Linear-Time Succinct Encodings of Planar Graphs via Canonical Orderings

  • Authors:
  • Xin He;Ming-Yang Kao;Hsueh-I Lu

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

Let G be an embedded planar undirected graph that has n vertices, m edges, and f faces but has no self-loop or multiple edge. If G is triangulated, we can encode it using 4/3m-1 bits, improving on the best previous bound of about 1.53m bits. In case exponential time is acceptable, roughly 1.08m bits have been known to suffice. If G is triconnected, we use at most $(2.5+2\log{3})\min\{n,f\}-7$ bits, which is at most 2.835m bits and smaller than the best previous bound of 3m bits. Both of our schemes take O(n) time for encoding and decoding.