Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science
Yazarlar: Arman BOYACI, Mordechai SHALOM
Konular:Matematik
DOI:10.47000/tjmcs.748563
Anahtar Kelimeler:Maximum cardinality cut,Bimodular decomposition,Split graphs.
Özet: The maximum cardinality cut (MaxCut) problem remains NP-complete for co-bipartite graphs and for split graphs. Based on modular decomposition, in [3] it is shown that MaxCut is polynomial-time solvable for graphs that are factorable to bounded treewidth graphs. However, this approach fails in co-bipartite graphs because the modules of a co-bipartite graph are exactly twins and connected components. In this work we extend the result of [3] to co-bipartite graphs using the concept of bimodules and bimodular decomposition proposed in [6]. Namely, we show thatMaxCut is polynomial-time solvable for co-bipartite graphs that can be factored to bounded treewidth graphs using bimodular decomposition.