scholarly journals A Linear Time Algorithm for a Variant of the MAX CUT Problem in Series Parallel Graphs

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brahim Chaourar

Given a graph G=V,E, a connected sides cut U,V\U or δU is the set of edges of E linking all vertices of U to all vertices of V\U such that the induced subgraphs GU and GV\U are connected. Given a positive weight function w defined on E, the maximum connected sides cut problem (MAX CS CUT) is to find a connected sides cut Ω such that wΩ is maximum. MAX CS CUT is NP-hard. In this paper, we give a linear time algorithm to solve MAX CS CUT for series parallel graphs. We deduce a linear time algorithm for the minimum cut problem in the same class of graphs without computing the maximum flow.

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-290
Author(s):  
A. Satyanarayana ◽  
R. K. Wood ◽  
L. Camarinopoulos ◽  
G. Pampoukis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno P. Masquio ◽  
Paulo E. D. Pinto ◽  
Jayme L. Szwarcfiter

Graph matching problems are well known and studied, in which we want to find sets of pairwise non-adjacent edges. Recently, there has been an interest in the study of matchings in which the induced subgraphs by the vertices of matchings are connected or disconnected. Although these problems are related to connectivity, the two problems are probably quite different, regarding their complexity. While the complexity of finding a maximum disconnected mat- ching is still unknown for a general graph, the one for connected matchings can be solved in polynomial time. Our contribution in this paper is a linear time algorithm to find a maximum connected matching of a general connected graph, given a general maximum matching as input.


1999 ◽  
Vol 6 (38) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romeo Rizzi

<p>A simple graph is P4-indifferent if it admits a total order < on<br />its nodes such that every chordless path with nodes a, b, c, d and edges<br />ab, bc, cd has a < b < c < d or a > b > c > d. P4-indifferent graphs generalize<br /> indifferent graphs and are perfectly orderable. Recently, Hoang,<br />Maray and Noy gave a characterization of P4-indifferent graphs in<br />terms of forbidden induced subgraphs. We clarify their proof and describe<br /> a linear time algorithm to recognize P4-indifferent graphs. When<br />the input is a P4-indifferent graph, then the algorithm computes an order < as above.</p><p>Key words: P4-indifference, linear time, recognition, modular decomposition.</p><p> </p>


2002 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Franzblau ◽  
A. Raychaudhuri

A minimum Hamiltonian completion of a graph G is a minimum-size set of edges that, when added to G, guarantee a Hamiltonian path. Finding a Hamiltonian completion has applications to frequency assignment as well as distributed computing. If the new edges are deleted from the Hamiltonian path, one is left with a minimum path cover, a minimum-size set of vertex-disjoint paths that cover the vertices of G. For arbitrary graphs, constructing a minimum Hamiltonian completion or path cover is clearly NP-hard, but there exists a linear-time algorithm for trees. In this paper we first give a description and proof of correctness for this linear-time algorithm that is simpler and more intuitive than those given previously. We show that the algorithm extends also to unicyclic graphs. We then give a new method for finding an optimal path cover or Hamiltonian completion for a tree that uses a reduction to a maximum flow problem. In addition, we show how to extend the reduction to construct, if possible, a covering of the vertices of a bipartite graph with vertex-disjoint cycles, that is, a 2-factor.


Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Xinyue Liu ◽  
Huiqin Jiang ◽  
Pu Wu ◽  
Zehui Shao

For a simple graph G=(V,E) with no isolated vertices, a total Roman {3}-dominating function(TR3DF) on G is a function f:V(G)→{0,1,2,3} having the property that (i) ∑w∈N(v)f(w)≥3 if f(v)=0; (ii) ∑w∈N(v)f(w)≥2 if f(v)=1; and (iii) every vertex v with f(v)≠0 has a neighbor u with f(u)≠0 for every vertex v∈V(G). The weight of a TR3DF f is the sum f(V)=∑v∈V(G)f(v) and the minimum weight of a total Roman {3}-dominating function on G is called the total Roman {3}-domination number denoted by γt{R3}(G). In this paper, we show that the total Roman {3}-domination problem is NP-complete for planar graphs and chordal bipartite graphs. Finally, we present a linear-time algorithm to compute the value of γt{R3} for trees.


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