An O(n2)-time algorithm for the minimal interval completion problem

An interval completion of an arbitrary graph G is an interval graph H, on the same vertex set, obtained from G by adding new edges. If the set of newly added edges is inclusion-minimal among all possibilities, we say that H is a minimal interval completion of G. We give an O(n2)-time algorithm to ob...

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Published inTheoretical computer science Vol. 494; pp. 75 - 85
Main Authors Crespelle, Christophe, Todinca, Ioan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 08.07.2013
Elsevier
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ISSN0304-3975
1879-2294
DOI10.1016/j.tcs.2012.12.031

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Summary:An interval completion of an arbitrary graph G is an interval graph H, on the same vertex set, obtained from G by adding new edges. If the set of newly added edges is inclusion-minimal among all possibilities, we say that H is a minimal interval completion of G. We give an O(n2)-time algorithm to obtain a minimal interval completion of an arbitrary graph. This improves the previous O(nm) time bound for the problem and lowers this bound for the first time below the best known bound for minimal chordal completion.
ISSN:0304-3975
1879-2294
DOI:10.1016/j.tcs.2012.12.031