Property Testing on k-Vertex-Connectivity of Graphs

  • Authors:
  • Yuichi Yoshida;Hiro Ito

  • Affiliations:
  • Kyoto University, School of Informatics, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan;Kyoto University, School of Informatics, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Algorithmica
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We present an algorithm for testing the k-vertex-connectivity of graphs with the given maximum degree. The time complexity of the algorithm is independent of the number of vertices and edges of graphs. Fixed degree bound d, a graph G with n vertices and a maximum degree at most d is called ε-far from k-vertex-connectivity when at least $\frac{\epsilon dn}{2}$ edges must be added to or removed from G to obtain a k-vertex-connected graph with a maximum degree at most d. The algorithm always accepts every graph that is k-vertex-connected and rejects every graph that is ε-far from k-vertex-connectivity with a probability of at least 2/3. The algorithm runs in $O(d(\frac{c}{\epsilon d})^{k}\log\frac {1}{\epsilon d})$ time (c1 is a constant) for (k−1)-vertex-connected graphs, and in $O(d(\frac{ck}{\epsilon d})^{k}\log\frac{k}{\epsilon d})$ time (c1 is a constant) for general graphs. It is the first constant-time k-vertex-connectivity testing algorithm for general k≥4.