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Determine and certify maximum flow

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A directed network represents a component-handling network. The source is S and the sink is K. Each edge label is its capacity in items/h. The network transfers components each hour; intermediate vertices pass on all incoming flow

Use inspection to allocate a feasible flow before checking its upper bound

Directed capacity network. Source S; sink K. Full edge list: S→A capacity 20 items/h; A→K capacity 40 items/h; S→C capacity 70 items/h; C→K capacity 110 items/h; S→F1 capacity 20 items/h; F1→C1 capacity 40 items/h; C1→A1 capacity 60 items/h; A1→K capacity 40 items/h.20407011020406040SKACF1C1A1

The table specifies one particular feasible-flow certificate, not every possible feasible flow. Keep each displayed flow fixed and determine only the question-mark entries using conservation. Flow and capacity use the same units shown above. The diagram labels are capacities, not assigned flows

Partially specified feasible-flow certificate. A question mark is an unknown, not zero
Directed edgeCapacityAssigned flow
S→A2020
A→K4020
S→C70?
C→K11070
S→F120?
F1→C14020
C1→A16020
A1→K4020
(a)2 marks

Use capacity bounds and conservation to complete these certificate entries

(b)1 mark

Find and certify the maximum-flow value for the network