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We investigate graphs that can be represented as vertex intersections of horizontal and vertical paths in a grid, the so called $B_0$-VPG graphs. Recognizing this class is an NP-complete problem. Although, there exists a polynomial time…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-02 L. Alcón , F. Bonomo , M. P. Mazzoleni

Let $G$ be a connected graph. The eccentricity of a path $P$, denoted by ecc$_G(P)$, is the maximum distance from $P$ to any vertex in $G$. In the \textsc{Central path} (CP) problem our aim is to find a path of minimum eccentricity. This…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Renzo Gómez , Juan Gutiérrez

Let $G$ be an edge-colored connected graph. A path $P$ in $G$ is called a distance $\ell$-proper path if no two edges of the same color appear with fewer than $\ell$ edges in between on $P$. The graph $G$ is called $(k,\ell)$-proper…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-06-22 Xueliang Li , Colton Magnant , Meiqin Wei , Xiaoyu Zhu

A graph $G=(V,E)$ is called a pairwise compatibility graph (PCG) if there exists an edge-weighted tree $T$ and two non-negative real numbers $d_{min}$ and $d_{max}$ such that each leaf $u$ of $T$ corresponds to a vertex $u \in V$ and there…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-17 Sheikh Azizul Hakim , Bishal Basak Papan , Md. Saidur Rahman

In this paper we consider the Maximum Independent Set problem (MIS) on $B_1$-EPG graphs. EPG (for Edge intersection graphs of Paths on a Grid) was introduced in ~\cite{edgeintersinglebend} as the class of graphs whose vertices can be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-10-05 Marin Bougeret , Stephane Bessy , Daniel Gonçalves , Cristophe Paul

Path graphs are intersection graphs of paths in a tree.~In this paper we give a "6\ good characterization" of path graphs, namely, we prove that path graph membership is in $NP\cap CoNP$ without resorting to existing polynomial time…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Nicola Apollonio , Lorenzo Balzotti

Pairwise Compatibility Graphs (PCGs) form a tree-metric graph class that originated in phylogeny and has since attracted sustained interest in graph theory. Several natural generalizations have been proposed in order to overcome the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Sheikh Azizul Hakim , Md. Shamsuzzoha Bayzid

A graph $G$ is called a pairwise compatibility graph (PCG) if there exists an edge weighted tree $T$ and two non-negative real numbers $d_{min}$ and $d_{max}$ such that each leaf $l_u$ of $T$ corresponds to a vertex $u \in V$ and there is…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-06-22 Tiziana Calamoneri , Rossella Petreschi , Blerina Sinaimeri

A path in an(a) edge(vertex)-colored graph is called \emph{a conflict-free path} if there exists a color used on only one of its edges(vertices). An(A) edge(vertex)-colored graph is called \emph{conflict-free (vertex-)connected} if there is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-20 Meng Ji , Xueliang Li , Xiaoyu Zhu

We investigate edge-intersection graphs of paths in the plane grid, regarding a parameter called the bend-number. I.e., every vertex is represented by a grid path and two vertices are adjacent if and only if the two grid paths share at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-21 Daniel Heldt , Kolja Knauer , Torsten Ueckerdt

We study a new variant of \emph{connected coloring} of graphs based on the concept of \emph{strong} edge coloring (every color class forms an \emph{induced} matching). In particular, an edge-colored path is \emph{strongly proper} if its…

EPG graphs, introduced by Golumbic et al. in 2009, are edge-intersection graphs of paths on an orthogonal grid. The class $B_k$-EPG is the subclass of EPG graphs where the path on the grid associated to each vertex has at most $k$ bends.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-06-22 Nicolas Bousquet , Marc Heinrich

The path eccentricity of a connected graph $G$ is the minimum integer $k$ such that $G$ has a path such that every vertex is at distance at most $k$ from the path. A result of Duffus, Jacobson, and Gould from 1981 states that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Sylwia Cichacz , Claire Hilaire , Tomáš Masařík , Jana Masaříková , Martin Milanič

A path in a vertex-colored graph is a {\it vertex-proper path} if any two internal adjacent vertices differ in color. A vertex-colored graph is {\it proper vertex $k$-connected} if any two vertices of the graph are connected by $k$ disjoint…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Hui Jiang , Xueliang Li , Yingying Zhang , Yan Zhao

A path in an edge-colored graph $G$ is called monochromatic if any two edges on the path have the same color. For $k\geq 2$, an edge-colored graph $G$ is said to be monochromatic $k$-edge-connected if every two distinct vertices of $G$ are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Ping Li , Xueliang Li

A path $P$ in an edge-colored graph is called \emph{a conflict-free path} if there exists a color used on only one of the edges of $P$. An edge-colored graph $G$ is called \emph{conflict-free connected} if for each pair of distinct vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-25 Meng Ji , Xueliang Li

An edge-coloured path is monochromatic if all of its edges have the same colour. For a $k$-connected graph $G$, the monochromatic $k$-connection number of $G$, denoted by $mc_k(G)$, is the maximum number of colours in an edge-colouring of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Qingqiong Cai , Shinya Fujita , Henry Liu , Boram Park

An edge-colored graph $G$ is \emph{conflict-free connected} if any two of its vertices are connected by a path, which contains a color used on exactly one of its edges. The \emph{conflict-free connection number} of a connected graph $G$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-09 Hong Chang , Trung Duy Doan , Zhong Huang , Stanislav Jendrol' , Xueliang Li , Ingo Schiermeyer

A path in an edge-colored graph is called a proper path if no two adjacent edges of the path are colored with one same color. An edge-colored graph is called $k$-proper connected if any two vertices of the graph are connected by $k$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-13 Fei Huang , Xueliang Li , Shujing Wang

A directed graph $D$ is singly connected if for every ordered pair of vertices $(s,t)$, there is at most one path from $s$ to $t$ in $D$. Graph orientation problems ask, given an undirected graph $G$, to find an orientation of the edges…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Tim A. Hartmann , Komal Muluk