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In this note, we consider algorithms for computing virtual cut points in finite metric spaces and explain how these points can be used to study compatible decompositions of metrics generalizing the well-known decomposition of a tree metric into a sum of pairwise compatible split metrics.
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Dress, A.W.M., Huber, K.T., Koolen, J., Moulton, V. (2007). An Algorithm for Computing Virtual Cut Points in Finite Metric Spaces. In: Dress, A., Xu, Y., Zhu, B. (eds) Combinatorial Optimization and Applications. COCOA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4616. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73556-4_3
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