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Treelike Comparability Graphs: Characterization, Recognition, and Applications

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An undirected graph is a treelike comparability graph if it admits a transitive orientation such that its transitive reduction is a tree. We show that treelike comparability graphs are distance hereditary. Utilizing this property, we give a linear time recognition algorithm. We then characterize permutation graphs that are treelike. Finally, we consider the Partitioning into Bounded Cliques problem on special subgraphs of treelike permutation graphs.

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Cornelsen, S., Di Stefano, G. (2004). Treelike Comparability Graphs: Characterization, Recognition, and Applications. In: Hromkovič, J., Nagl, M., Westfechtel, B. (eds) Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science. WG 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3353. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30559-0_4

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