An approximation algorithm for the longest cycle problem in solid grid graphs

DOI10.1016/J.DAM.2015.10.022zbMATH Open1333.05091arXiv1502.07085OpenAlexW2962700727MaRDI QIDQ266791FDOQ266791

Authors: Asghar Asgharian Sardroud, Alireza Bagheri 

Publication date: 7 April 2016

Published in: Discrete Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Although, the Hamiltonicity of solid grid graphs are polynomial-time decidable, the complexity of the longest cycle problem in these graphs is still open. In this paper, by presenting a linear-time constant-factor approximation algorithm, we show that the longest cycle problem in solid grid graphs is in APX. More precisely, our algorithm finds a cycle of length at least $frac2n3+1$ in 2-connected $n$-node solid grid graphs. Keywords: Longest cycle, Hamiltonian cycle, Approximation algorithm, Solid grid graph.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.07085

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zbMATH Keywords

approximation algorithmHamiltonian cyclelongest cyclesolid grid graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C85) Approximation algorithms (68W25) Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs (05C45) Distance in graphs (05C12) Paths and cycles (05C38)

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