{"title":"Graph Bipartization and Via Minimization for Intersection Graphs","authors":"Lan Lin, Yixun Lin","doi":"10.1142/s0219265924500063","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The graph bipartization problem, arising from via minimization in VLSI design and related areas, consists in finding a vertex subset [Formula: see text] of graph [Formula: see text] such that the induced subgraph [Formula: see text] is bipartite and [Formula: see text] is maximized. The problem has been proved to be NP-hard even for planar graphs and cubic graphs. On the other hand, the study of polynomial-time algorithms for typical graph classes is significant in both theoretical and applied aspects. This paper focuses on several intersection graph classes, such as line graphs, circular-arc graphs, and directed path graphs. For the line graphs, we show the NP-hardness results in general and present the polynomial-time algorithms for special cases. For circular-arc graphs and directed path graphs, we propose algorithms that improve on the previously known ones.","PeriodicalId":53990,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"JOURNAL OF INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219265924500063","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The graph bipartization problem, arising from via minimization in VLSI design and related areas, consists in finding a vertex subset [Formula: see text] of graph [Formula: see text] such that the induced subgraph [Formula: see text] is bipartite and [Formula: see text] is maximized. The problem has been proved to be NP-hard even for planar graphs and cubic graphs. On the other hand, the study of polynomial-time algorithms for typical graph classes is significant in both theoretical and applied aspects. This paper focuses on several intersection graph classes, such as line graphs, circular-arc graphs, and directed path graphs. For the line graphs, we show the NP-hardness results in general and present the polynomial-time algorithms for special cases. For circular-arc graphs and directed path graphs, we propose algorithms that improve on the previously known ones.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Interconnection Networks (JOIN) is an international scientific journal dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art of interconnection networks. The journal addresses all aspects of interconnection networks including their theory, analysis, design, implementation and application, and corresponding issues of communication, computing and function arising from (or applied to) a variety of multifaceted networks. Interconnection problems occur at different levels in the hardware and software design of communicating entities in integrated circuits, multiprocessors, multicomputers, and communication networks as diverse as telephone systems, cable network systems, computer networks, mobile communication networks, satellite network systems, the Internet and biological systems.