Edge-Fault Tolerance of Hypercube-like Networks

This paper considers a kind of generalized measure $\lambda_s^{(h)}$ of fault tolerance in a hypercube-like graph $G_n$ which contain several well-known interconnection networks such as hypercubes, varietal hypercubes, twisted cubes, crossed cubes and M\"obius cubes, and proves $\lambda_s^{(h)}(G_n)= 2^h(n-h)$ for any $h$ with $0\leqslant h\leqslant n-1$ by the induction on $n$ and a new technique. This result shows that at least $2^h(n-h)$ edges of $G_n$ have to be removed to get a disconnected graph that contains no vertices of degree less than $h$. Compared with previous results, this result enhances fault-tolerant ability of the above-mentioned networks theoretically

Cyclic sums, network sharing and restricted edge cuts in graphs with long cycles

Cyclic Sums, Network Sharing and Restricted Edge Cuts in Graphs with Long Cycles Dieter Rautenbach , Lutz Volkmann Preprint series: 07-06, 8 MSC 2000 05A17 Partitions of integers 05C40 Connectivity Abstract We study graphs G = (V,E) containing a long cycle which for given integers a1, a2, ..., ak 2 N have an edge cut whose removal results in k components with vertex sets V1, V2, ..., Vk such that |Vi| ai for 1 i k. Our results closely relate to problems and recent research in network sharing and network reliability. Keywords: restricted edge connectivity, arbitrarily vertex decomposable graph, network reliability, network sharin