A Linear-Time Algorithm for k-Partitioning Doughnut Graphs

Given a graph G = (V,E), k natural numbers n1, n2, ..., nk such that Pk i=1 ni = |V |, we wish to find a partition V1, V2, ..., Vk of the vertex set V such that |Vi| = ni and Vi induces a connected subgraph of G for each i, 1 i k. Such a partition is called a k-partition of G. The problem of finding...

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Autores: Karim, Md. Rezaul, Nahiduzzaman, Kaiser Md., Rahman, Md. Saidur
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)
Repositorio:INFOCOMP: Jornal de Ciência da Computação
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:infocomp.dcc.ufla.br:article/245
Acceso en línea:https://infocomp.dcc.ufla.br/index.php/infocomp/article/view/245
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Planar Graph
Doughnut Graph
Graph Partitioning
Hamiltonian-connected
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Sumario:Given a graph G = (V,E), k natural numbers n1, n2, ..., nk such that Pk i=1 ni = |V |, we wish to find a partition V1, V2, ..., Vk of the vertex set V such that |Vi| = ni and Vi induces a connected subgraph of G for each i, 1 i k. Such a partition is called a k-partition of G. The problem of finding a k-partition of a graph G is NP-hard in general. It is known that every k-connected graph has a k-partition. But there is no polynomial time algorithm for finding a k-partition of a k-connected graph. In this paper we give a simple linear-time algorithm for finding a k-partition of a “doughnut graph” G.