Recognition and characterization of unit interval graphs with integer endpoints

We study those unit interval graphs having a model with intervals of integer endpoints and prescribed length. We present a structural result for this graph subclass which leads to a quadratic-time recognition algorithm, giving as positive certificate a model of minimum total length and as negative c...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Duran, Guillermo Alfredo, Fernández Slezak, F., Grippo, L.N., Oliveira, F.de S., Szwarcfiter, Jayme L.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/50305
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/50305
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Forbidden Induced Subgraphs
Proper Interval Graphs
Unit Interval Graphs
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Resumo:We study those unit interval graphs having a model with intervals of integer endpoints and prescribed length. We present a structural result for this graph subclass which leads to a quadratic-time recognition algorithm, giving as positive certificate a model of minimum total length and as negative certificate a forbidden induced subgraph. We also present a quadratic-time algorithm to build, given a unit interval graph, a unit interval model with integer endpoints for which the interval length is as minimum as possible.