Let G = (V,E) be a finite undirected connected graph. We show that there is a common perfect elimination ordering of all powers of G which represent chordal graphs. Consequently, if G and all of its powers are chordal then all these graphs admit a common perfect elimination ordering. Such an orderin
Generating and characterizing the perfect elimination orderings of a chordal graph
β Scribed by L.S. Chandran; L. Ibarra; F. Ruskey; J. Sawada
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 402 KB
- Volume
- 307
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3975
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β¦ Synopsis
We develop a constant time transposition "oracle" for the set of perfect elimination orderings of chordal graphs. Using this oracle, we can generate a Gray code of all perfect elimination orderings in constant amortized time using known results about antimatroids. Using clique trees, we show how the initialization of the algorithm can be performed in linear time. We also develop two new characterizations of perfect elimination orderings: one in terms of chordless paths, and the other in terms of minimal u-v separators.
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