The maximum k-colorable subgraph problem

The main topic of this Masters thesis is the study of the maximum k-colorable subgraph problem using techniques from polyhedral theory, convex relaxations and semidefinite programming. Given a graph, one wants to find a largest induced subgraph whose vertices can be colored with k colors. In the cas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Oliveira, Thiago Lima
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:teses.usp.br:tde-25082025-111037
Acceso en línea:https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/45/45134/tde-25082025-111037/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Conjuntos estáveis
Função theta de Lovász
Lovászs theta function
Programação semidefinida
Semidefinite programming
Stable sets
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Sumario:The main topic of this Masters thesis is the study of the maximum k-colorable subgraph problem using techniques from polyhedral theory, convex relaxations and semidefinite programming. Given a graph, one wants to find a largest induced subgraph whose vertices can be colored with k colors. In the case k = 1 the problem becomes the classical maximum stable set problem. Narasimhan introduced a polynomially computable bound for this problem which generalizes the Lovász theta function. In this dissertation we review basic results about the maximum stable set problem and its semidefinite relaxation, exhibit the bound introduced by Narasimhan, and develop novel connections based on the work of Lovász.