Applications of a poset representation to edge connectivity and graph rigidity

  • Authors:
  • Harold N. Gabow

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SFCS '91 Proceedings of the 32nd annual symposium on Foundations of computer science
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

A poset representation for a family of sets defined by a labeling algorithm is investigated. Poset representations are given for the family of minimum cuts of a graph, and it is shown how to compute them quickly. The representations are the starting point for algorithms that increase the edge connectivity of a graph, from lambda to a given target tau = lambda + delta , adding the fewest edges possible. For undirected graphs the time bound is essentially the best-known bound to test tau -edge connectivity; for directed graphs the time bound is roughly a factor delta more. Also constructed are poset representations for the family of rigid subgraphs of a graph, when graphs model structures constructed from rigid bars. The link between these problems is that they all deal with graphic matroids.