29 research outputs found
Proper circular arc graphs as intersection graphs of paths on a grid
In this paper we present a characterisation, by an infinite family of minimal
forbidden induced subgraphs, of proper circular arc graphs which are
intersection graphs of paths on a grid, where each path has at most one bend
(turn)
On the bend number of circular-arc graphs as edge intersection graphs of paths on a grid
Golumbic, Lipshteyn and Stern \cite{Golumbic-epg} proved that every graph can
be represented as the edge intersection graph of paths on a grid (EPG graph),
i.e., one can associate with each vertex of the graph a nontrivial path on a
rectangular grid such that two vertices are adjacent if and only if the
corresponding paths share at least one edge of the grid. For a nonnegative
integer , -EPG graphs are defined as EPG graphs admitting a model in
which each path has at most bends. Circular-arc graphs are intersection
graphs of open arcs of a circle. It is easy to see that every circular-arc
graph is a -EPG graph, by embedding the circle into a rectangle of the
grid. In this paper, we prove that every circular-arc graph is -EPG, and
that there exist circular-arc graphs which are not -EPG. If we restrict
ourselves to rectangular representations (i.e., the union of the paths used in
the model is contained in a rectangle of the grid), we obtain EPR (edge
intersection of path in a rectangle) representations. We may define -EPR
graphs, , the same way as -EPG graphs. Circular-arc graphs are
clearly -EPR graphs and we will show that there exist circular-arc graphs
that are not -EPR graphs. We also show that normal circular-arc graphs are
-EPR graphs and that there exist normal circular-arc graphs that are not
-EPR graphs. Finally, we characterize -EPR graphs by a family of
minimal forbidden induced subgraphs, and show that they form a subclass of
normal Helly circular-arc graphs
Edge Intersection Graphs of L-Shaped Paths in Grids
In this paper we continue the study of the edge intersection graphs of one
(or zero) bend paths on a rectangular grid. That is, the edge intersection
graphs where each vertex is represented by one of the following shapes:
,, , , and we consider zero bend
paths (i.e., | and ) to be degenerate s. These graphs, called
-EPG graphs, were first introduced by Golumbic et al (2009). We consider
the natural subclasses of -EPG formed by the subsets of the four single
bend shapes (i.e., {}, {,},
{,}, and {,,}) and we
denote the classes by [], [,],
[,], and [,,]
respectively. Note: all other subsets are isomorphic to these up to 90 degree
rotation. We show that testing for membership in each of these classes is
NP-complete and observe the expected strict inclusions and incomparability
(i.e., [] [,],
[,] [,,]
-EPG; also, [,] is incomparable with
[,]). Additionally, we give characterizations and
polytime recognition algorithms for special subclasses of Split
[].Comment: 14 pages, to appear in DAM special issue for LAGOS'1
Computing maximum cliques in -EPG graphs
EPG graphs, introduced by Golumbic et al. in 2009, are edge-intersection
graphs of paths on an orthogonal grid. The class -EPG is the subclass of
EPG graphs where the path on the grid associated to each vertex has at most
bends. Epstein et al. showed in 2013 that computing a maximum clique in
-EPG graphs is polynomial. As remarked in [Heldt et al., 2014], when the
number of bends is at least , the class contains -interval graphs for
which computing a maximum clique is an NP-hard problem. The complexity status
of the Maximum Clique problem remains open for and -EPG graphs. In
this paper, we show that we can compute a maximum clique in polynomial time in
-EPG graphs given a representation of the graph.
Moreover, we show that a simple counting argument provides a
-approximation for the coloring problem on -EPG graphs without
knowing the representation of the graph. It generalizes a result of [Epstein et
al, 2013] on -EPG graphs (where the representation was needed)
Proper circular arc graphs as intersection graphs of pathson a grid
In this paper we present a characterization, by an infinite family of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs, of proper circular arc graphs which are intersection graphs of paths on a grid, where each path has at most one bend (turn).Facultad de Ciencias Exacta
B1-EPG graphs are 4-clique colorable
We consider the problem of clique coloring, that is, coloring the vertices of a given graph such that no (maximal) clique of size at least two is monocolored. It is known that interval graphs are 2-clique colorable. In this work we prove that B1-EPG graphs (edge intersection graphs of paths on a grid, where each path has at most one bend) are 4-clique colorable. Moreover, given a B1-EPG representation of a graph, we provide a linear time algorithm that constructs a 4-clique coloring of it.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta
B1-EPG graphs are 4-clique colorable
We consider the problem of clique coloring, that is, coloring the vertices of a given graph such that no (maximal) clique of size at least two is monocolored. It is known that interval graphs are 2-clique colorable. In this work we prove that B1-EPG graphs (edge intersection graphs of paths on a grid, where each path has at most one bend) are 4-clique colorable. Moreover, given a B1-EPG representation of a graph, we provide a linear time algorithm that constructs a 4-clique coloring of it.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta