The complexity of coloring graphs without long induced paths

We discuss the computational complexity of determining the chromatic number of graphs without long induced paths. We prove NP-completeness of deciding whether a P8-free graph is 5-colorable and of deciding whether a P12-free graph is 4-colorable. Moreover, we give a polynomial time algorithm for dec...

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Bibliográfiai részletek
Szerzők: Woeginger Gerhard J.
Sgall Jiří
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: 2001
Sorozat:Acta cybernetica 15 No. 1
Kulcsszavak:Számítástechnika, Kibernetika
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Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/12665
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Tartalmi kivonat:We discuss the computational complexity of determining the chromatic number of graphs without long induced paths. We prove NP-completeness of deciding whether a P8-free graph is 5-colorable and of deciding whether a P12-free graph is 4-colorable. Moreover, we give a polynomial time algorithm for deciding whether a P5-free graph is 3-colorable.
Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők:107-117
ISSN:0324-721X