Compression with wildcards: All induced metric subgraphs
Abstract
Driven by applications in the natural, social and computer sciences several algorithms have been proposed to enumerate all sets of vertices of a graph that induce a {\it connected} subgraph. We offer two algorithms for enumerating all 's that induce (more exquisite) {\it metric} subgraphs. Specifically, the first algorithm, called {\tt AllMetricSets}, generates these 's in a compressed format. The second algorithm generates all (accessible) metric sets one-by-one but is provably output-polynomial. Mutatis mutandis the same holds for the geodesically-convex sets , this being a natural strengthening of "metric". The Mathematica command {\tt BooleanConvert} features prominently.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2409.08363,
title = {Compression with wildcards: All induced metric subgraphs},
author = {Marcel Wild},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.08363},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
The proof of Theorem 1 is deferred to a forthcoming article, which offers more background on implication-bases. This and more cosmetic changes increase the readibility of the new version