Utilitas Algorithmica (UA)
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Utilitas Algorithmica (UA) is a premier, open-access international journal dedicated to advancing algorithmic research and its applications. Launched to drive innovation in computer science, UA publishes high-impact theoretical and experimental papers addressing real-world computational challenges. The journal underscores the vital role of efficient algorithm design in navigating the growing complexity of modern applications. Spanning domains such as parallel computing, computational geometry, artificial intelligence, and data structures, UA is a leading venue for groundbreaking algorithmic studies.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 116
- Pages: 177-183
- Published: 31/07/2014
An edge-magic total \((EMT)\) labeling on a graph \(G\) is
a one-to-one mapping \(\lambda : V(G) \cup E(G) \to {1,2,—,|V(G)| +
|E(G)|}\) such that the set of edge weights is one point set, i.e. for
any edge \(xy \in G, w(xy) = {a}\) where \(a = \lambda(x) + \lambda(y) + \lambda(xy)\)
is called a magic constant. If \(\lambda(V(G)) = {1,2,—,|V(G|}\) then an
edge-magic total labeling is called a super edge-magic total labeling.
In this paper, we formulate a super edge-magic total labeling for
a particular tree family called subdivided star \(T(l_1,l_2,\ldots,l_p)\) for
\(p>3\).
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 116
- Pages: 171-176
- Published: 31/07/2014
Let \(G\) be an edge-colored graphs. A heterochromatic path of \(G\) is such a path in which no two edges have the same color. Let \(g^c(G)\) and \(d^c(v)\) denote the heterochromatic girth and the color degree of a vertex \(v\) of \(G\), respectively. In this paper, some color degree and heterochromatic girth conditions for the existence of heterochromatic paths are obtained.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 116
- Pages: 161-170
- Published: 31/07/2014
Let \(\mathcal{U}_m^{W}\) denote the set of unicyclic weighted graphs of size \(m\) with weight \(W\). In this paper, we determine the weighted graph in \(\mathcal{U}_m^{W}\) with maximum spectral radius.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 116
- Pages: 147-160
- Published: 31/07/2014
A subset of vertices of a graph \(G\) is called a feedback vertex set of \(G\) if its removal results in an acyclic subgraph. In this paper, we investigate the feedback vertex set of generalized Kautz digraphs \(GK(2,n)\). Let \(f(2,n)\) denote the minimum cardinality over all feedback vertex sets of the generalized Kautz digraph \(GK(2,n)\). We obtain the upper bound of \(f(2,n)\) as follows:
\[f(2,n) \leq n-(\left\lfloor \frac{n}{3} \right\rfloor + \left\lfloor \frac{{n-2}}{3} \right\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{n-8}{9}\rfloor)\].
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- Volume 116
- Pages: 129-145
- Published: 31/07/2014
Let \(G\) be a graph of order \(n\) and let \(\mu\) be an eigenvalue of multiplicity \(m\). A star complement for \(\mu\) in \(G\) is an induced subgraph of \(G\) of order \(n-m\) with no eigenvalue \(\mu\). In this paper, we investigate maximal and regular graphs that have \(K_{r,s} + t{K_{1}}\) as a star complement for \(\mu\) as the second largest eigenvalue. Interestingly, it turns out that some well-known strongly regular graphs are uniquely determined by such a star complement.
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- Volume 116
- Pages: 121-127
- Published: 31/07/2014
Given a graph \(G\) and a non-negative integer \(g\), the \(g\)-extra-connectivity of \(G\), denoted by \(\kappa_g(G)\), is the minimum cardinality of a set of vertices of \(G\), if any, whose deletion disconnects \(G\) and every remaining component has more than \(g\) vertices. Note that \(\kappa_0(G)\) and \(\kappa_1(G)\) correspond to the usual connectivity and restricted vertex connectivity of \(G\), respectively. In this paper, we determine \(\kappa_g(FQ_n)\) for \(0 \leq g \leq n-4\), \(n \geq 8\), where \(FQ_n\) denotes the \(n\)-dimensional folded hypercube.
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- Volume 116
- Pages: 101-119
- Published: 31/07/2014
The construction of association schemes based on the subspaces of type \((2,0,1)\) in singular symplectic space over finite fields is provided in this paper.Applying the matrix method and combinatorial design theory, all parameters of the association scheme are computed.
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- Volume 115
- Pages: 467-479
- Published: 31/07/2014
In this paper we define new types of generalizations in the distance sense of Lucas numbers. These generalizations are based on introduced recently the concept of \((2, k)\)-distance Fibonacci numbers.We study some properties of these numbers and present identities
which generalize known identities for Lucas numbers. Moreover, we show representations and interpretations of these numbers.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 116
- Pages: 93-99
- Published: 31/07/2014
The number of colors required to properly color the edges of a simple graph \(G\) such that any two vertices are incident with different sets of colors is referred to as the vertex-distinguishing edge chromatic number, denoted by \(\chi’_{vd}(G)\). This paper explores an interesting phenomenon concerning vertex-distinguishing proper edge coloring. Specifically, we prove that for every integer \(m \geq 3\), there exists a graph \(G\) of maximum degree \(m\) with \(\chi’_{vd}(G) < \chi'_{vd}(H)\), where \(H\) is a proper subgraph of \(G\).
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 115
- Pages: 459-465
- Published: 31/07/2014
Let \(P\) be a planar point set with no three points collinear. A \(k\)-hole of \(P\) is a convex \(k\)-gon \(H\) such that the vertices of \(H\) are elements of \(P\) and no element of \(P\) lies inside \(H\). In this article, we prove that for any planar \(9\)-point set \(P\) with no three points collinear and at least \(5\) vertices on the boundary of the convex hull, \(P\) contains a \(5\)-hole and a disjoint \(3\)-hole.




