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Approximating Bandwidth by Mixing Layouts of Interval Graphs

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We examine the bandwidth problem in circular-arc graphs, chordal graphs with a bounded number of leaves in the clique tree, and k-polygon graphs (fixed k). We show that all of these graph classes admit efficient approximation algorithms which are based on exact or approximate bandwidth layouts of related interval graphs. Specifically, we obtain a bandwidth approximation algorithm for circular-arc graphs that executes in O(n log2 n) time and has performance ratio 2, which is the best possible performance ratio of any polynomial time bandwidth approximation algorithm for circular-arc graphs. For chordal graphs with not more than k leaves in the clique tree, we obtain a performance ratio of 2k in O(k(n + m)) time, and our algorithm for k-polygon graphs has performance ratio 2k 2 and runs in time O(n 3).

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  1. Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, 07740, Jena, Germany

    Dieter Kratsch

  2. Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H1

    Lorna Stewart

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Kratsch, D., Stewart, L. (1999). Approximating Bandwidth by Mixing Layouts of Interval Graphs. In: Meinel, C., Tison, S. (eds) STACS 99. STACS 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1563. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49116-3_23

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