The perfection and recognition of bull-reducible Berge graphs
Hazel Everett; Celina M. H. de Figueiredo; Sulamita Klein; Bruce Reed[1]
- [1] McGill University, Canada;
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications (2005)
- Volume: 39, Issue: 1, page 145-160
- ISSN: 0988-3754
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abstract = {The recently announced Strong Perfect Graph Theorem states that the class of perfect graphs coincides with the class of graphs containing no induced odd cycle of length at least 5 or the complement of such a cycle. A graph in this second class is called Berge. A bull is a graph with five vertices $x, a, b, c, d$ and five edges $xa, xb, ab, ad, bc$. A graph is bull-reducible if no vertex is in two bulls. In this paper we give a simple proof that every bull-reducible Berge graph is perfect. Although this result follows directly from the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem, our proof leads to a recognition algorithm for this new class of perfect graphs whose complexity, $O(n^6)$, is much lower than that announced for perfect graphs.},
affiliation = {McGill University, Canada;},
author = {Everett, Hazel, de Figueiredo, Celina M. H., Klein, Sulamita, Reed, Bruce},
journal = {RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications},
keywords = {perfect graph; strong perfect graph conjecture; bull; efficient algorithm},
language = {eng},
number = {1},
pages = {145-160},
publisher = {EDP-Sciences},
title = {The perfection and recognition of bull-reducible Berge graphs},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/245735},
volume = {39},
year = {2005},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Everett, Hazel
AU - de Figueiredo, Celina M. H.
AU - Klein, Sulamita
AU - Reed, Bruce
TI - The perfection and recognition of bull-reducible Berge graphs
JO - RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications
PY - 2005
PB - EDP-Sciences
VL - 39
IS - 1
SP - 145
EP - 160
AB - The recently announced Strong Perfect Graph Theorem states that the class of perfect graphs coincides with the class of graphs containing no induced odd cycle of length at least 5 or the complement of such a cycle. A graph in this second class is called Berge. A bull is a graph with five vertices $x, a, b, c, d$ and five edges $xa, xb, ab, ad, bc$. A graph is bull-reducible if no vertex is in two bulls. In this paper we give a simple proof that every bull-reducible Berge graph is perfect. Although this result follows directly from the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem, our proof leads to a recognition algorithm for this new class of perfect graphs whose complexity, $O(n^6)$, is much lower than that announced for perfect graphs.
LA - eng
KW - perfect graph; strong perfect graph conjecture; bull; efficient algorithm
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/245735
ER -
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