An edge coloring of a graph is a local r coloring if the edges incident to any vertex are colored with at most r distinct colors. We determine the size of the largest monochromatic component that must occur in any local r coloring of a complete graph or a complete bipartite graph. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Let $G=(V(G),E(G))$ be a simple, finite and undirected graph of order $n$. A $k$-vertex weightings of a graph $G$ is a mapping $w: V(G) to {1, ldots, k}$. A $k$-vertex weighting induces an edge labeling $f_w: E(G) to N$ such that $f_w(uv)=w(u)+w(v)$. Such a labeling is called an {it edge-coloring k-vertex weightings} if $f_{w}(e)not= f_{w}(echr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39'))39chr(chr('39')39chr('39'...

A polychromatic k-coloring of a plane graph G is an assignment of k colors to the vertices of G such that every face of G has all k colors on its boundary. For a given plane graph G, we seek the maximum number k such that G admits a polychromatic k-coloring. We call a k-coloring in the classical sense (i.e., no monochromatic edges) that is also a polychromatic k-coloring a strong polychromatic ...

In this note, we use a reduction by Cornaz and Jost from the graph (max-)coloring problem to the maximum (weighted) stable set problem in order to characterize new graph classes where the graph coloring problem and the more general max-coloring problem can be solved in polynomial time.

A total coloring of a graph G is a coloring of all elements of G, i.e. vertices and edges, such that no two adjacent or incident elements receive the same color. A graph G is sdegenerate for a positive integer s if G can be reduced to a trivial graph by successive removal of vertices with degree ≤ s. We prove that an s-degenerate graph G has a total coloring with ∆+1 colors if the maximum degre...

In this paper the new coloring of planar, VEF-coloring, will be introduced. A VEF coloring of a simple planar graph G is a proper coloring of all elements, including vertices, edges and faces of G. We will give two conjectures for the upper bound of VEF and VEF-list coloring of a simple planar graph. However, we will prove these conjectures for planar graphs with a maximum degree of at least 12...

A problem of a visual image of a directed finite graph has appeared in the study of the road coloring conjecture. Given a finite directed graph, a coloring of its edges turns the graph into finite-state automaton. The visual perception of the structure properties of automata is an important goal. A synchronizing word of a deterministic automaton is a word in the alphabet of colors of its edges ...

A basic randomized coloring procedure has been used in probabilistic proofs to obtain remarkably strong results on graph coloring. These results include the asymptotic version of the List Coloring Conjecture due to Kahn, the extensions of Brooks’ Theorem to sparse graphs due to Kim and Johansson, and Luby’s fast parallel and distributed algorithms for graph coloring. The most challenging aspect...

This paper proposes a new method based on the cultural algorithm to solve graph coloring problem (GCP). Graph coloring problem involves finding the minimum number of colors for coloring the graph vertices such that adjacent vertices have distinct colors. In this paper various components of cultural algorithm have been implemented to solve GCP with a self adaptive behavior in an efficient manner...