Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

Rahman, Md. Saidur

This undergraduate textbook provides an introduction to graph theory, which has numerous applications in modeling problems in science and technology, and has become a vital component to computer science, computer science and engineering, and mathematics curricula of universities all over the world.

 The author follows a methodical and easy to understand approach. Beginning with the historical background, motivation and applications of graph theory, the author first explains basic graph theoretic terminologies. From this firm foundation, the author goes on to present  paths, cycles, connectivity, trees, matchings, coverings, planar graphs, graph coloring and digraphs as well as some  special classes of graphs together with some research topics for advanced  study.

 Filled with exercises and illustrations, Basic Graph Theory is a valuable resource for any undergraduate student to understand and gain confidence in graph theory and its applications to scientific research, algorithms and problem solving.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2017-05-10

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319494746

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49475-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 169