On interval edge colorings of (α, β)-biregular bipartite graphs

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 307, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1951-1956

  Asratian, Armen S ^a   Casselgren, C J ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bipartite graph; Edge coloring; Interval coloring; NP complete problem

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BIPARTITE GRAPH; EDGE COLORING; INTERVAL COLORING;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 34247163196     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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