Open Journal of Discrete Mathematics

Volume 3, Issue 3 (July 2013)

ISSN Print: 2161-7635   ISSN Online: 2161-7643

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The Poset Cover Problem

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DOI: 10.4236/ojdm.2013.33020    4,855 Downloads   8,627 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

A partial order or poset P=(X, <) on a (finite) base set X determines the set L(P) of linear extensions of P. The problem of computing, for a poset P, the cardinality of L(P) is #P-complete. A set {P1,P2,...,Pk} of posets on X covers the set of linear orders that is the union of the L(Pi). Given linear orders L1,L2,...,Lm on X, the Poset Cover problem is to determine the smallest number of posets that cover {L1,L2,...,Lm}. Here, we show that the decision version of this problem is NP-complete. On the positive side, we explore the use of cover relations for finding posets that cover a set of linear orders and present a polynomial-time algorithm to find a partial poset cover.

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Heath, L. and Nema, A. (2013) The Poset Cover Problem. Open Journal of Discrete Mathematics, 3, 101-111. doi: 10.4236/ojdm.2013.33020.

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