Edge-Packing by Isomorphic Subgraphs
1991) Edge-Packing by Isomorphic Subgraphs. Technical Report TR-91-03, Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (
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Abstract
Maximum G Edge-Packing (EPackG) is the problem of finding the maximum number of edge-disjoint isomorphic copies of a fixed guest graph G in a host graph H. This paper investigates the computational complexity of edge-packing for planar guests and planar hosts. Edge-packing is solvable in linear time when G is a 2-path and H is arbitrary, or when H is outerplanar and G is either a 3-cycle or a k-star. Edge-packing is solvable in polynomial time when both G and H are trees. Edge-packing is NP-complete when H is planar and G is either a cycle or a tree with ≥3 edges. The approximability of EPackG is considered. A strategy for developing polynomial-time approximation algorithms for planar hosts is exemplified by a linear-time approximation algorithm for EPack k-star that finds an edge-packing of size at least one-half optimal. Finally, EPackG is shown not to be in the complexity class Max SNP, though it is Max SNP-hard for G a k-star, ≥3.
Item Type: | Departmental Technical Report |
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Subjects: | Computer Science > Historical Collection(Till Dec 2001) |
ID Code: | 250 |
Deposited By: | User autouser |
Deposited On: | 05 December 2001 |