Node Cover

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Graph Theory Concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Vertex_Cover
gptkbp:appliesTo Directed Graphs
Undirected Graphs
gptkbp:approximationAlgorithm 2-approximation algorithm exists
gptkbp:complementIs Independent Set
gptkbp:complexity NP-complete
gptkbp:definedIn A set of vertices such that every edge in the graph is incident to at least one vertex in the set
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Karp's_21_NP-complete_problems
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1972
gptkbp:hasParameterizedComplexity Fixed-parameter tractable for small cover size
gptkbp:hasSubgroup Vertices of the Graph
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Node Cover
gptkbp:inBipartiteGraphs Minimum node cover equals maximum matching (König's theorem)
gptkbp:minimumNodeCover Smallest possible node cover for a given graph
gptkbp:minimumNodeCoverProblem NP-complete
gptkbp:minimumNodeCoverSize At least the size of the maximum matching
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Clique
gptkb:Edge_Cover
Independent Set
gptkbp:solvedBy gptkb:Integer_Linear_Programming
gptkb:Branch_and_Bound
Greedy Algorithms
Approximation Algorithms
gptkbp:usedFor Data mining
Network monitoring
Fault tolerance analysis
Finding vulnerabilities in networks
Optimizing resource placement
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Bioinformatics
gptkb:Database_Systems
Scheduling
Network Security
Wireless Sensor Networks
VLSI Design
Resource Allocation
Social Network Analysis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reducibility_Among_Combinatorial_Problems_(Karp,_1972)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6