Title
Counting H-colorings of partial k-trees
Abstract
The problem of counting all H-colorings of a graph G with n vertices is considered. While the problem is, in general, #P-complete, we give linear time algorithms that solve the main variants of this problem when the input graph G is a k-tree or, in the case where G is directed, when the underlying graph of G is a k-tree. Our algorithms remain polynomial even in the case where k=O(logn) or in the case where the size of H is O(n). Our results are easy to implement and imply the existence of polynomial time algorithms for a series of problems on partial k-trees such as core checking and chromatic polynomial computation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1016/S0304-3975(02)00017-8
Theor. Comput. Sci.
Keywords
Field
DocType
graph homomorphism,counting problems,treewidth
Wheel graph,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Graph power,Tutte polynomial,Factor-critical graph,Chromatic polynomial,Windmill graph,Voltage graph,Mathematics,Complement graph
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
281
1-2
0304-3975
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.67
28
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Josep Díaz1489204.59
Maria J. Serna247370.53
Dimitrios M. Thilikos31844124.72