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A potential function $f_G$ of a finite, simple and undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ is an arbitrary function $f_G : V(G) \rightarrow \mathbb{N}_0$ that assigns a nonnegative integer to every vertex of a graph $G$. In this paper we define the iterative process of computing the step potential function $q_G$ such that $q_G(v)\leq d_G(v)$ for all $v\in V(G)$. We use this function in the development of new Caro-Wei-type and Brooks-type bounds for the independence number $\alpha(G)$ and the Grundy number $\Gamma(G)$. In particular, we prove that $\Gamma(G) \leq Q(G) + 1$, where $Q(G) = \max\{q_G(v)\,\vert\,v\in V(G)\}$ and $\alpha(G) \geq \sum_{v\in V(G)}(q_G(v)+1)^{-1}$. This also establishes new bounds for the number of colors used by the algorithm Greedy and the size of an independent set generated by a suitably modified version of the classical algorithm GreedyMAX.
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Dieter Rautenbach
- Universitaet Ulm, Germany Institut fuer Optimierung und Operations Research
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.dam.2013.12.011
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- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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DISCRETE APPLIED MATHEMATICS
no. 182,
pages 61 - 72,
ISSN: 0166-218X - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Bibliographic description:
- Borowiecki P., Rautenbach D.: New potential functions for greedy independence and coloring// DISCRETE APPLIED MATHEMATICS. -Vol. 182, (2015), s.61-72
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.dam.2013.12.011
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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