Almost Moore and the largest mixed graphs of diameters two and three

Almost Moore mixed graphs appear in the context of the degree/diameter problem as a class of extremal mixed graphs, in the sense that their order is one unit less than the Moore bound for such graphs. The problem of their existence has been considered just for diameter 2. In this paper, we give a co...

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Authors: Dalfó, Cristina, Fiol Mora, Miguel Ángel, López Lorenzo, Ignacio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repository:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/465749
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2024.01.007
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/465749
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Mixed graph
Degree/diameter problem
Almost Moore graph
Distance matrix
Spectrum
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Summary:Almost Moore mixed graphs appear in the context of the degree/diameter problem as a class of extremal mixed graphs, in the sense that their order is one unit less than the Moore bound for such graphs. The problem of their existence has been considered just for diameter 2. In this paper, we give a complete characterization of these extremal mixed graphs for diameters 2 and 3. We also derive some optimal constructions for other diameters.