The vertex separation of a graph is the minimum vertex separation of a linear layout of that graph over all its linear layouts. A linear layout of a graph is an arrangement of its vertices in a line and the vertex separation of a linear layout is maximum number of vertices to the left of any intervertex "gap" that are adjacent to vertices to the right of that gap, over all gaps. A unicyclic graph is a connected graph with precisely one cycle that is, a tree plus an extra edge. We present a O(n lgn) algorithm to compute the optimal vertex separation of unicyclic graphs. The algorithm is "practical" in the sense that it is easily implementable. Furthermore, the algorithm outputs a layout for the unicyclic graph of minimum vertex separation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/612 |
| Date | 10 April 2008 |
| Creators | Markov, Minko Marinov. |
| Contributors | Ellis, John Arthur |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Detected Language | English |
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