Chinese Quarterly Journal of Mathematics ›› 2009, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 290-297.

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The Interval Graph Completion Problem for the Complete Multipartite Graphs

  

  1. Department of Mathematics, Huanghuai University
  • Received:2007-06-20 Online:2009-06-30 Published:2023-08-11
  • About author:ZHANG Zhen-kun(1968-), male, native of Zhumadian, Henan, doctor, an associate professor of Huanghuai University, engages in graph theory and combinatorial optimization; HOU Ya-lin(1965-), male,native of Zhumadian, Henan, an associate professor of Huanghuai University, engages in operations research.
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(082300460190); Sponsored by Program for Science and Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province;

Abstract: The interval graph completion problem of a graph G includes two class problems: the profile problem and the pathwidth problem, denoted as P(G) and PW(G) respectively, where the profile problem is to find an interval supergraph with the smallest possible number of edges; the pathwidth problem is to find an interval supergraph with the smallest possible cliquesize. These two class problems have important applications to numerical algebra, VLSI- layout and algorithm graph theory respectively; And they are known to be NP-complete for general graphs. Some classes of special graphs have been investigated in the literatures. In this paper the exact solutions of the profile and the pathwidth of the complete multipartite graph Kn1,n2,···,nr(r ≥ 2) are determined. 

Key words: the interval graph, profile, pathwidth, the complete multipartite graph

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