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Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science

STACS 1999: STACS 99 pp 173–183Cite as

New Branchwidth Territories

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We give an algorithm computing the branchwidth of interval graphs in time O(n 3 log n). This method generalizes to permutation graphs and, more generaly, to trapezoid graphs. In contrast, we show that computing branchwidth is NP-complete for splitgraphs and bipartite graphs.

The first author acknowledges support of DIMATIA Charles University, where he held a visiting position in 1997/8.

The second author acknowledges partial support of Czech Research grants GAČR. 201/1996/0194 and GAUK 1996/194.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Ton Kloks

  2. Department of Applied Mathematics and DIMATIA, Charles University, Malostranské nám. 25, 118 00, Praha 1, Czech Republic

    Jan Kratochvíl

  3. Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07740, Jena, Germany

    Haiko Müller

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  1. FB IV - Informatik, Universität Trier, D-54286, Trier, Germany

    Christoph Meinel

  2. LIFL, Université de Lille I, Bătiment 3, F-59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France

    Sophie Tison

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Kloks, T., Kratochvíl, J., Müller, H. (1999). New Branchwidth Territories. In: Meinel, C., Tison, S. (eds) STACS 99. STACS 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1563. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49116-3_16

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