B₀-VPG representation of AT-free outerplanar graphs

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\(B 0\)-VPG representation of AT-free outerplanar graphs



Abstract: A k-bend path is a non-self-intersecting polyline in the plane made of at most k+1 axis-parallel line segments. Bk-VPG is the class of graphs which can be represented as intersection graphs of k-bend paths in the same plane. In this paper, we show that all AT-free outerplanar graphs are B0-VPG, i.e., intersection graphs of horizontal and vertical line segments in the plane. Our proofs are constructive and give a polynomial time B0-VPG drawing algorithm for the class. Following a long line of improvements, Gonc{c}alves, Isenmann, and Pennarun [SODA 2018] showed that all planar graphs are B1-VPG. Since there are planar graphs which are not B0-VPG, characterizing B0-VPG graphs among planar graphs becomes interesting. Chaplick et al. [WG 2012] had shown that it is NP-complete to recognize Bk-VPG graphs within Bk+1-VPG. Hence recognizing B0-VPG graphs within B1-VPG is NP-complete in general, but the question is open when restricted to planar graphs. There are outerplanar graphs and AT-free planar graphs which are not B0-VPG. This piqued our interest in AT-free outerplanar graphs.












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