On the proper intervalization of colored caterpillar trees
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Volume 43 (2009) no. 4, pp. 667-686.

This paper studies the computational complexity of the proper interval colored graph problem (PICG), when the input graph is a colored caterpillar, parameterized by hair length. In order prove our result we establish a close relationship between the PICG and a graph layout problem the proper colored layout problem (PCLP). We show a dichotomy: the PICG and the PCLP are NP-complete for colored caterpillars of hair length $\ge$2, while both problems are in P for colored caterpillars of hair length $<$2. For the hardness results we provide a reduction from the multiprocessor scheduling problem, while the polynomial time results follow from a characterization in terms of forbidden subgraphs.

DOI: 10.1051/ita/2009014
Classification: 68Q25,  68W10
Keywords: complexity, caterpillar tree, graph layout problems, coloring
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Àlvarez, Carme; Serna, Maria. On the proper intervalization of colored caterpillar trees. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Volume 43 (2009) no. 4, pp. 667-686. doi : 10.1051/ita/2009014. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ita/2009014/`

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