Optimal algorithm for a special point-labeling problem

Information Processing Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Roy, Sasanka ^a   Goswami, Partha P ^b   Das, Sandip ^a   Nandy, Subhas C ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Analysis of algorithms; Chordal graphs; Complexity; Map labeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; GRAPH THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; LABELS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CHORDAL GRAPHS;

MAPS;

EID: 0347412015     PISSN: 00200190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipl.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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