Dominating induced matching in some subclasses of bipartite graphs

B. S. Panda, Juhi Chaudhary

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Abstract

Given a graph G=(V,E), a set (Formula presented) is called a matching in G if no two edges in M share a common vertex. A matching M in G is called an induced matching if G[M], the subgraph of G induced by M, is same as G[S], the subgraph of G induced by S={v ∈V| v is incident on an edge of M}. An induced matching M in a graph G is dominating if every edge not in M shares exactly one of its endpoints with a matched edge. The dominating induced matching (DIM) problem (also known as Efficient Edge Domination) is a decision problem that asks whether a graph G contains a dominating induced matching or not. This problem is NP-complete for general graphs as well as for bipartite graphs. In this paper, we show that the DIM problem is NP-complete for perfect elimination bipartite graphs and propose polynomial time algorithms for star-convex, triad-convex and circular-convex bipartite graphs which are subclasses of bipartite graphs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAlgorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics - 5th International Conference, CALDAM 2019, Proceedings
EditorsAmbat Vijayakumar, Sudebkumar Prasant Pal
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages138-149
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030115081
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2019 - Kharagpur, India
Duration: 14 Feb 201916 Feb 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11394 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2019
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityKharagpur
Period14/02/1916/02/19

Keywords

  • Dominating induced matching
  • Graph algorithms
  • Matching
  • NP-completeness
  • Polynomial time algorithms

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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