Approximating the Maximum Internal Spanning Tree Problem via a Maximum Path-Cycle Cover
Approximating the Maximum Internal Spanning Tree Problem via a Maximum Path-Cycle Cover
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10.1007/978-3-319-13075-0_37
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2014-12
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Xingfu Li;Daming Zhu
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作者:
Xingfu Li;Daming Zhu
This paper focuses on finding a spanning tree of a graph to maximize its internal vertices in number. We propose a new upper bound for the number of internal vertices in a spanning tree, which shows that for any undirected simple graph, any spanning tree has less internal vertices than the edges a maximum path-cycle cover has. Thus starting with a maximum path-cycle cover, we can devise an approximation algorithm with a performance ratiofor this problem on undirected simple graphs. This improves upon the best known performance ratioachieved by the algorithm of Knauer and Spoerhase. Furthermore, we can improve the algorithm to achieve a performance ratiofor this problem on graphs without leaves.