Title
Approximating the path-distance-width for AT-free graphs and graphs in related classes.
Abstract
We consider the problem of determining the path-distance-width for AT-free graphs and graphs in related classes such as k-cocomparability graphs, proper interval graphs, cobipartite graphs, and cochain graphs. We first show that the problem is NP-hard even for cobipartite graphs, and thus for AT-free graphs. Next we present simple approximation algorithms with constant approximation ratios for AT-free graphs and graphs in the related graph classes mentioned above. For instance, our algorithm for AT-free graphs has approximation factor 3 and runs in linear time. We also show that the problem is solvable in polynomial time for cochain graphs, which form a subclass of the class of proper interval graphs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.dam.2012.11.015
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
linear time,at-free graph,polynomial time,related class,approximation factor,simple approximation algorithm,proper interval graph,cochain graph,cobipartite graph,constant approximation ratio,approximation algorithm
Discrete mathematics,Modular decomposition,Indifference graph,Combinatorics,Clique-sum,Chordal graph,Pathwidth,Longest path problem,1-planar graph,Mathematics,Maximal independent set
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
168
0166-218X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
17
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yota Otachi116137.16
Toshiki Saitoh28714.95
Katsuhisa Yamanaka36015.73
Shuji Kijima418123.04
Yoshio Okamoto5152.71
Hirotaka Ono640056.98
yushi uno722228.80
Koichi Yamazaki822221.85