Variable neighborhood search for extremal graphs. 16. Some conjectures related to the largest eigenvalue of a graph

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 661-676

  Aouchiche, M ^a   Bell, F K ^b   Cvetkovic D ^c   Hansen, P ^a   Rowlinson, P ^b   Simic S K ^d   Stevanovic D ^e  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

^d MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adjacency matrix; AutoGraphiX; Conjectures; Extremal graph; Graph; Index; Irregularity; Largest eigenvalue; Spectral spread; Variable neighborhood search

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

(PL) PROPERTIES; ADJACENCY MATRICES; ELSEVIER (CO); EXTREMAL GRAPHS; LARGEST EIGENVALUE; PARTIAL RESULTS; PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS; UPPER BOUNDS; VARIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD SEARCH (VNS); VERTEX GRAPHS;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 44649178338     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.12.059     Document Type: Article

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