Picture fuzzy tolerance graphs with application

In this study, the notions of picture fuzzy tolerance graphs, picture fuzzy interval containment graphs and picture fuzzy $$\phi $$ ϕ -tolerance graphs are established. Three special types of picture fuzzy tolerance graphs having bounded representations are introduced and studied corresponding properties of them taking $$\phi $$ ϕ as max, min and sum functions. Also, picture fuzzy proper and unit tolerance graphs are established and some related results are investigated. The class of picture fuzzy $$\phi $$ ϕ -tolerance chaingraphs which is the picture fuzzy $$\phi $$ ϕ -tolerance graphs of a nested family of picture fuzzy intervals are presented. A real-life application in sports competition is modeled using picture fuzzy min-tolerance graph. Also a comparison is given between picture fuzzy tolerance graphs and intuitionistic fuzzy tolerance graphs.

On Grounded L-Graphs and their Relatives

We consider the graph classes Grounded-L and Grounded-{𝖫,⅃} corresponding to graphs that admit an intersection representation by 𝖫-shaped curves (or 𝖫-shaped and ⅃-shaped curves, respectively), where additionally the topmost points of each curve are assumed to belong to a common horizontal line. We prove that Grounded-L graphs admit an equivalent characterisation in terms of vertex ordering with forbidden patterns. We also compare these classes to related intersection classes, such as the grounded segment graphs, the monotone 𝖫-graphs (a.k.a. max point-tolerance graphs), or the outer-1-string graphs. We give constructions showing that these classes are all distinct and satisfy only trivial or previously known inclusions.