In this article we define a canonical decomposition of rooted outerplanar maps into a spanning tree and a list of edges. This decomposition, constructible in linear time, implies the existence of bijection between rooted outerplanar maps with n nodes and bicolored rooted ordered trees with n nodes where all the nodes of the last branch are colored white. As a consequence, for rooted outerplanar maps of n nodes, we derive: an enumeration formula, and an asymptotic of 2 3n (log n) ; an optimal data structure of asymptotically 3n bits, built in O(n) time, supporting adjacency and degree queries in worst-case constant time and neighbors query of a d-degree node in worst-case O(d) time...

The Graph Drawing community uses test suites for comparing layout quality and efficiency. Those suites often claim to collect randomly generated graphs, although in most cases randomness is a loosely defined notion. Wepropose a simple algorithm for generating acyclic digraphs with a given number of vertices uniformly at random. Applying standard combinatorial techniques, we describe the overall shape and average edge density of an acyclic digraph. The usefulness of our algorithm resides in the possibility of controlling edge density of the generated graphs. We have used our technique to build a large test suite of acyclic digraphs with various edge density and number of vertices ranging from 10 to 1000.

supported by the DFG (GRK 588/1) Abstract. We show how to generate labeled and unlabeled outerplanar graphs with n vertices uniformly at random in polynomial time in n. To generate labeled outerplanar graphs, we present a counting technique using the decomposition of a graph according to its block structure, and compute the exact number of labeled outerplanar graphs. This allows us to make the correct probabilistic choices in a recursive generation of uniformly distributed outerplanar graphs. Next we modify our formulas to count rooted unlabeled graphs, and finally show how to use these formulas in a Las Vegas algorithm to generate unlabeled outerplanar graphs uniformly at random in expected polynomial time. random structures, outerplanar graphs, efficient counting, uniform generation 1

In numerous practical applications, it is necessary to find the smallest possible tree with a bounded diameter. A diameter-constrained minimum spanning tree (DCMST) of a given undirected, edge-weighted graph, G, is the smallest-weight spanning tree of all spanning trees of G which contain no path with more than k edges, where k is a given positive integer. The problem of finding a DCMST is NP-complete for all values of k; 4 k (n -- 2), except when all edge-weights are identical. A DCMST is essential for the efficiency of various distributed mutual exclusion algorithms, where it can minimize the number of messages communicated among processors per critical section. It is also useful in linear lightwave networks, where it can minimize interference in the network by limiting the traffic in the network lines. Another practical application requiring a DCMST arises in data compression, where some algorithms compress a file utilizing a tree data-structure, and decompress a path in the tree to access a record. A DCMST helps such algorithms to be fast without sacrificing a lot of storage space. We present a survey of the literature on the DCMST problem, study the expected diameter of a random labeled tree, and present five new polynomial-time algorithms for an approximate DCMST. One of our new algorithms constructs an approximate DCMST in a modified greedy fashion, employing a heuristic for selecting an edge to be added to iii the tree in each stage of the construction. Three other new algorithms start with an unconstrained minimum spanning tree, and iteratively refine it into an approximate DCMST. We also present an algorithm designed for the special case when the diameter is required to be no more than 4. Such a diameter-4 tree is also used for evaluating the quality of o...