Tackling the edge dynamic graph colouring problem with and without future adjacency information

Bradley Hardy (), Rhyd Lewis () and Jonathan Thompson ()
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Bradley Hardy: Cardiff University
Rhyd Lewis: Cardiff University
Jonathan Thompson: Cardiff University

Journal of Heuristics, 2018, vol. 24, issue 3, No 5, 343 pages

Abstract: Abstract Many real world operational research problems, such as frequency assignment and exam timetabling, can be reformulated as graph colouring problems (GCPs). Most algorithms for the GCP operate under the assumption that its constraints are fixed, allowing us to model the problem using a static graph. However, in many real-world cases this does not hold and it is more appropriate to model problems with constraints that change over time using an edge dynamic graph. Although exploring methods for colouring dynamic graphs has been identified as an area of interest with many real-world applications, to date, very little literature exists regarding such methods. In this paper we present several heuristic methods for modifying a feasible colouring at time-step t into an initial, but not necessarily feasible, colouring for a “similar” graph at time-step $$t+1$$ t + 1 . We will discuss two cases; (1) where changes occur at random, and (2) where probabilistic information about future changes is provided. Experimental results are also presented and the benefits of applying these particular modification methods are investigated.

Keywords: Graph colouring; Dynamic graphs; Heuristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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