Pub Date : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.047
G. Araujo-Pardo , C. De la Cruz , M. Matamala , M.A. Pizaña
Cages (-regular graphs of girth and minimum order) and their variants have been studied for over seventy years. Here we propose a new variant, weighted cages. We characterize their existence; for cases we determine their order; we give Moore-like bounds and present some computational results.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.071
Zihan Ning , Ran Ma , Zhengwen He , Xiaoyan Zhang
In project implementation, uncertainty factors have significant impacts. How to effectively safeguard staff working conditions while ensuring timely project delivery under uncertain environments has emerged as a critical issue urgently requiring resolution in the project management domain. The Multi-Skill Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (MS-RCPSP), as a typical combinatorial optimization challenge, provides theoretical foundations for addressing the issues. This problem can be abstracted as a complex multi-layer network graph optimization model. This study focuses on robust project scheduling under multi-skill resource constraints, aiming to generate proactive optimization schedules that simultaneously minimize staff maximum fatigue accumulation and maximize robustness. To accurately reflect realistic execution environments, this research incorporates activity uncertainty into staff fatigue levels considerations within the model construction, thereby better characterizing the actual impact of uncertain factors on staff fatigue levels. In terms of algorithmic design, this paper introduces priority selection strategies during the schedule generation process to enhance solution quality, and develops an Improved Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (INSGA-II) featuring dual-mode adaptive selection mechanisms and diversity-driven elite retention adjustments. Experimental results demonstrate that through multi-metric comparisons, the proposed comprehensive algorithm significantly outperforms traditional methods. Furthermore, this study conducts in-depth experimental analysis and interpretation regarding solution robustness and the improved fatigue function, validating the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed methodology.
{"title":"Robust optimization of multi-skill resource-constrained project networks considering staff fatigue under uncertainty","authors":"Zihan Ning , Ran Ma , Zhengwen He , Xiaoyan Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.071","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.071","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In project implementation, uncertainty factors have significant impacts. How to effectively safeguard staff working conditions while ensuring timely project delivery under uncertain environments has emerged as a critical issue urgently requiring resolution in the project management domain. The Multi-Skill Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (MS-RCPSP), as a typical combinatorial optimization challenge, provides theoretical foundations for addressing the issues. This problem can be abstracted as a complex multi-layer network graph optimization model. This study focuses on robust project scheduling under multi-skill resource constraints, aiming to generate proactive optimization schedules that simultaneously minimize staff maximum fatigue accumulation and maximize robustness. To accurately reflect realistic execution environments, this research incorporates activity uncertainty into staff fatigue levels considerations within the model construction, thereby better characterizing the actual impact of uncertain factors on staff fatigue levels. In terms of algorithmic design, this paper introduces priority selection strategies during the schedule generation process to enhance solution quality, and develops an Improved Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (INSGA-II) featuring dual-mode adaptive selection mechanisms and diversity-driven elite retention adjustments. Experimental results demonstrate that through multi-metric comparisons, the proposed comprehensive algorithm significantly outperforms traditional methods. Furthermore, this study conducts in-depth experimental analysis and interpretation regarding solution robustness and the improved fatigue function, validating the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed methodology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"382 ","pages":"Pages 383-399"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145976748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.061
Rahul Das, Ushnish Sarkar
The robber locating game on a simple connected graph is a variant of pursuit evasion game where a cop wants to locate a mobile, invisible and omniscient robber hiding in the vertices of the graph using distance queries. This game has two versions depending on whether the robber is allowed to backtrack or not. The minimum numbers of rounds required to locate the robber, against any strategy he adopts, in the two versions of the game are referred to as backtrack and non-backtrack location numbers of the graph respectively. However, if the robber is immobile, then the minimum numbers of rounds required to locate the invisible robber is called the sequential metric dimension of the graph. This article gives a lower bound of the backtrack and non-backtrack location numbers in terms of the metric dimension and diameter. This has been done by establishing a lower bound of the sequential metric dimension. A hideout is a subgraph of a graph such that the mobile, invisible and omniscient robber can win by remaining on the vertices of . We prove sufficient conditions for a graph to be a hideout for both backtracking and non-backtracking scenarios.
{"title":"A note on robber locating game","authors":"Rahul Das, Ushnish Sarkar","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.061","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.061","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The robber locating game on a simple connected graph is a variant of pursuit evasion game where a cop wants to locate a mobile, invisible and omniscient robber hiding in the vertices of the graph using distance queries. This game has two versions depending on whether the robber is allowed to backtrack or not. The minimum numbers of rounds required to locate the robber, against any strategy he adopts, in the two versions of the game are referred to as backtrack and non-backtrack location numbers of the graph respectively. However, if the robber is immobile, then the minimum numbers of rounds required to locate the invisible robber is called the sequential metric dimension of the graph. This article gives a lower bound of the backtrack and non-backtrack location numbers in terms of the metric dimension and diameter. This has been done by establishing a lower bound of the sequential metric dimension. A hideout is a subgraph <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span> of a graph <span><math><mi>H</mi></math></span> such that the mobile, invisible and omniscient robber can win by remaining on the vertices of <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span>. We prove sufficient conditions for a graph to be a hideout for both backtracking and non-backtracking scenarios.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"384 ","pages":"Pages 281-286"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145980018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.062
Alan Frieze , Ravi Kannan , Wesley Pegden
We consider a simple model of a growing cluster of points in . Beginning with a point located at the origin, we generate a random sequence of points . To generate we choose a uniform integer in and then let where . Here the are independent copies of the Normal distribution , where for some . We prove that for any the resulting point set is bounded a.s., and moreover, that the points generated look like samples from a -dimensional subset of from the standpoint of the minimum lengths of combinatorial structures on the point-sets, where .
{"title":"Aspects of a randomly growing cluster in Rd,d≥2","authors":"Alan Frieze , Ravi Kannan , Wesley Pegden","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We consider a simple model of a growing cluster of points in <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msup><mo>,</mo><mi>d</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>. Beginning with a point <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> located at the origin, we generate a random sequence of points <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo></mrow></math></span>. To generate <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mi>i</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span> we choose a uniform integer <span><math><mi>j</mi></math></span> in <span><math><mrow><mrow><mo>[</mo><mi>i</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>]</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mfenced><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><mi>i</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></mfenced></mrow></math></span> and then let <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub><mo>+</mo><msub><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span> where <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>δ</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>δ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>. Here the <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>δ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> are independent copies of the Normal distribution <span><math><mrow><mi>N</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, where <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><msup><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mi>α</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> for some <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>></mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span>. We prove that for any <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>></mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span> the resulting point set is bounded a.s., and moreover, that the points generated look like samples from a <span><math><mi>β</mi></math></span>-dimensional subset of <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msup></math></span> from the standpoint of the minimum lengths of combinatorial structures on the point-sets, where <span><math><mrow><mi>β</mi><mo>=</mo><mo>min</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>d</mi><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mi>α</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"384 ","pages":"Pages 287-292"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145980021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.063
Jiahao Yu, Min Chen
Given a graph , a 2-distance -coloring is a mapping such that any two vertices within distance at most two receive distinct colors. A graph admitting such a coloring is called 2-distance. It is known that every planar graph is 2-distance -colorable if the maximum degree (Song and Lai, 2018) and 2-distance -colorable if (Bousquet et al., 2023). In this paper, we strengthen these bounds by proving that every planar graph with is 2-distance -colorable, thereby advancing progress toward Wegner’s conjecture.
给定一个图G=(V,E),一个2-distance k-coloring是一个映射π:V(G)→{1,2,…,k},使得距离不超过两个的任意两个顶点得到不同的颜色。允许这种着色的图称为2-距离。已知,如果最大度Δ≥8 (Song and Lai, 2018),则每个平面图为2-distance (2Δ+16)可色(2-distance (2Δ+7)可色(Δ≥9)(Bousquet et al., 2023)。在本文中,我们通过证明Δ≥8的每个平面图都是2-距离(2Δ+6)可色来加强这些界限,从而推进了Wegner猜想的进展。
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Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.059
Rongxia Tang , Zhaojun Chen , Zan-Bo Zhang
A homogeneous tournament is a tournament with vertices such that every arc is contained in exactly cycles of length 3. Homogeneous tournaments are the first class of tournaments that are proved to be path extendable, which means that every nonhamiltonian path in such a tournament can be extended to a path with the same initial and terminal vertex and for a certain vertex . In order to find more path extendable tournaments we study the generalization of homogeneous tournaments called near-homogeneous tournaments, in which every arc is contained in or cycles of length 3. Near-homogeneity has been defined in tournaments with vertices. In this paper, we raise a new method to construct near-homogeneous tournaments with vertices. We then show that the definition of near-homogeneous tournament can be extended to tournaments with an even number of vertices. Finally we verify path extendability of near-homogeneous tournaments, thus expand the class of path extendable tournaments.
{"title":"Construction, extension and paths of near-homogeneous tournaments","authors":"Rongxia Tang , Zhaojun Chen , Zan-Bo Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.059","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.059","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A homogeneous tournament is a tournament with <span><math><mrow><mn>4</mn><mi>t</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></math></span> vertices such that every arc is contained in exactly <span><math><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span> cycles of length 3. Homogeneous tournaments are the first class of tournaments that are proved to be path extendable, which means that every nonhamiltonian path <span><math><mi>P</mi></math></span> in such a tournament <span><math><mi>T</mi></math></span> can be extended to a path <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup></math></span> with the same initial and terminal vertex and <span><math><mrow><mi>V</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mi>V</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>P</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>∪</mo><mrow><mo>{</mo><mi>u</mi><mo>}</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> for a certain vertex <span><math><mrow><mi>u</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>V</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>∖</mo><mi>V</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>P</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>. In order to find more path extendable tournaments we study the generalization of homogeneous tournaments called near-homogeneous tournaments, in which every arc is contained in <span><math><mi>t</mi></math></span> or <span><math><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span> cycles of length 3. Near-homogeneity has been defined in tournaments with <span><math><mrow><mn>4</mn><mi>t</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span> vertices. In this paper, we raise a new method to construct near-homogeneous tournaments with <span><math><mrow><mn>4</mn><mi>t</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span> vertices. We then show that the definition of near-homogeneous tournament can be extended to tournaments with an even number of vertices. Finally we verify path extendability of near-homogeneous tournaments, thus expand the class of path extendable tournaments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"384 ","pages":"Pages 268-280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145928981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.070
Daoxia Zhang, Dan Li, Wenxiu Ding
A graph is trivial if it contains only one vertex. The essential connectivity of , denoted by , is the minimum number of vertices of whose removal produces a disconnected graph with at least two non-trivial components. In this paper, we determine the -vertex graph of given essential connectivity with minimum distance spectral radius. We also characterize the extremal graphs attaining the minimum distance spectral radius among all connected graphs with fixed essential connectivity and minimum degree. Furthermore, we characterize the extremal digraphs with minimum distance spectral radius among the strongly connected digraphs with given essential connectivity.
{"title":"Extremal distance spectra of graphs and essential connectivity","authors":"Daoxia Zhang, Dan Li, Wenxiu Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.070","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.070","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A graph is trivial if it contains only one vertex. The essential connectivity of <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span>, denoted by <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>κ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, is the minimum number of vertices of <span><math><mi>G</mi></math></span> whose removal produces a disconnected graph with at least two non-trivial components. In this paper, we determine the <span><math><mi>n</mi></math></span>-vertex graph of given essential connectivity with minimum distance spectral radius. We also characterize the extremal graphs attaining the minimum distance spectral radius among all connected graphs with fixed essential connectivity and minimum degree. Furthermore, we characterize the extremal digraphs with minimum distance spectral radius among the strongly connected digraphs with given essential connectivity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"384 ","pages":"Pages 243-255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145928986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.057
Xiaotong Gu, Hongzhi Deng, Yuting Tian, Jianhua Tu
In this paper, we determine the maximum number of maximal independent sets for three families of graphs. The first family comprises all 2-connected graphs with matching number . The second family consists of all unicyclic graphs with matching number . The third family encompasses all graphs on vertices with matching number where ; note that the case has been settled in previous work.
{"title":"Maximizing the number of maximal independent sets in graphs with a given matching number","authors":"Xiaotong Gu, Hongzhi Deng, Yuting Tian, Jianhua Tu","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we determine the maximum number of maximal independent sets for three families of graphs. The first family comprises all 2-connected graphs with matching number <span><math><mi>t</mi></math></span>. The second family consists of all unicyclic graphs with matching number <span><math><mi>t</mi></math></span>. The third family encompasses all graphs on <span><math><mi>n</mi></math></span> vertices with matching number <span><math><mi>t</mi></math></span> where <span><math><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>t</mi><mo>≤</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>≤</mo><mn>3</mn><mi>t</mi></mrow></math></span>; note that the case <span><math><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>3</mn><mi>t</mi></mrow></math></span> has been settled in previous work.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"382 ","pages":"Pages 368-382"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145924781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2026.01.001
Annachiara Korchmaros , Peter F. Stadler
2-quasi best match graphs (2qBMGs) are directed graphs that capture a notion of close relatedness in phylogenetics. Here, we investigate the underlying undirected graph of a 2qBMG (un2qBMG) and show that it contains neither a path nor a cycle of length as an induced subgraph. This property guarantees the existence of specific vertex decompositions with dominating bicliques that provide further insights into their structure.
{"title":"Forbidden configurations and dominating bicliques in undirected 2-quasi best match graphs","authors":"Annachiara Korchmaros , Peter F. Stadler","doi":"10.1016/j.dam.2026.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dam.2026.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>2-quasi best match graphs (2qBMGs) are directed graphs that capture a notion of close relatedness in phylogenetics. Here, we investigate the underlying undirected graph of a 2qBMG (un2qBMG) and show that it contains neither a path <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>l</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> nor a cycle <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>l</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> of length <span><math><mrow><mi>l</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>6</mn></mrow></math></span> as an induced subgraph. This property guarantees the existence of specific vertex decompositions with dominating bicliques that provide further insights into their structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50573,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Applied Mathematics","volume":"383 ","pages":"Pages 308-314"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145927070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2025.12.052
Chuixiang Zhou, Yuxi Zou
An even cycle decomposition of a graph is defined as a partition of its edges into cycles of even length. Let be a 2-connected cubic graph. Markström conjectured that the line graph of admits an even cycle decomposition. Suppose that is a 2-factor of , where each