Title
On Moore bipartite digraphs
Abstract
In the context of the degree-diameter problem for directed graphs, it is known that the number of vertices of a strongly connected bipartite digraph satisfies a Moore-like bound in terms of its diameter k and the maximum out-degrees (d1, d2) of its partite sets of vertices. It has been proved that, when d1d2 1, the digraphs attaining such a bound, called Moore bipartite digraphs, only exist when 2 ≤ k ≤ 4. This paper deals with the problem of their enumeration. In this context, using the theory of circulant matrices and the so-called De Bruijn near-factorizations of cyclic groups, we present some new constructions of Moore bipartite digraphs of diameter three and composite out-degrees. By applying the iterated line digraph technique, such constructions also provide new families of dense bipartite digraphs with arbitrary diameter. Moreover, we show that the line digraph structure is inherent in any Moore bipartite digraph G of diameter k = 4, which means that G = L G′, where G′ is a Moore bipartite digraph of diameter k = 3. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 43: 171–187, 2003
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1002/jgt.v43:3
Journal of Graph Theory
Keywords
Field
DocType
circulant matrix
Graph theory,Discrete mathematics,Complete bipartite graph,Combinatorics,Vertex (geometry),Bipartite graph,Circulant matrix,De Bruijn sequence,Strongly connected component,Digraph,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
43
3
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.41
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. A. Fiol181687.28
Joan Gimbert2466.62
José Gómez310.41
Yaokun Wu420.84