Optimal patchings for consecutive ones matrices

Consecutive ones Block for Symmetric Matrices

We show that a cubic graph G with girth g(G) ≥ 5 has a Hamiltonian Circuit if and only if the matrix A+ I can be row permuted such that each column has at most 2 blocks of consecutive 1’s, where A is the adjacency matrix of G, I is the unit matrix, and a block can be consecutive in circular sense, i.e., the first row and the last row are viewed as adjacent rows. Then, based on this necessary an...

Consecutive ones matrices for multi-dimensional orthogonal packing problems

The multi-dimensional orthogonal packing problem (OPP) is a well studied optimization problem [3,9]. Given a set of items with rectangular shapes, the problem is to decide whether there is a non-overlapping packing of these items in a rectangular bin. Rotation of items is not allowed. Fekete and Schepers introduced a tuple of interval graphs as data structures to store a feasible packing, and g...

A new characterization of matrices with the consecutive ones property

We consider the following constraint satisfaction problem: Given a set F of subsets of a finite set S of cardinality n, and an assignment of intervals of the discrete set {1, . . . , n} to each of the subsets, does there exist a bijection f : S → {1, . . . , n} such that for each element of F, its image under f is same as the interval assigned to it. An interval assignment to a given set of sub...

Consecutive Ones Property

Approximation Algorithms for the Consecutive Ones Submatrix Problem on Sparse Matrices

A 0-1 matrix has the Consecutive Ones Property (C1P) if there is a permutation of its columns that leaves the 1’s consecutive in each row. The Consecutive Ones Submatrix (COS) problem is, given a 0-1 matrix A, to find the largest number of columns of A that form a submatrix with the C1P property. Such a problem has potential applications in physical mapping with hybridization data. This paper p...