Sim Cut algorithm <ref>Peter P.J. Yim: "Method and System for Image Segmentation," United States Patent US8929636, January 6, 2016 </ref> approximates the graph cut by the solution of the set of simultaneous non-linear equations based on the analog electrical model of the flow network.<ref> FrischI.T. ITFrisch, "On Electrical analogs for flow networks," Proceedings of IEEE, 57:2, pp. 209-210, 1969 </ref> Acceleration of the algorithm is possible through parallel computing.