Finding an Even Simple Path in a Directed Planar Graph

  • Authors:
  • Zhivko Prodanov Nedev

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Computing
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

In this paper we show that the following problem, the even simple path (ESP) problem for directed planar graphs, is solvable in polynomial time:Given: a directed planar graph G=(V,E) and two nodes s, (starting node), t ,(targetnode) \in V; Find: a simple path (i.e., without repeated nodes) from s to t of even length. (The length of the path is the number of edges it contains.)