Maximal independent sets in caterpillar graphs
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Maximal independent sets in caterpillar graphs
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عنوان ژورنال: Discrete Applied Mathematics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0166-218X
DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2011.10.024