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We give a brief overview of the axiomatic development of betweenness relations, and investigate the connections between these and comparability graphs. Furthermore, we characterize betweenness relations induced by reflexive and antisymmetric binary relations, thus generalizing earlier results on partial orders. We conclude with a sketch of the algorithmic aspects of recognizing induced betweenness relations.
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Düntsch, I., Urquhart, A. (2006). Betweenness and Comparability Obtained from Binary Relations. In: Schmidt, R.A. (eds) Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer Science. RelMiCS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4136. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11828563_10
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