TY - CHAP AU - Marco Antonio Garcia Carvalho AU - André Luis Costa ED - Yagang Zhang Y1 - 2012-03-02 PY - 2012 T1 - Combining Hierarchical Structures on Graphs and Normalized Cut for Image Segmentation N2 - Nowadays, graph theory is an important analysis tool in mathematics and computer science. Because of the inherent simplicity of graph theory, it can be used to model many different physical and abstract systems such as transportation and communication networks, models for business administration, political science, and psychology and so on. The purpose of this book is not only to present the latest state and development tendencies of graph theory, but to bring the reader far enough along the way to enable him to embark on the research problems of his own. Taking into account the large amount of knowledge about graph theory and practice presented in the book, it has two major parts: theoretical researches and applications. The book is also intended for both graduate and postgraduate students in fields such as mathematics, computer science, system sciences, biology, engineering, cybernetics, and social sciences, and as a reference for software professionals and practitioners. BT - New Frontiers in Graph Theory SP - Ch. 19 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/34328 DO - 10.5772/34328 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -