Edge open packing: complexity, algorithmic aspects, and bounds
<|reference_start|>Edge open packing: complexity, algorithmic aspects, and bounds: Given a graph $G$, two edges $e_{1},e_{2}\in E(G)$ are said to have a common edge $e$ if $e$ joins an endvertex of $e_{1}$ to an endvertex of $e_{2}$. A subset $B\subseteq E(G)$ is an edge open packing set in $G$ if no two edges of $B$ have a common edge in $G$, and the maximum cardinality of such a set in $G$ is called the edge open packing number, $\rho_{e}^{o}(G)$, of $G$. In this paper, we prove that the decision version of the edge open packing number is NP-complete even when restricted to graphs with universal vertices, Eulerian bipartite graphs, and planar graphs with maximum degree $4$, respectively. In contrast, we present a linear-time algorithm that computes the edge open packing number of a tree. We also resolve two problems posed in the seminal paper [Edge open packing sets in graphs, RAIRO-Oper.\ Res.\ 56 (2022) 3765--3776]. Notably, we characterize the graphs $G$ that attain the upper bound $\rho_e^o(G)\le |E(G)|/\delta(G)$, and provide lower and upper bounds for the edge-deleted subgraph of a graph and establish the corresponding realization result.<|reference_end|>
@article{brešar2024edge,
    title={Edge open packing: complexity, algorithmic aspects, and bounds},
    author={Bov{s}tjan Brev{s}ar, Babak Samadi},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.00750},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2403.00750},
    primaryClass={math.CO cs.DM}
}