The interval constrained 3-coloring problem
Discrete Mathematics
2009-12-17 v2
Abstract
In this paper, we settle the open complexity status of interval constrained coloring with a fixed number of colors. We prove that the problem is already NP-complete if the number of different colors is 3. Previously, it has only been known that it is NP-complete, if the number of colors is part of the input and that the problem is solvable in polynomial time, if the number of colors is at most 2. We also show that it is hard to satisfy almost all of the constraints for a feasible instance.
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@article{arxiv.0907.3563,
title = {The interval constrained 3-coloring problem},
author = {Jaroslaw Byrka and Andreas Karrenbauer and Laura Sanita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.3563},
year = {2009}
}
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minor revision