RECOGNITION ALGORITM FOR P₄-TIDY GRAPHS

  • MIHAI TALMACIU
    Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Education Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău, 157 Calea Mărăşeşti, 600115 Bacău, ROMANIA,
    mihaitalmaciu@yahoo.com

Abstract

In this article we give a characterization of P₄-tidy graphs. We also give recognition algorithm for P₄-tidy graphs, comparable to existent ones as execution time. Finally, we determine the combinatorial optimization number in efficient time for P₄-tidy graphs. We show that for P4-tidy graphs clique problem is polynomial time.

Cuvinte cheie

P₄-tidy graphs spider graphs quasi-spider graphs weak decomposition recognition algorithm.