Unit Disk Representations of Embedded Trees, Outerplanar and Multi-legged Graphs

Sujoy Bhore, Maarten Löffler, Soeren Nickel, Martin Nöllenburg

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Abstract

A unit disk intersection representation (UDR) of a graph G represents each vertex of G as a unit disk in the plane, such that two disks intersect if and only if their vertices are adjacent in G. A UDR with interior-disjoint disks is called a unit disk contact representation (UDC). We prove that it is NP -hard to decide if an outerplanar graph or an embedded tree admits a UDR. We further provide a linear-time decidable characterization of caterpillar graphs that admit a UDR. Finally we show that it can be decided in linear time if a lobster graph admits a weak UDC, which permits intersections between disks of non-adjacent vertices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGraph Drawing and Network Visualization - 29th International Symposium, GD 2021, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsHelen C. Purchase, Ignaz Rutter
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages304-317
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783030929305
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event29th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, GD 2021 - Tübingen, Germany
Duration: 14 Sep 202117 Sep 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12868 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference29th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, GD 2021
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityTübingen
Period14/09/2117/09/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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