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Maximum weight independent sets in hole- and dart-free graphs

Basavaraju, M and Chandran, LS and Karthick, T (2012) Maximum weight independent sets in hole- and dart-free graphs. In: Discrete Applied Mathematics, 160 (16-17). pp. 2364-2369.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2012.06.015

Abstract

The Maximum Weight Independent Set (MWIS) problem on graphs with vertex weights asks for a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices of maximum total weight. The complexity of the MWIS problem for hole-free graphs is unknown. In this paper, we first prove that the MWIS problem for (hole, dart, gem)-free graphs can be solved in O(n(3))-time. By using this result, we prove that the MWIS problem for (hole, dart)-free graphs can be solved in O(n(4))-time. Though the MWIS problem for (hole, dart, gem)-free graphs is used as a subroutine, we also give the best known time bound for the solvability of the MWIS problem in (hole, dart, gem)-free graphs. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Discrete Applied Mathematics
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Additional Information: Copyright for this article is belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords: Graph algorithms;Maximum weight independent set problem; Clique separators;Hole-free graphs
Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > Computer Science & Automation
Date Deposited: 10 Dec 2012 08:47
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2012 08:47
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/45222

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