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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2017.27
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-70068
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2017/7006/
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Dvorák, Zdenek ; Král, Daniel ; Mohar, Bojan

Graphic TSP in Cubic Graphs

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Abstract

We present a polynomial-time 9/7-approximation algorithm for the graphic TSP for cubic graphs, which improves the previously best approximation factor of 1.3 for 2-connected cubic graphs and drops the requirement of 2-connectivity at the same time. To design our algorithm, we prove that every simple 2-connected cubic n-vertex graph contains a spanning closed walk of length at most 9n/7-1, and that such a walk can be found in polynomial time.

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@InProceedings{dvork_et_al:LIPIcs:2017:7006,
  author =	{Zdenek Dvor{\'a}k and Daniel Kr{\'a}l and Bojan Mohar},
  title =	{{Graphic TSP in Cubic Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{34th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2017)},
  pages =	{27:1--27:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-028-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{66},
  editor =	{Heribert Vollmer and Brigitte Vallée},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2017/7006},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-70068},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2017.27},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graphic TSP, approximation algorithms, cubic graphs}
}

Keywords: Graphic TSP, approximation algorithms, cubic graphs
Collection: 34th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2017)
Issue Date: 2017
Date of publication: 06.03.2017

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