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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 26(3) (2006) 389-401
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.1331

ON-LINE P-COLORING OF GRAPHS

Piotr Borowiecki

Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science
and Econometrics, University of Zielona Góra
Prof. Z. Szafrana 4a, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
e-mail: P.Borowiecki@wmie.uz.zgora.pl

Abstract

For a given induced hereditary property P, a P-coloring of a graph G is an assignment of one color to each vertex such that the subgraphs induced by each of the color classes have property P. We consider the effectiveness of on-line P-coloring algorithms and give the generalizations and extensions of selected results known for on-line proper coloring algorithms. We prove a linear lower bound for the performance guarantee function of any stingy on-line P-coloring algorithm. In the class of generalized trees, we characterize graphs critical for the greedy P-coloring. A class of graphs for which a greedy algorithm always generates optimal P-colorings for the property P = K3-free is given.

Keywords: on-line algorithm, graph coloring, hereditary property.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C15, 05C85, 68R10.

References

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Received 12 January 2006
Revised 24 October 2006


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