Accepted Manuscript Characterizing rules in minimum cost spanning tree problems Lingsheng Shi, Boya Yu PII: S0167-6377(17)30474-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2017.10.008 Reference: OPERES 6286 To appear in: Operations Research Letters Received date : 23 August 2017 Revised date : 11 October 2017 Accepted date : 11 October 2017 Please cite this article as: L. Shi, B. Yu, Characterizing rules in minimum cost spanning tree problems, Operations Research Letters (2017), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2017.10.008 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.