Title
Path covers of weighted graphs
Abstract
Let (G, w) denote a simple graph G with a weight function w: E(G) --> {0,1,2}. A path cover of (G, w) is a collection of paths in G such that every edge e is contained in exactly w(e) paths of the collection. For a vertex upsilon, w(upsilon) is the sum of the weights of the edges incident with upsilon;upsilon is called an odd (even) vertex if w(upsilon) is odd (even). We prove that if every vertex of (G, w) is incident with at most one edge of weight 2, then (G, w) has a path cover P such that each odd vertex occurs exactly once, and each even vertex exactly twice, as an end of a path of P. We also prove that if every vertex of (G, w) is even, then (G, w) has a path cover P such that each vertex occurs exactly twice as an end of a path of P. (C) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
1995
10.1002/jgt.3190190114
Journal of Graph Theory
Keywords
Field
DocType
weighted graph
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Weight function,Bound graph,Vertex (geometry),Vertex (graph theory),Neighbourhood (graph theory),Shortest-path tree,Path cover,Mathematics,Saturation (graph theory)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
1
0364-9024
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Genghua Fan141265.22