Title
Inapproximability results related to monophonic convexity
Abstract
In 2010, it was proved that the interval number and the convexity number on the monophonic convexity are NP-hard on general graphs (Dourado et¿al., 2010). In this paper, we extend this results on the monophonic convexity. We prove that deciding if the interval number is at most 2 and deciding if the percolation time is at most 1 are NP-complete problems even in bipartite graphs. We also prove that the convexity number is as hard to approximate as the maximum clique problem. Finally, we obtain polynomial time algorithms to determine the convexity number on hereditary graph classes such that the computation of the clique number is polynomial time solvable (as perfect graphs and planar graphs).
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.dam.2014.09.012
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Monophonic convexity,Bipartite graphs,NP-completeness,Inapproximability,Convexity number,Percolation time
Discrete mathematics,Graph,Combinatorics,Convexity,Bipartite graph,Time complexity,Percolation,Planar graph,Clique problem,Mathematics,Computation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
197
C
0166-218X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.44
13
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eurinardo R. Costa150.44
Mitre Dourado29018.43
Rudini Menezes Sampaio3266.52