Oriented hypergraphs: introduction and balance (Q396889)

Summary: An oriented hypergraph is an oriented incidence structure that extends the concept of a signed graph. We introduce hypergraphic structures and techniques central to the extension of the circuit classication of signed graphs to oriented hypergraphs. Oriented hypergraphs are further decomposed into three families-balanced, balanceable, and unbalanceable-and we obtain a complete classification of the balanced circuits of oriented hypergraphs.