An exact algorithm for the maximum leaf spanning tree problem

  • Authors:
  • Tetsuya Fujie

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Management Science, Kobe University of Commerce, 8-2-1, Gakuen-nishimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2197, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Operations Research
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Given a connected graph, the Maximum Leaf Spanning Tree Problem (MLSTP) is to find a spanning tree whose number of leaves (degree-one vertices) is maximum. We propose a branch-and-bound algorithm for MLSTP, in which an upper bound is obtained by solving a minimum spanning tree problem. We report computational results for randomly generated graphs and grid graphs with up to 100 vertices.