Title
Normal Helly circular-arc graphs and its subclasses
Abstract
A Helly circular-arc model M=(C,A) is a circle C together with a Helly family A of arcs of C. If no arc is contained in any other, then M is a proper Helly circular-arc model, if every arc has the same length, then M is a unit Helly circular-arc model, and if there are no two arcs covering the circle, then M is a normal Helly circular-arc model. A Helly (resp. proper Helly, unit Helly, normal Helly) circular-arc graph is the intersection graph of the arcs of a Helly (resp. proper Helly, unit Helly, normal Helly) circular-arc model. In this article we study these subclasses of Helly circular-arc graphs. We show natural generalizations of several properties of (proper) interval graphs that hold for some of these Helly circular-arc subclasses. Next, we describe characterizations for the subclasses of Helly circular-arc graphs, including forbidden induced subgraphs characterizations. These characterizations lead to efficient algorithms for recognizing graphs within these classes. Finally, we show how these classes of graphs relate with straight and round digraphs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.dam.2012.11.005
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
normal helly circular-arc graph,unit helly circular-arc model,normal helly circular-arc model,helly circular-arc graph,helly circular-arc subclasses,helly circular-arc model,proper helly,normal helly,helly family a,unit helly,proper helly circular-arc model
Journal
161
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7-8
0166-218X
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
34
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Min Chih Lin125921.22
Francisco J. Soulignac210110.56
Jayme L. Szwarcfiter354645.97