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Kybernetika 41(4):539-546, 2005.

The Color-balanced Spanning Tree Problem

Štefan Berežný and Vladimír Lacko


Abstract:

Suppose a graph $G=(V,E)$ whose edges are partitioned into $p$ disjoint categories (colors) is given. In the color-balanced spanning tree problem a spanning tree is looked for that minimizes the variability in the number of edges from different categories.


We show that polynomiality of this problem depends on the number $p$ of categories and present some polynomial algorithm.


Keywords: spanning tree; matroids; algorithms; NP-completeness;


AMS: 05C05; 05C85; 90C27;


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BIB TeX

@article{kyb:2005:4:539-546,

author = {Bere\v{z}n\'{y}, \v{S}tefan and Lacko, Vladim\'{\i}r },

title = {The Color-balanced Spanning Tree Problem},

journal = {Kybernetika},

volume = {41},

year = {2005},

number = {4},

pages = {539-546}

publisher = {{\'U}TIA, AV {\v C}R, Prague },

}


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