Combinatorial optimization with 2-joins

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DOI10.1016/J.JCTB.2011.06.002zbMATH Open1235.90132DBLPjournals/jct/TrotignonV12arXiv1309.1547OpenAlexW1971558924WikidataQ59902615 ScholiaQ59902615MaRDI QIDQ765197FDOQ765197

Kristina Vušković, Nicolas Trotignon

Publication date: 19 March 2012

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A 2-join is an edge cutset that naturally appears in decomposition of several classes of graphs closed under taking induced subgraphs, such as perfect graphs and claw-free graphs. In this paper we construct combinatorial polynomial time algorithms for finding a maximum weighted clique, a maximum weighted stable set and an optimal coloring for a class of perfect graphs decomposable by 2-joins: the class of perfect graphs that do not have a balanced skew partition, a 2-join in the complement, nor a homogeneous pair. The techniques we develop are general enough to be easily applied to finding a maximum weighted stable set for another class of graphs known to be decomposable by 2-joins, namely the class of even-hole-free graphs that do not have a star cutset. We also give a simple class of graphs decomposable by 2-joins into bipartite graphs and line graphs, and for which finding a maximum stable set is NP-hard. This shows that having holes all of the same parity gives essential properties for the use of 2-joins in computing stable sets.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.1547




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