Approximation Algorithm for the Maximum Leaf Spanning Tree Problem for Cubic Graphs

  • Authors:
  • Krzysztof Lorys;Grazyna Zwozniak

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ESA '02 Proceedings of the 10th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The problem of finding spanning trees with maximal number of leaves is considered. We present a linear-time algorithm for cubic graphs that achieves approximation ratio 7/4. The analysis of the algorithm uses a kind of the accounting method, that is of independent interest.