The harmonious coloring problem is NP-complete for interval and permutation graphs

In this paper, we prove that the harmonious coloring problem is NP-complete for connected interval and permutation graphs. Given a simple graph G, a harmonious coloring of G is a proper vertex coloring such that each pair of colors appears together on at most one edge. The harmonious chromatic number is the least integer k for which G admits a harmonious coloring with k colors. Extending previous work on the NP-completeness of the harmonious coloring problem when restricted to the class of disconnected graphs which are simultaneously cographs and interval graphs, we prove that the problem is also NP-complete for connected interval and permutation graphs.     

外平面图的有界染色

图G的k-有界染色是图G的一个最多有k个顶点染同一种颜色的顶点染色．图 G的k-有界染色数Xk(G)是指对G进行k-有界染色用的最少颜色数．本文给出了n个顶点的外平面图能用[n/k]种颜色k-有界染色的一些充分条件．     

Further results on the lower bounds of mean color numbers

Let G be a graph with n vertices. The mean color number of G, denoted by μ(G), is the average number of colors used in all n‐colorings of G. This paper proves that μ(G) ≥ μ(Q), where Q is any 2‐tree with n vertices and G is any graph whose vertex set has an ordering x₁,x₂,…,x_n such that x_i is contained in a K₃ of G[V_i] for i = 3,4,…,n, where V_i = {x₁,x₂,…,x_i}. This result improves two known results that μ(G) ≥ μ(O_n) where O_n is the empty graph with n vertices, and μ(G) ≥ μ(T) where T is a spanning tree of G. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 48: 51–73, 2005     

关于图的均匀全色数分类

对一个正常的全染色满足各种颜色所染元素数(点或边)相差不超过1时,称为均匀全染色,其所用最少染色数称为均匀全色数.将图按均匀全色数分类,证明了简单图在若干情况下的均匀全色数定理,得到了一些联图的均匀全色数.     

短圈并图的列表极值数(英文)

The list extremM number,f(G) is defined for a graph G as the smallest integer k such that the join of G with a stable set of size k is not |V(G)|-choosable.In this paper,we find the exact value of f (G),where G is the union ofedge-disjoint cycles of length three,four,five and six.Our results confirm two conjectures posed by S.Gravier,F.Matfray and B.Mohar.     

完全二部图广义Mycielski图的邻点可区别全色数与邻强边色数

得到了完全二部图Km,n的广义Mycielski图Ml(Km,n),当(l≥1,n≥m≥2)时的邻点可区别全色数与邻强边色数.     

A cutting plane algorithm for graph coloring

We present an approach based on integer programming formulations of the graph coloring problem. Our goal is to develop models that remove some symmetrical solutions obtained by color permutations. We study the problem from a polyhedral point of view and determine some families of facets of the 0/1-polytope associated with one of these integer programming formulations. The theoretical results described here are used to design an efficient Cutting Plane algorithm.     

Graph coloring in the estimation of sparse derivative matrices: Instances and applications

We describe a graph coloring problem associated with the determination of mathematical derivatives. The coloring instances are obtained as intersection graphs of row partitioned sparse derivative matrices. The size of the graph is dependent on the partition and can be varied between the number of columns and the number of nonzero entries. If solved exactly our proposal will yield a significant reduction in computational cost of the derivative matrices. The effectiveness of our approach is demonstrated via a practical problem from computational molecular biology. We also remark on the hardness of the generated coloring instances.     

AVDTC Numbers of Generalized Halin Graphs with Maximum Degree at Least 6

In a paper by Zhang and Chen et al.（see [11]）, a conjecture was made concerning the minimum number of colors Xat（G） required in a proper total-coloring of G so that any two adjacent vertices have different color sets, where the color set of a vertex v is the set composed of the color of v and the colors incident to v. We find the exact values of Xat（G） and thus verify the conjecture when G is a Generalized Halin graph with maximum degree at least 6, A generalized Halin graph is a 2-connected plane graph G such that removing all the edges of the boundary of the exterior face of G （the degrees of the vertices in the boundary of exterior face of G are all three） gives a tree.     

Local coloring of Kneser graphs

A local coloring of a graph G is a function c:V(G)→N having the property that for each set S⊆V(G) with 2≤|S|≤3, there exist vertices u,v∈S such that |c(u)−c(v)|≥m_S, where m_S is the number of edges of the induced subgraph 〈S〉. The maximum color assigned by a local coloring c to a vertex of G is called the value of c and is denoted by χ_?(c). The local chromatic number of G is χ_?(G)=min{χ_?(c)}, where the minimum is taken over all local colorings c of G. The local coloring of graphs was introduced by Chartrand et al. [G. Chartrand, E. Salehi, P. Zhang, On local colorings of graphs, Congressus Numerantium 163 (2003) 207-221]. In this paper the local coloring of Kneser graphs is studied and the local chromatic number of the Kneser graph K(n,k) for some values of n and k is determined.