Graph sandwich problem
In graph theory and computer science, the graph sandwich problem is a problem of finding a graph that belongs to a particular family of graphs and is "sandwiched" between two other graphs, one of which must be a subgraph and the other of which must be a supergraph of the desired graph. Graph sandwich problems generalize the problem of testing whether a given graph belongs to a family of graphs, and have attracted attention because of their applications and as a natural generalization of recognition problems.[1]
Problem statement
More precisely, given a vertex set V, a mandatory edge set E1,
and a larger edge set E2,
a graph G = (V, E) is called a sandwich graph for the pair
G1 = (V, E1), G2 = (V, E2) if
E1 ⊆ E ⊆ E2.
The graph sandwich problem for property Π is defined as follows:Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag It can be solved in polynomial time for split graphs,[2][3] threshold graphs,[2][3] and graphs in which every five vertices contain at most one four-vertex induced path.[4]
The complexity status has also been settled for the H-free graph sandwich problems
for each of the four-vertex graphs H.[5]
References
- ↑ Golumbic, Martin Charles; Trenk, Ann N. (2004), "Chapter 4. Interval probe graphs and sandwich problems", Tolerance Graphs, Cambridge, pp. 63–83.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedgks - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mahadev, N.V.R.; Peled, Uri N. (1995), Threshold Graphs and Related Topics, Annals of Discrete Mathematics, 57, North-Holland, pp. 19–22, https://books.google.com/books?id=nWfGo_VX5M8C&pg=PA19.
- ↑ Dantas, S.; Klein, S.; Mello, C.P.; Morgana, A. (2009), "The graph sandwich problem for P4-sparse graphs", Discrete Mathematics 309: 3664–3673, doi:10.1016/j.disc.2008.01.014.
- ↑ Dantas, Simone; de Figueiredo, Celina M.H.; Maffray, Frédéric; Teixeira, Rafael B. (2013), "The complexity of forbidden subgraph sandwich problems and the skew partition sandwich problem", Discrete Applied Mathematics: Available online 11 October 2013, doi:10.1016/j.dam.2013.09.004.
Further reading
- Dantas, Simone; de Figueiredo, Celina M.H.; da Silva, Murilo V.G.; Teixeira, Rafael B. (2011), "On the forbidden induced subgraph sandwich problem", Discrete Applied Mathematics 159: 1717-1725, doi:10.1016/j.dam.2010.11.010.
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