1. Graph coloring approach with new upper bounds for the chromatic number: team building application
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Hacene Ait Haddadene, Anass Nagih, Malek Masmoudi, and Assia Gueham
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Discrete mathematics ,021103 operations research ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0102 computer and information sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Management Science and Operations Research ,01 natural sciences ,Upper and lower bounds ,Computer Science Applications ,Theoretical Computer Science ,Brooks' theorem ,Combinatorics ,Edge coloring ,Windmill graph ,010201 computation theory & mathematics ,Friendship graph ,Graph homomorphism ,Graph coloring ,Fractional coloring ,Mathematics - Abstract
In this paper, we focus on the coloration approach and estimation of chromatic number. First, we propose an upper bound of the chromatic number based on the orientation algorithm described in previous studies. This upper bound is further improved by developing a novel coloration algorithm. Second, we make a theoretical and empirical comparison of our bounds with Brooks’s bound and Reed’s conjecture for class of triangle-free graphs. Third, we propose an adaptation of our algorithm to deal with the team building problem respecting several hard and soft constraints. Finally, a real case study from healthcare domain is considered for illustration.
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- 2018
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