この語はClaude Bergeによって作られた。Hoffman, A.J.; Kruskal, J. (2010), “Introduction to Integral Boundary Points of Convex Polyhedra”, in M. Jünger et al. (eds.), 50 Years of Integer Programming, 1958-2008, Springer-Verlag, pp. 49–50を参照。
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