We address the complexity class of several problems related to finding a path in a properly colored directed graph. A properly colored graph is defined as a graph G whose vertex set is partitioned into X(G) stable subsets, where X(G) denotes the chromatic number of G. We show that to find a simple path that meets all the colors in a properly colored directed graph is NP-complete, and so are the problems of finding a shortest and longest of such paths between two specific nodes. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011.

On the complexity of path problems in properly colored directed graphs

Granata D;
2012

Abstract

We address the complexity class of several problems related to finding a path in a properly colored directed graph. A properly colored graph is defined as a graph G whose vertex set is partitioned into X(G) stable subsets, where X(G) denotes the chromatic number of G. We show that to find a simple path that meets all the colors in a properly colored directed graph is NP-complete, and so are the problems of finding a shortest and longest of such paths between two specific nodes. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011.
2012
Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo ''Mauro Picone''
Inglese
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459
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Graph coloring · Complexity · Chromatic number · Longest path · Shortest path
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Granata, D; Behdani, B; Pardalos, Pm
01 Contributo su Rivista::01.01 Articolo in rivista
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