Galoitica: Journal of Mathematical Structures and Applications
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2834-5568ISSN (Online)
Volume 12 , Issue 1 , PP: 24-35, 2025 | Cite this article as | XML | Html | PDF | Full Length Article
Takaaki Fujita 1 *
Doi: https://doi.org/10.54216/GJMSA.0120104
The study of graph width parameters is a well-established field within graph theory. Recently, numerous researchers have been actively extending undirected width parameters to directed graphs, resulting in a wide range of studies on directed width parameters. In this paper, we introduce a new concept called Directed Linear-Branch-Width, which extends the (Undirected) Linear-Branch-Width to digraphs. We also investigate its relationship and hierarchy with Directed Path-width, Directed Cut-width, and Directed Neighbourhood- width
Directed Tree-width , Directed Branch-width , Directed Graph , Branch-width , Linear-branch-width
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