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A Linear-Time Algorithm for Maximum-Cardinality Matching on Cocomparability Graphs (1703.05598v3)
Published 16 Mar 2017 in cs.DS
Abstract: Finding maximum-cardinality matchings in undirected graphs is arguably one of the most central graph problems. For general m-edge and n-vertex graphs, it is well-known to be solvable in $O(m \sqrt{n})$ time. We develop a linear-time algorithm to find maximum-cardinality matchings on cocomparability graphs, a prominent subclass of perfect graphs that contains interval graphs as well as permutation graphs. Our algorithm is based on the recently discovered Lexicographic Depth First Search (LDFS).