• DocumentCode
    1230941
  • Title

    The Subgraph Bisimulation Problem

  • Author

    Dovier, A. ; Piazza, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Matematica e Inf., Udine Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1055
  • Lastpage
    1056
  • Abstract
    We study the complexity of the Subgraph Bisimulation Problem, which relates to Graph Bisimulation as Subgraph Isomorphism relates to Graph Isomorphism, and we prove its NP-Completeness. Our analysis is motivated by its applications to semistructured databases.
  • Keywords
    bisimulation equivalence; computational complexity; graph theory; NP-completeness; complexity; graph bisimulation; sernistructured data; subgraph bisimulation; Computer science; Database languages; Equations; Hafnium; Information retrieval; Polynomials; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-4347
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TKDE.2003.1209024
  • Filename
    1209024