On star and biclique edge-colorings

A biclique of G is a maximal set of vertices that induces a complete bipartite subgraph Kp,q of G with at least one edge, and a star of a graph G is a maximal set of vertices that induces a complete bipartite graph K1,q. A biclique (resp. star) edge-coloring is a coloring of the edges of a graph wit...

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Autores principales: Dantas, S., Groshaus, M., Guedes, A., Machado, R.C.S., Ries, B., Sasaki, D.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09696016_v24_n1-2_p339_Dantas
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Sumario:A biclique of G is a maximal set of vertices that induces a complete bipartite subgraph Kp,q of G with at least one edge, and a star of a graph G is a maximal set of vertices that induces a complete bipartite graph K1,q. A biclique (resp. star) edge-coloring is a coloring of the edges of a graph with no monochromatic bicliques (resp. stars). We prove that the problem of determining whether a graph G has a biclique (resp. star) edge-coloring using two colors is NP-hard. Furthermore, we describe polynomial time algorithms for the problem in restricted classes: K3-free graphs, chordal bipartite graphs, powers of paths, and powers of cycles. © 2016 The Authors. International Transactions in Operational Research © 2016 International Federation of Operational Research Societies Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main St, Malden, MA02148, USA.