We present a linear time algorithm to properly color the edges of any graph of maximum degree 3 using 4 colors. Our algorithm uses a greedy approach and utilizes a new structure theorem for such graphs.
Graph coloring in linear time
โ Scribed by Zsolt Tuza
- Book ID
- 107884332
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 477 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0095-8956
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