The Hierarchy of Probe Interval, Tolerance, and Interval k-Graphs
Document Type
Presentation
Journal/Book Title/Conference
36th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, Boca Raton, FL
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
We introduce a series of generalizations of probe interval graphs called t-probe interval graphs, (a probe interval graph is a 1-probe interval graph) and show, via a method similar to graph homomorphism, that each class, including the class of probe interval graphs, is contained in the class of interval k-graphs. Any probe interval graph is clearly a tolerance graph, but for some t>1 this relationship fails. We wish to determine this t. Also, the interval k-graphs whose complement describes a poset are believed to have a nice characterication via forbidden subgraphs, and we give the conjecture here, and a new description of these interval k-graphs that is similar to the salient property of function graphs.
Recommended Citation
Brown, David E. and Flink, Stephen C., "The Hierarchy of Probe Interval, Tolerance, and Interval k-Graphs" (2006). Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Presentations. Paper 49.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mathsci_presentations/49