set X contains an element x such that X \ {x} is feasible.
  2. Extensibility property: For every feasible subset X of a basis (i.e., maximal feasible set) B, some element in B but not in X belongs to the extension ext(X) of X, where ext(X) is the set of all elements e not in X such that X ∪ {e} is feasible.
  3. Closure–congruence property: For every superset A of a feasible set X disjoint from ext(X), A ∪ {e} is contained in some feasible set for either all e or no e in ext(X).
  4. The collection of all subsets of feasible sets forms a matroid.

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References

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