‎The excessive index of a bridgeless cubic graph $G$ is the least integer $k$‎, ‎such that $G$ can be covered by $k$ perfect matchings‎. ‎An equivalent form of Fulkerson conjecture (due to Berge) is that every bridgeless‎ ‎cubic graph has excessive index at most five‎. ‎Clearly‎, ‎Petersen graph is a cyclically 4-edge-connected snark with excessive index at least 5‎, ‎so Fouquet and Vanherpe as...

We present a matching and LP based heuristic algorithm that decides graph non-Hamiltonicity. Each of the n! Hamilton cycles in a complete directed graph on n + 1 vertices corresponds with each of the n! n-permutation matrices P, such that pu,i = 1 if and only if the ith arc in a cycle enters vertex u, starting and ending at vertex n + 1. A graph instance (G) is initially coded as exclusion set ...

The Omega polynomial(x) was recently proposed by Diudea, based on the length of strips in given graph G. The Sadhana polynomial has been defined to evaluate the Sadhana index of a molecular graph. The PI polynomial is another molecular descriptor. In this paper we compute these three polynomials for some infinite classes of nanostructures.

The Zagreb indices are the oldest graph invariants used in mathematical chemistry to predict the chemical phenomena. In this paper we define the multiple versions of Zagreb indices based on degrees of vertices in a given graph and then we compute the first and second extremal graphs for them.

in recent years wireless sensor networks have attracted researchers' attention due to vast applications. one of the most prominent issues regarding these networks is coverage which is considered as a quality of service parameter. in this study, we try to address energy shortage in wsns through finding a set of optimal coverage nodes in a specific environment. this is performed utilizing effecti...

background: in recent years, there has been an increase in the amount and variety of data generated in the field of healthcare, (e.g., data related to the prevalence of contagious diseases in the society). various patterns of individuals’ relationships in the society make the analysis of the network a complex, highly important process in detecting and preventing the incidence of diseases. there...