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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786640403321

Autore

Golumbic Martin Charles

Titolo

Algorithmic graph theory and perfect graphs / / Martin Charles Golumbic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : Academic Press, , 1980

©1980

ISBN

1-4832-7197-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

Disciplina

511/.5

Soggetti

Perfect graphs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Algorithmic Graph Theory and Perfect Graphs; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Symbols; Chapter 1. Graph Theoretic Foundations ; 1. Basic Definitions and Notations; 2. Intersection Graphs; 3. Interval Graphs-A Sneak Preview of the Notions Coming Up; 4. Summary; Exercises; Bibliography; Chapter 2. The Design of Efficient Algorithms; 1. The Complexity of Computer Algorithms; 2. Data Structures; 3. How to Explore a Graph; 4. Transitive Tournaments and Topological Sorting; Exercises; Bibliography; Chapter 3. Perfect Graphs

1. The Star of the Show2. The Perfect Graph Theorem; 3. p-Critical and Partitionable Graphs; 4. A Polyhedral Characterization of Perfect Graphs; 5. A Polyhedral Characterization of p-Critical Graphs; 6. The Strong Perfect Graph Conjecture; Exercises; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Triangulated Graphs; 1. Introduction; 2. Characterizing Triangulated Graphs; 3. Recognizing Triangulated Graphs by Lexicographic Breadth-First Search; 4. The Complexity of Recognizing Triangulated Graphs; 5. Triangulated Graphs as Intersection Graphs; 6. Triangulated Graphs Are Perfect

7. Fast Algorithms for the COLORING, CLIQUE, STABLE SET, and CLIQUE-COVER Problems on Triangulated GraphsExercises; Bibliography; Chapter 5. Comparability Graphs; 1. Γ-Chains and Implication Classes; 2. Uniquely Partially Orderable Graphs; 3. The



Number of Transitive Orientations; 4. Schemes and G-Decompositions-An Algorithm for Assigning Transitive Orientations; 5. The Γ*-Matroid of a Graph; 6. The Complexity of Comparability Graph Recognition; 7. Coloring and Other Problems on Comparability Graphs; 8. The Dimension of Partial Orders; Exercises; Bibliography; Chapter 6. Split Graphs

1. An Introduction to Chapters 6-8: Interval, Permutation, and Split Graphs2. Characterizing Split Graphs; 3. Degree Sequences and Split Graphs; Exercises; Bibliography; Chapter 7. Permutation Graphs; 1. Introduction; 2. Characterizing Permutation Graphs; 3. Permutation Labelings; 4. Applications; 5. Sorting a Permutation Using Queues in Parallel; Exercises; Bibliography; Chapter 8. Interval Graphs; 1. How It All Started; 2. Some Characterizations of Interval Graphs; 3. The Complexity of Consecutive 1's Testing; 4. Applications of Interval Graphs; 5. Preference and Indifference

6. Circular-Arc GraphsExercises; Bibliography; Chapter 9. Superperfect Graphs; 1. Coloring Weighted Graphs; 2. Superperfection; 3. An Infinite Class of Superperfect Noncomparability Graphs; 4. When Does Superperfect Equal Comparability?; 5. Composition of Superperfect Graphs; 6. A Representation Using the Consecutive 1's Property; Exercises; Bibliography; Chapter 10. Threshold Graphs; 1. The Threshold Dimension; 2. Degree Partition of Threshold Graphs; 3. A Characterization Using Permutations; 4. An Application to Synchronizing Parallel Processes; Exercises; Bibliography

Chapter 11. Not So Perfect Graphs

Sommario/riassunto

Algorithmic Graph Theory and Perfect Graphs