Linear Algorithms for Finding the Jordan Center and Path Center of a Tree
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- Published by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Transportation Science
- Vol. 15 (2) , 98-114
- https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.15.2.98
Abstract
This paper contains linear algorithms for finding the Jordan center, the weighted Jordan center and the path center of a tree. All of these algorithms take advantage of an efficient data structure for representing a tree called a canonical recursive representation. As a result, the first two algorithms are different from and faster than similar algorithms in the literature. This paper also defines a new parameter of a graph called the path center, and shows that the path center of a tree T consists of a unique subpath of T.Keywords
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