I am looking for a good text book on Matroid theory. Ideally, one that might be better suited to engineers than pure mathematicians...but any book that is well written/organized would do.


I have just started looking into this area and am working through some survey papers (Wison's "An Introduction to Matroid Theory" and Oxley's "What is a Matroid?")


My university library has a copy of Tutte's book, and I will probably check that out. Just wondering what other people might suggest.


Thanks!



Good introductory text book on Matroid Theory?
My first recommendation would be Oxley's [Matroid Theory](http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199603398.do). The second edition was just released this year (19 years after the original), so this is a very 'modern' textbook.


Another option would be Welsh's [Matroid Theory](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0486474399). This is an older book (it predates even Oxley's first edition), but is nicely written with a more geometric flavour. Also, I just found out that Welsh's book recently became available as a Dover paperback, so it's very cheap if you want to buy it. 


