A Polynomial Time Algorithm for Obtaining a Minimum Vertex Ranking Spanning Tree in Outerplanar Graphs

Shin-ichi NAKAYAMA
Shigeru MASUYAMA

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems   Vol.E89-D    No.8    pp.2357-2363
Publication Date: 2006/08/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1361
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e89-d.8.2357
Print ISSN: 0916-8532
Type of Manuscript: Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Invited Papers from New Horizons in Computing)
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Keyword: 
algorithm,  vertex ranking,  spanning tree,  outerplanar graph,  

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Summary: 
The minimum vertex ranking spanning tree problem is to find a spanning tree of G whose vertex ranking is minimum. This problem is NP-hard and no polynomial time algorithm for solving it is known for non-trivial classes of graphs other than the class of interval graphs. This paper proposes a polynomial time algorithm for solving the minimum vertex ranking spanning tree problem on outerplanar graphs.

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