The monadic second-order logic of graphs XVI : Canonical graph decompositions

This article establishes that the split decomposition of graphs introduced by Cunnigham, is definable in Monadic Second-Order Logic.This result is actually an instance of a more general result covering canonical graph decompositions like the modular decomposition and the Tutte decomposition of 2-con...

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Main Author: Bruno Courcelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Logical Methods in Computer Science e.V. 2006-03-01
Series:Logical Methods in Computer Science
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Online Access:https://lmcs.episciences.org/2250/pdf