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The maximum weight stable set problem in $(P_6,\mbox{bull})$-free graphs

Combinatorics 2016-02-23 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We present a polynomial-time algorithm that finds a maximum weight stable set in a graph that does not contain as an induced subgraph an induced path on six vertices or a bull (the graph with vertices a,b,c,d,ea, b, c, d, e and edges ab,bc,cd,be,ceab, bc, cd, be, ce).

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@article{arxiv.1602.06817,
  title  = {The maximum weight stable set problem in $(P_6,\mbox{bull})$-free graphs},
  author = {Frédéric Maffray and Lucas Pastor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.06817},
  year   = {2016}
}