A boundary class for the k-path partition problem.

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Korpelainen, Nicholas 2018. A boundary class for the k-path partition problem. Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endm.2018.05.009
AuthorsKorpelainen, Nicholas
Abstract

We establish the first known boundary class for the k-path partition problem and deduce that for a graph class defined by finitely many minimal forbidden induced subgraphs, the k-path partition problem remains NP-hard unless one of the forbidden induced subgraphs is a subcubic tree (a tree of maximum degree at most 3) with at most one vertex of degree 3.

KeywordsHereditary graph classes; Boundary properties
Year2018
JournalElectronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics
PublisherElsevier
ISSN15710653
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endm.2018.05.009
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622756
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Publication dates14 Jun 2018
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