Matching preclusion for the (n, k)-bubble-sort graphs

Eddie Cheng, Laszló Láiptak, David Sherman

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Abstract

The matching preclusion number of a graph is the minimum number of edges whose deletion results in a graph that has neither perfect matchings nor almost-perfect matchings. In this paper, we find this number for the (n, k)-bubble-sort graphs and classify all the optimal solutions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2408-2418
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Computer Mathematics
Volume87
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • (n, k)-bubble-sort graphs
  • Cayley graphs
  • Hamiltonian
  • interconnection networks
  • perfect matching

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