Partitioning chordal graphs into independent sets and cliques
We consider the following generalization of split graphs: A graph is said to be a (k,ℓ)-graph if its vertex set can be partitioned into k independent sets and ℓ cliques. (Split graphs are obtained by setting k=ℓ=1.) Much of the appeal of split graphs is due to the fact that they are chordal, a prope...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Formato: | informe técnico |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFRJ |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:pantheon.ufrj.br:11422/1889 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/11422/1889 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Chordal graphs Split graphs Greedy algorithms List partitions Min-max theorems Grafos cordal Grafos clique CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::CIENCIA DA COMPUTACAO |
| Resumo: | We consider the following generalization of split graphs: A graph is said to be a (k,ℓ)-graph if its vertex set can be partitioned into k independent sets and ℓ cliques. (Split graphs are obtained by setting k=ℓ=1.) Much of the appeal of split graphs is due to the fact that they are chordal, a property not shared by (k,ℓ)-graphs in general. (For instance, being a (k,0)-graph is equivalent to being k-colourable.) However, if we keep the assumption of chordality, nice algorithms and characterization theorems are possible. Indeed, our main result is a forbidden subgraph characterization of chordal (k,ℓ)-graphs. We also give an O(n(m+n)) recognition algorithm for chordal (k,ℓ)-graphs. When k=1, our algorithm runs in time O(m+n). In particular, we obtain a new simple and efficient greedy algorithm for the recognition of split graphs, from which it is easy to derive the well known forbidden subgraph characterization of split graphs. The algorithm and the characterization extend, in a natural way, to the ‘list’ (or ‘pre-colouring extension’) version of the split partition problem — given a graph with some vertices pre-assigned to the independent set, or to the clique, is there a split partition extending this pre-assignment? Another way to think of our main result is the following min-max property of chordal graphs: the maximum number of independent (i.e., disjoint and nonadjacent) Kr's equals the minimum number of cliques that meet all Kr's. |
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