Approximation algorithms via structural results for apex-minor-free graphs

We develop new structural results for apex-minor-free graphs and show their power by developing two new approximation algorithms. The first is an additive approximation for coloring within 2 of the optimal chromatic number, which is essentially best possible, and generalizes the seminal result by Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Demaine, Erik D., Hajiaghayi, Mohammad Taghi, Kawarabayashi, Ken-ichi
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62243
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-5703