Title
A greedy algorithm for finding a large 2-matching on a random cubic graph
Abstract
A 2-matching of a graph G is a spanning subgraph with maximum degree two. The size of a 2-matching U is the number of edges in U and this is at least n-(U) where n is the number of vertices of G and denotes the number of components. In this article, we analyze the performance of a greedy algorithm 2greedy for finding a large 2-matching on a random 3-regular graph. We prove that with high probability, the algorithm outputs a 2-matching U with (U) = Theta(n(1/5)).
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1002/jgt.22224
JOURNAL OF GRAPH THEORY
Keywords
Field
DocType
greedy algorithm,2-matching,random cubic graph
Graph,Spanning subgraph,Combinatorics,Vertex (geometry),Cubic graph,Greedy algorithm,Degree (graph theory),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
88.0
3.0
0364-9024
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
11
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Deepak Bal1357.32
P BENNETT2155.42
Tom Bohman325033.01
Alan M. Frieze44837787.00