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Higher dimensional graphs can be used to colour two-dimensional geometric graphs. If G the boundary of a three dimensional graph H for example, we can refine the interior until it is colourable with 4 colours. The later goal is achieved if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-12-23 Oliver Knill

We design fast dynamic algorithms for proper vertex and edge colorings in a graph undergoing edge insertions and deletions. In the static setting, there are simple linear time algorithms for $(\Delta+1)$- vertex coloring and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Sayan Bhattacharya , Deeparnab Chakrabarty , Monika Henzinger , Danupon Nanongkai

Combinatorial optimization problems near algorithmic phase transitions represent a fundamental challenge for both classical algorithms and machine learning approaches. Among them, graph coloring stands as a prototypical constraint…

Dynamic optimization problems have gained significant attention in evolutionary computation as evolutionary algorithms (EAs) can easily adapt to changing environments. We show that EAs can solve the graph coloring problem for bipartite…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-29 Jakob Bossek , Frank Neumann , Pan Peng , Dirk Sudholt

A classic graph coloring problem is to assign colors to vertices of any graph so that distinct colors are assigned to adjacent vertices. Optimal graph coloring colors a graph with a minimum number of colors, which is its chromatic number.…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Flávio José Mendes Coelho

A simple but empirically efficient heuristic algorithm for the edge-coloring of graphs is presented. Its basic idea is the displacement of "conflicts" (repeated colors in the edges incident to a vertex) along paths of adjacent vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-19 M. A. Fiol , J. Vilaltella

In this paper we consider coloring problems on graphs and other combinatorial structures on standard Borel spaces. Our goal is to obtain sufficient conditions under which such colorings can be made well-behaved in the sense of topology or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Anton Bernshteyn

The design of a good algorithm to solve NP-hard combinatorial approximation problems requires specific domain knowledge about the problems and often needs a trial-and-error problem solving approach. Graph coloring is one of the essential…

A recent line of research concerns the problem of soft happy colouring (SHC), which requires that a partially coloured graph be extended to a complete colouring to maximise local agreements, so that as many vertices as possible end up…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Mohammad Hadi Shekarriz , Dhananjay Thiruvady , Asef Nazari

The graph colouring problem consists of assigning labels, or colours, to the vertices of a graph such that no two adjacent vertices share the same colour. In this work we investigate whether deep reinforcement learning can be used to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-11 George Watkins , Giovanni Montana , Juergen Branke

This paper studies the fundamental problem of graph coloring in fully dynamic graphs. Since the problem of computing an optimal coloring, or even approximating it to within $n^{1-\epsilon}$ for any $\epsilon > 0$, is NP-hard in static…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Shay Solomon , Nicole Wein

he greatest weakness of evolutionary algorithms, widely used today, is the premature convergence due to the loss of population diversity over generations. To overcome this problem, several algorithms have been proposed, such as the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-08-22 Asmaa Ghoumari , Amir Nakib

Graphs with diverse structural characteristics play a central role in modelling and optimization tasks. The ability to generate different types of graphs that exhibit shared properties is likewise essential for algorithm selection and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Hendrik Richter , Frank Neumann

This paper provides experimental experiences on two local search hybridized genetic algorithms in solving the uncapacitated examination timetabling problem. The proposed two hybrid algorithms use partition and priority based solution…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Ayse Aslan

In this paper, we introduce a class of graphs which we call average hereditary graphs. Many graphs that occur in the usual graph theory applications belong to this class of graphs. Many popular types of graphs fall under this class, such as…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Syed Mujtaba Hassan , Shahid Hussain

We study the complexity of graph modification problems with respect to homomorphism-based colouring properties of edge-coloured graphs. A homomorphism from edge-coloured graph $G$ to edge-coloured graph $H$ is a vertex-mapping from $G$ to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-04 Florent Foucaud , Hervé Hocquard , Dimitri Lajou , Valia Mitsou , Théo Pierron

We consider the problem of maintaining a proper $(\Delta + 1)$-vertex coloring in a graph on $n$-vertices and maximum degree $\Delta$ undergoing edge insertions and deletions. We give a randomized algorithm with amortized update time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Maxime Flin , Magnús M. Halldórsson

Graph coloring problems are a central topic of study in the theory of algorithms. We study the problem of partially coloring partially colorable graphs. For $\alpha \leq 1$ and $k \in \mathbb{Z}^+$, we say that a graph $G=(V,E)$ is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-02 Suprovat Ghoshal , Anand Louis , Rahul Raychaudhury

Recent breakthroughs in graph streaming have led to the design of single-pass semi-streaming algorithms for various graph coloring problems such as $(\Delta+1)$-coloring, degeneracy-coloring, coloring triangle-free graphs, and others. These…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-01 Sepehr Assadi , Andrew Chen , Glenn Sun

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) exhibit excellent performance when graphs have strong homophily property, i.e. connected nodes have the same labels. However, they perform poorly on heterophilic graphs. Several approaches address the issue of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Vijay Lingam , Rahul Ragesh , Arun Iyer , Sundararajan Sellamanickam