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 103
- Pages: 3-11
- Published: 31/01/2012
In this article, the lines not meeting a hyperbolic quadric in PG\((3,q)\) are characterized by their intersection properties with points and planes.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 083
- Pages: 255-260
- Published: 30/11/2012
We answer in the affirmative a question posed by Al-Addasi and Al-Ezeh in 2008 on the existence of symmetric diametrical bipartite graphs of diameter 4. Bipartite symmetric diametrical graphs are called \( S \)-graphs by some authors, and diametrical graphs have also been studied by other authors using different terminology, such as self-centered unique eccentric point graphs. We include a brief survey of some of this literature and note that the existence question was also answered by Berman and Kotzig in a 1980 paper, along with a study of different isomorphism classes of these graphs using a \( (1,-1) \)-matrix representation which includes the well-known Hadamard matrices. Our presentation focuses on a neighborhood characterization of \( S \)-graphs, and we conclude our survey with a beautiful version of this characterization known to Janakiraman.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 079
- Pages: 251-259
- Published: 30/11/2011
The achromatic number for a graph \( G = (V, E) \) is the largest integer \( m \) such that there is a partition of \( V \) into disjoint independent sets \( (V_1, \ldots, V_m) \) such that for each pair of distinct sets \( V_i, V_j \), \( V_i \cup V_j \) is not an independent set in \( G \). In this paper, we present an \( O(1) \)-approximation algorithm to determine the achromatic number of circulant graphs \( G(n; \pm\{1, 2\}) \) and \( G(n; \pm\{1, 2, 3\}) \).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 079
- Pages: 245-249
- Published: 30/11/2011
Let \( G = (V, E) \) be a graph with vertex set \( V \) and edge set \( E \). Let \( diam(G) \) denote the diameter of \( G \) and \( d(u, v) \) denote the distance between the vertices \( u \) and \( v \) in \( G \). An antipodal labeling of \( G \) with diameter \( d \) is a function \( f \) that assigns to each vertex \( u \) a positive integer \( f(u) \), such that \( d(u, v) + |f(u) – f(v)| \geq d \), for all \( u, v \in V \). The span of an antipodal labeling \( f \) is \( \max\{|f(u) – f(v)| : u, v \in V(G)\} \). The antipodal number for \( G \), denoted by \( an(G) \), is the minimum span of all antipodal labelings of \( G \). Determining the antipodal number of a graph \( G \) is an NP-complete problem. In this paper, we determine the antipodal number of certain graphs with diameter equal to \( 3 \) and \( 4 \).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 079
- Pages: 235-244
- Published: 30/11/2011
A radio labeling of a connected graph \( G \) is an injection \( f \) from the vertices of \( G \) to the natural numbers such that \( d(u, v) + |f(u) – f(v)| \geq 1 + \operatorname{diam}(G) \) for every pair of distinct vertices \( u \) and \( v \) of \( G \). The radio number of \( f \), denoted \( rn(f) \), is the maximum number assigned to any vertex of \( G \). The radio number of \( G \), denoted \( rn(G) \), is the minimum value of \( rn(f) \) taken over all labelings \( f \) of \( G \). In this paper, we determine bounds for the radio number of the hexagonal mesh.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 079
- Pages: 221-234
- Published: 30/11/2011
In this paper, we introduce a finite graph using group characters and discuss the basic properties of the graph.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 079
- Pages: 211-219
- Published: 30/11/2011
In this paper, a fuzzy inner product on a real vector space is introduced. The notion of fuzzy inner product is defined. Some of its properties are studied.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 079
- Pages: 197-210
- Published: 30/11/2011
Let \( G = (V, E) \) be a simple graph. Let \( S \) be a subset of \( V(G) \). The toughness value of \( S \), denoted by \( T_S \), is defined as \( \frac{|S|}{\omega(G – S)} \), where \( \omega(G – S) \) denotes the number of components in \( G – S \). If \( S = V \), then \( \omega(G – S) \) is taken to be \( 1 \) and hence \( T_{V(G)} = |V(G)| \). A partition of \( V(G) \) into subsets \( V_1, V_2, \ldots, V_t \) such that \( T_{V_i} \), \( 1 \leq i \leq t \), is a constant is called an equi-toughness partitio of \( G \). The maximum cardinality of such a partition is called the equi-toughness partition number of \( G \) and is denoted by \( ET(G) \). The existence of \( ET \)-partition is guaranteed. In this paper, a study of this new parameter is initiated.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 079
- Pages: 189-195
- Published: 30/11/2011
The parameter \( t \) of a tree \( t \)-spanner of a graph is always bounded by \( 2\lambda \) where \( \lambda \) is the diameter of the graph. In this paper, we establish a sufficient condition for graphs to have the minimum spanner at least \( 2\rho – 1 \) where \( \rho \) is the radius. We also obtain a characterization for tree \( 3 \)-spanner admissible chordal graphs in terms of tree \( 3 \)-spanner admissibility of certain subgraphs.
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- Volume 079
- Pages: 173-187
- Published: 30/11/2011
A connected graph \( G(V, E) \) is said to be \((a, d)\)-antimagic if there exist positive integers \( a \) and \( d \) and a bijection \( f: E \to \{1, 2, \ldots, |E|\} \) such that the induced mapping \( \text{g}_\text{f}: V \to \mathbb{N} \) defined by \( \text{g}_\text{f}(v) = \sum_{\text{e} \in \text{I}(v)} \text{f(e)} \), where \( \text{I}(v) = \{\text{e} \in E \mid \text{e} \text{ is incident to } v\} \), \( v \in V \) is injective and \( \text{g}_\text{f}(V) = \{a, a+d, a+2d, \ldots, a+(|V|-1)d\} \). In this paper, using partition, we prove that (i) the 1-sided infinite path \( P_1 \) is \((1, 2)\)-antimagic, (ii) the path \( P_{2n+1} \) is \((n, 1)\)-antimagic, and (iii) the \((n+2, 1)\)-antimagic labeling is the unique \((a, d)\)-antimagic labeling of \( C_{2n+1} \); and the graphs \( K_1 + (K_1 \cup K_2) \), \( P_{2n} \), and \( C_{2n} \) are not \((a, d)\)-antimagic. For \( a, d \in \mathbb{N} \), on an \((a, d)\)-antimagic graph \( G \), we obtain a new relation, \( a + (p-1)d \leq \frac{\Delta(2q – \Delta + 1)}{2} \). Using the results on \((a, d)\)-antimagic labeling of \( C_{2n} \) and \( C_{2n+1} \), we obtain results on the existence of \((a, d)\)-arithmetic sequences of length \( 2n \) and \( 2n+1 \), respectively.




