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A correction on Shiloach's algorithm for minimum linear arrangement of trees

Data Structures and Algorithms 2020-09-24 v2

Abstract

More than 30 years ago, Shiloach published an algorithm to solve the minimum linear arrangement problem for undirected trees. Here we fix a small error in the original version of the algorithm and discuss its effect on subsequent literature. We also improve some aspects of the notation.

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@article{arxiv.1511.01061,
  title  = {A correction on Shiloach's algorithm for minimum linear arrangement of trees},
  author = {Juan Luis Esteban and Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01061},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

A new introductory paragraph has been added; error solutions and notation improvements are discussed with more depth

R2 v1 2026-06-22T11:36:40.408Z