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TY - JOUR
T1 - On a class of metrics related to graph layout problems
AU - Letchford, A N
AU - Reinelt, G
AU - Seitz, H
AU - Theis, D O
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We examine the metrics that arise when a finite set of points is embedded in the real line, in such a way that the distance between each pair of points is at least 1. These metrics are closely related to some other known metrics in the literature, and also to a class of combinatorial optimization problems known as graph layout problems. We prove several results about the structure of these metrics. In particular, it is shown that their convex hull is not closed in general. We then show that certain linear inequalities define facets of the closure of the convex hull. Finally, we characterize the unbounded edges of the convex hull and of its closure.
AB - We examine the metrics that arise when a finite set of points is embedded in the real line, in such a way that the distance between each pair of points is at least 1. These metrics are closely related to some other known metrics in the literature, and also to a class of combinatorial optimization problems known as graph layout problems. We prove several results about the structure of these metrics. In particular, it is shown that their convex hull is not closed in general. We then show that certain linear inequalities define facets of the closure of the convex hull. Finally, we characterize the unbounded edges of the convex hull and of its closure.
KW - metric spaces
KW - graph layout problems
KW - convex analysis
KW - polyhedral combinatorics
U2 - 10.1016/j.laa.2010.06.038
DO - 10.1016/j.laa.2010.06.038
M3 - Journal article
VL - 433
SP - 1760
EP - 1777
JO - Linear Algebra and its Applications
JF - Linear Algebra and its Applications
IS - 11-12
ER -