Finding augmenting chains in extensions of claw-free graphs
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Finding augmenting chains is in the heart of the maximum matching problem, which is equivalent to the maximum stable set problem in the class of line graphs. Due to the celebrated result of Edmonds, augmenting chains can be found in line graphs in polynomial time. Minty and Sbihi generalized this result to claw-free graphs. In this paper we extend it to larger classes. As a particular consequence, a new polynomially solvable case for the maximum stable set problem has been detected. 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Inf. Process. Lett.
دوره 86 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003