BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0 ID:: STAN//CS-TR-75-526 ENTRY:: August 23, 1995 ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science TITLE:: Graph theory and Gaussian elimination. TYPE:: Technical Report AUTHOR:: Tarjan, Robert Endre DATE:: November 1975 PAGES:: 24 ABSTRACT:: This paper surveys graph-theoretic ideas which apply to the problem of solving a sparse system of linear equations by Gaussian elimination. Included are a discussion of bandwidth, profile, and general sparse elimination schemes, and of two graph-theoretic partitioning methods. Algorithms based on these ideas are presented. NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19950823] END:: STAN//CS-TR-75-526