Bang Le, V., Mosca, R. and Muller, H. (2008) On stable cutsets in claw-free graphs and planar graphs. Journal of Discrete Algorithms, 6 (2). pp. 256-276. ISSN 1570-8667
Abstract
A stable cutset in a connected graph is a stable set whose deletion disconnects the graph. Let K4 and K1,3 (claw) denote the complete (bipartite) graph on 4 and 1+3 vertices. It is NP-complete to decide whether a line graph (hence a claw-free graph) with maximum degree five or a K4-free graph admits a stable cutset. Here we describe algorithms deciding in polynomial time whether a claw-free graph with maximum degree at most four or whether a (claw, K4)-free graph admits a stable cutset. As a by-product we obtain that the stable cutset problem is polynomially solvable for claw-free planar graphs, and also for planar line graphs. Thus, the computational complexity of the stable cutset problem is completely determined for claw-free graphs with respect to degree constraint, and for claw-free planar graphs. Moreover, we prove that the stable cutset problem remains NP-complete for K4-free planar graphs with maximum degree five.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Computing (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Sherpa Assistant |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2008 14:10 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2015 17:26 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jda.2007.04.001 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jda.2007.04.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:4607 |