Algorithms for the Optimal Hamiltonian Path in Halin Graphs

Yueping Li1, Dingjun Lou1, Yunting Lu1
1 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY GUANGZHOU 510275, P.R. CHINA

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of constructing Hamiltonian paths of optimal weights in Halin graphs. There are three versions of the Hamiltonian path: none or one or two of end-vertices are specified. We present \(O(|V|)\) algorithms for all the versions of the problem.