Derivation of algorithms for cutwidth and related graph layout problems

In this paper, we investigate algorithms for some related graph parameters. Each of these asks for a linear ordering of the vertices of the graph (or can be formulated as such), and there are constructive linear time algorithms for the fixed parameter versions of the problems. Examples are cutwidth,...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Bodlaender, Hans, Michael, Fellows, Thilikos Touloupas, Dimitrios
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/97431
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/97431
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algorithms
Cutwidth
Graph layout problems
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica
Descripción
Sumario:In this paper, we investigate algorithms for some related graph parameters. Each of these asks for a linear ordering of the vertices of the graph (or can be formulated as such), and there are constructive linear time algorithms for the fixed parameter versions of the problems. Examples are cutwidth, pathwidth, and directed or weighted variants of these. However, these algorithms have complicated technical details. This paper attempts to present ideas in these algorithms in a different more easily accessible manner, by showing that the algorithms can be obtained by a stepwise modification of a trivial hypothetical non-deterministic algorithm. The methodology is applied for a generalisation of the cutwidth problem to weighted mixed graphs. As a consequence, we obtain new algorithmic results for problems like modified cutwidth, and rederive known results for other related problems with simpler proofs.