| Article ID: | iaor1995674 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 219 |
| End Page Number: | 229 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1994 |
| Journal: | Discrete Applied Mathematics |
| Authors: | Dyer Martin |
M.S. Paterson introduced the idea of a universal chain for a set of points in a compact metric space. The paper considers the universal chain problem in a finite discrete space, and gives a precise characterisation of its solution. Two applications are discussed.