Preprints - Douglas B. West (home page)

Slides (in PDF) for Recent Invited Lectures (venues and earlier lectures) slides
  • "Sharp lower bounds for the number of maximum matchings in bipartite multigraphs" slides
  • "Cycles in color-critical graphs" slides
  • "Reconstruction of graphs from the subgraphs obtained by deleting ℓ vertices" slides
  • "Cut-edges and even-regular subgraphs of odd-regular graphs" slides
  • "The Slow-Coloring Game" slides
  • "An Introduction to the Discharging Method via Graph Coloring" slides
  • "Coloring, Sparseness, and Girth" slides
  • "Ordered Ramsey Theory and Track Representations of Graphs" slides
  • "Fractional Separation Dimension: A Fractional Covering Problem" slides

    Miscellany
  • Book: Combinatorial Mathematics, Cambridge Univ. Press (2021), ISBN 978-1-107-05858-3.
  • Book: Introduction to Graph Theory, Prentice Hall (2ed. 2001, 1ed. 1996), ISBN 0-13-014400-2
  • Book: Mathematical Thinking: Problem-Solving and Proofs (with John D'Angelo), Prentice Hall (2ed. 2000, 1ed. 1997), ISBN 0-13-014412-6
  • Biographical article: "Kleitman and Combinatorics: A Celebration" (authored as G.W. Peck), Discrete Math. 257 (2002), 193-224. pdf
  • Open problem (Sanya, 2019): Parity and strong parity edge-colorings of graphs pdf (2pp)
  • Problems posed in the American Mathematical Monthly:
    #12313 in 129 (2022) p286;
    #12296 in 129 (2022) p86 with D.A. Kalarkop, R. Rangarajan;
    #12268 in 128 (2021) p658 w. S. Boxwala Kale, V. Chvátal, D.E. Knuth;
    #12244 in 128 (2021) p376 with R. Pratt, S. Wagon, P. Zielinski;
    #11731 in 120 (2013) p755 with M. Ma;
    #11712 in 120 (2013) p569 with D.W. Cranston;
    #11372 in 115 (2008) p568 with J. Vandenbussche;
    #E3290 in 95 (1988) p872 with D.H. Wiedemann.

  • Preprints (Most papers since 1995 are posted as preprints; earlier papers are mostly downloads of final published versions. URL for access by DOI is http://dx.doi.org/[DOI].)
  • 264. The total interval number of a graph, III: Tree-like graphs (with T.M. Kratzke) (submitted) pdf (47pp)
  • 263. Trees with at least 6ℓ+11 vertices are -reconstructible (with A.V. Kostochka, M. Nahvi, and D. Zirlin) (submitted) pdf (47pp)
  • 262. Another proof of the generalized Tutte--Berge Formula for f-bounded subgraphs (with Z. Qu) (submitted) pdf (7pp)
  • 261. Bounds for eccentricity-based parameters of graphs (with Y. Tang and X. Qi) (submitted) pdf (27pp)
  • 260. Some new results on bar visibility of digraphs (with Y. Feng, J. Ge, and Y. Yang) (submitted) pdf (17pp)
  • 259. Sharp lower bounds for the number of maximum matchings in bipartite multigraphs (with A.V. Kostochka and Z. Xiang) J. Graph Theory 106 (2024), 525-555. pdf (34pp) slides
  • 258. Acyclic graphs with at least 2ℓ+1 vertices are -recognizable (with A.V. Kostochka, M. Nahvi, and D. Zirlin) J. Graph Theory (2023), 17pp. (published online 22 August 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/jgt.23027). pdf (18pp) slides
  • 257. 2-reconstructibility of strongly regular graphs and 2-partially distance-regular graphs (with X. Zhu) Graphs and Combinatorics 39 (2023), paper 94, 6pp. DOI: 10.1007/s00373-023-02693-1. pdf (7pp)
  • 256. 3-Reconstructibility of rooted trees (with A.V. Kostochka, M. Nahvi, and D. Zirlin) Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly 18 (2022), 2479-2509. pdf (27pp); longer version (48pp) under the title "On the 3-reconstructibility of trees and rooted trees" provides complete details of application to trees.
  • 255. Systems of overlap representation for families of intervals (with A.S. Jobson, A.E. Kézdy, K.G. Milans, and J. Wildstrom) Graphs and Combinatorics 38 (2022), Article 36 pdf (4pp)
  • 254. Cycles in color-critical graphs (with B.R. Moore) Electronic J. Combinatorics 28 (2021), Paper #P4.35, 9pp. pdf (8pp) slides (full version) slides (shorter version)
  • 253. On the bar visibility number of complete bipartite graphs (with W. Cao and Y. Yang) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 35 (2021), 2234-2248. pdf (16pp)
  • 252. Cut-edges and regular factors in regular graphs of odd degree (with A.V. Kostochka, A. Raspaud, B. Toft, and D. Zirlin) Graphs and Combinatorics 37 (2021), 199-207. pdf (9pp) slides (with #242)
  • 251. The slow-coloring game on sparse graphs: k-degenerate, planar, and outerplanar (with G. Gutowski, T. Krawczyk, K. Maziarz, M. Zajac, and X. Zhu) J. Combinatorics 12 (2021), 283-302. pdf (15pp) slides
  • 250. On-line size Ramsey number for monotone k-uniform ordered paths with uniform looseness (with X. Pérez-Giménez and P. Pralat) European J. Combinatorics 92 (2021) 103242 (no page numbers), 14pp. pdf (18pp) slides
  • 249. 3-regular graphs are 2-reconstructible (with A.V. Kostochka, M. Nahvi, and D. Zirlin) European J. Combinatorics 91 (2021) 103216 (no page numbers), 10pp. pdf (13pp)
  • 248. On reconstruction of graphs from the multiset of subgraphs obtained by deleting l vertices (with A.V. Kostochka) IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 67 (2021), 3278-3286. pdf (20pp)
  • 247. Upper bounds for bar visibility of subgraphs and n-vertex graphs (with Y.R. Feng and Y. Yang) Discrete Applied Mathematics 283 (2020), 272-274. pdf (6pp)
  • 246. Lichiardopol's conjecture on disjoint cycles in tournaments (with F. Ma and J. Yan) Electronic J. Combinatorics 27 (2020), Paper #P2.52. pdf (21pp) slides
  • 245. Degree lists and connectedness are 3-reconstructible for graphs with at least seven vertices (with A.V. Kostochka, M. Nahvi, and D. Zirlin) Graphs and Combinatorics 36 (2020), 491-501. pdf (12pp) slides
  • 244. Strongly connectable digraphs and non-transitive dice (with S. Joyce, A. Schaefer, and T. Zaslavsky) AKCE Intl J. Graph Theory and Combinatorics 17 (2020), 480-485. pdf (8pp)
  • 243. Ramsey numbers of interval 2-chromatic ordered graphs (with D. Neidinger) Graphs and Combinatorics 35 (2019), 1065-1076. pdf (13pp)
  • 242. Largest 2-regular subgraphs of 3-regular graphs (with I. Choi, R. Kim, A.V. Kostochka, and B. Park) Graphs and Combinatorics 35 (2019), 805-813. pdf (13pp) slides (with #252)
  • 241. Online sum-paintability: Slow-coloring of trees (with G.J. Puleo) Discrete Applied Mathematics 262 (2019), 158-168. pdf (12pp) slides
  • 240. Extremal problems on saturation for the family of k-edge-connected graphs (with H. Lei, S. O, Y. Shi, and X. Zhu) Discrete Applied Mathematics 260 (2019), 278-283. pdf (9pp)
  • 239. The unit acquisition number of a graph (with F. Johnson, A. Raleigh, and P.S. Wenger) Discrete Applied Mathematics 258 (2019), 166-176. pdf (21pp)
  • 238. Reconstruction from the deck of k-vertex induced subgraphs (with H. Spinoza) J. Graph Theory 90 (2019), 497-522. pdf (28pp) slides
  • 237. Extensions of matroid covering and packing (with G. Fan, H. Jiang, P. Li, D. Yang, and X. Zhu) European J. Combinatorics 76 (2019), 117-122. pdf (9pp)
  • 236. Antipodal coloring of hypercubes (with J.I. Wise) Discussiones Math. Graph Theory 39 (2019), 271-284. pdf (13pp)
  • 235. Randomly twisted hypercubes (with A. Dudek, X. Pérez-Giménez, P. Pralat, H. Qi, and X. Zhu) Europ. J. Combinatorics 70 (2018), 364-373. pdf (11pp)
  • 234. Online sum-paintability: The slow-coloring game (with T. Mahoney and G.J. Puleo) Discrete Mathematics 341 (2018), 1084-1093. pdf (17pp) slides, older slides
  • 233. Decomposition of regular hypergraphs (with J.O. Choi) J. Combinatorics 9 (2018), 21-33. pdf (13pp)
  • 232. Fractional and circular separation dimension of graphs (with S.J. Loeb) Europ. J. Combinatorics 69 (2018), 19-35. pdf (23pp) slides
  • 231. The vulnerability of the diameter of enhanced hypercubes (with M. Ma and J.-M. Xu) Theoretical Comp. Sci. 694 (2017), 60-65. pdf (9pp)
  • 230. The game saturation number of a graph (with J.M. Carraher, W.B. Kinnersley, and B. Reiniger) J. Graph Theory 85 (2017), 481-495. pdf (14pp)
  • 229. An introduction to the discharging method via graph coloring (with D.W. Cranston) Discrete Math. 340 (2017), 766-793. pdf (50pp), earlier longer version (78pp)
  • 228. Bar visibility numbers for hypercubes and outerplanar digraphs (with J.I. Wise) Graphs and Combinatorics 33 (2017), 221-231. pdf (10pp)
  • 227. Uniquely t-cycle saturated graphs (with P.S. Wenger) J. Graph Theory 85 (2017), 94-106. pdf (14pp)
  • 226. Circular chromatic Ramsey number (with K.F. Jao, C. Tardif, and X. Zhu) J. Combinatorics 8 (2017), 189-208. pdf (14pp)
  • 225. Minimum degree and dominating paths (with R.J. Faudree, R.J. Gould, and M.S. Jacobson) J. Graph Theory 84 (2017), 202-213. pdf (12pp) slides
  • 224. Decomposition of sparse graphs into forests: The Nine Dragon Tree Conjecture for k≤2 (with M. Chen, S.-J. Kim, A.V. Kostochka, and X. Zhu) J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 122 (2017), 741-756. pdf (15pp) slides
  • 223. Coloring, sparseness, and girth (with N. Alon, A.V. Kostochka, B. Reiniger, and X. Zhu) Israel J. Mathematics 214 (2016), 315-331. pdf (13pp) slides
  • 222. A new proof that 4-connected planar graphs are Hamiltonian-connected (with X. Lu) Discussiones Math. Graph Theory 36 (2016), 555-564. pdf (9pp) slides
  • 221. To catch a falling robber (with W.B. Kinnersley and P. Pralat) Theoretical Computer Science 627 (2016), 107-111. pdf (7pp)
  • 220. On r-dynamic coloring of graphs (with S. Jahanbekam, J. Kim, and S. O) Discrete Applied Mathematics 206 (2016), 65-72. pdf (13pp) slides
  • 219. Extremal problems for degree-based topological indices (with Y. Tang and B. Zhou) Discrete Applied Mathematics 203 (2016), 134-143. pdf (16pp)
  • 218. Anti-Ramsey problems for t edge-disjoint rainbow spanning subgraphs: cycles, matchings, or trees (with S. Jahanbekam) J. Graph Theory 82 (2016), 75-89. pdf (16pp)
  • 217. Cubic graphs with large ratio of independent domination number to domination number (with S. O) Graphs and Combinatorics 32 (2016), 773-776. pdf (4pp)
  • 216. Rainbow spanning subgraphs of small diameter in edge-colored complete graphs (with S. Jahanbekam) Graphs and Combinatorics 32 (2016), 707-712. pdf (6pp)
  • 215. Degree-associated reconstruction parameters of complete multipartite graphs and their complements (with M. Ma, H. Shi, and H. Spinoza) Taiwanese J. Math. 19 (2015), 1271-1284. pdf (12pp)
  • 214. Ordered Ramsey theory and track representations of graphs (with K.G. Milans and D. Stolee) J. Combinatorics 6 (2015), 445-456. pdf (9pp) slides
  • 213. Sharp bounds on the Chinese Postman Problem for 3-regular graphs and multigraphs (with S. O) Discrete Applied Mathematics 190/191 (2015), 163-168. ps pdf (10pp) slides
  • 212. The adversary degree-associated reconstruction number of double-brooms (with M. Ma and H. Shi) J. Discrete Algorithms 33 (2015), 150-159. pdf (16pp) slides
  • 211. On r-dynamic coloring of grids (with R. Kang and T. Müller) Discrete Applied Math. 186 (2015), 286-290. pdf (8pp)
  • 210. Sharp lower bounds on the fractional matching number (with R.E. Behrend and S. O) Discrete Applied Mathematics 186 (2015), 272-274. ps pdf (4pp)
  • 209. Sum-paintability of generalized theta-graphs (with J. Carraher, T. Mahoney, and G.J. Puleo) Graphs and Combinatorics 31 (2015), 1325-1334. ps pdf (10pp)
  • 208. Beyond Ohba's Conjecture: A bound on the choice number of k-chromatic graphs with n vertices (with J.A. Noel, H. Wu, and X. Zhu) Europ. J. Combinatorics 43 (2015), 295-305. ps pdf (13pp) slides
  • 207. The 1,2,3-Conjecture and 1,2-Conjecture for sparse graphs (with D.W. Cranston and S. Jahanbekam) Discussiones Math. Graph Theory 34 (2014), 769-799. ps pdf (29pp) slides
  • 206. Linear discrepancy of chain products and posets of bounded degree (with J.O. Choi and K.G. Milans) Order 31 (2014), 291-305. ps pdf (14pp) slides
  • 205. Permutation bigraphs and interval containments (with P. K. Saha, M. Basu, and M. K. Sen) Discrete Applied Math. 175 (2014), 71-78. ps pdf (15pp)
  • 204. Three topics in online list coloring (with J. Carraher, S. Loeb, T. Mahoney, G.J. Puleo, and M.-T. Tsai) J. Combinatorics 5 (2014), 115-130. ps pdf (13pp) slides
  • 203. Cutwidth of triangular grids (with L. Lin and Y. Lin) Discrete Math. 331 (2014), 89-92. pdf (7pp)
  • 202. Equicovering subgraphs of graphs and hypergraphs (with I. Choi, J. Kim, and A.N. Tebbe) Electronic J. Combinatorics 21 (2014), no. 1, Paper #P1.62, 17pp. ps pdf (15pp)
  • 201. Choosability of Graphs with Bounded Order: Ohba's Conjecture and Beyond (with J.A. Noel, B.A. Reed, H. Wu, and X. Zhu) Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 43 (2013), 89-95.
  • article (7pp)
  • 200. Decomposition of cartesian products of regular graphs into isomorphic trees (with K.F. Jao and A.V. Kostochka) J. Combinatorics 4 (2013), 469-490. ps pdf (18pp)
  • 199. New lower bounds on matching numbers of general and bipartite graphs (with S. Jahanbekam) Congressus Numer. 218 (2013), 57-59. ps pdf (3pp)
  • 198. Extremal problems for game domination number (with W.B. Kinnersley and R. Zamani) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 27 (2013), 2090-2107. ps pdf (22pp)
  • 197. Decomposition of sparse graphs into forests and a graph with bounded degree (with S.-J. Kim, A.V. Kostochka, H. Wu, and X. Zhu) J. Graph Theory 74 (2013), 369-391. ps pdf (24pp) slides
  • 196. Total acquisition in graphs (with T.D. LeSaulnier, N. Prince, P.S. Wenger, and P. Worah) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 27 (2013), 1800-1819. ps pdf (24pp)
  • 195. Extremal graphs with a given number of perfect matchings (with S.G. Hartke, D. Stolee, and M. Yancey) J. Graph Theory 73 (2013), 449-468. pdf (22pp)
  • 194. Bounds on the k-dimension of products of special posets (with M. Baym) Order 30 (2013), 779-796. ps pdf (21pp) slides
  • 193. Visibility number of directed graphs (with M. Axenovich, A. Beveridge, and J.P. Hutchinson) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 27 (2013), 1429-1449. ps pdf (24pp)
  • 192. Extensions to 2-factors in bipartite graphs (with J. Vandenbussche) Electronic J. Combinatorics 20 (2013), no. 3, Paper #11, 10pp. ps pdf
  • 191. Rainbow edge-coloring and rainbow domination (with T.D. LeSaulnier) Discrete Math. 313 (2013), 2020-2025. pdf (11pp) slides
  • 190. Game matching number of graphs (with D.W. Cranston, W.B. Kinnersley, and S. O) Discrete Applied Math. 161 (2013), 1828-1836. ps pdf (15pp) slides
  • 189. Acquisition-extremal graphs (with T.D. LeSaulnier) Discrete Applied Math. 161 (2013), 1521-1529. ps pdf (15pp)
  • 188. Degree Ramsey numbers of cycles and blowups of trees (with T. Jiang and K.G. Milans) European J. Combinatorics 34 (2013), 414-423. ps pdf (14pp)
  • 187. Chain-making games in grid-like posets (with D.W. Cranston, W.B. Kinnersley, K.G. Milans, and G.J. Puleo) ps pdf (14pp) J. Combinatorics 3 (2012), 633-649.
  • 186. Revolutionaries and spies in trees and unicyclic graphs (with D.W. Cranston and C.D. Smyth) J. Combinatorics 3 (2012), 195-205. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 185. Multicolor on-line degree Ramsey numbers of trees (with W.B. Kinnersley) J. Combinatorics 3 (2012), 91-100. ps pdf (8pp)
  • 184. Locating a robber on a graph via distance queries (with J. Carraher, I. Choi, M. Delcourt, and L.H. Erickson) Theoretical Comp. Sci. 463 (2012), 54-61. ps pdf (14pp)
  • 183. Revolutionaries and Spies: Spy-good and spy-bad graphs (with J.V. Butterfield, D.W. Cranston, G. Puleo, and R. Zamani) Theoretical Comp. Sci. 463 (2012), 35-53. ps pdf (34pp) updated slides
  • 182. Cycle spectra of Hamiltonian graphs (with K. Milans, F. Pfender, D. Rautenbach, and F. Regen) J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 102 (2012), 869-874. ps pdf (16pp)
  • 181. The A4-structure of a graph (with M.D. Barrus) J. Graph Theory 71 (2012), 159-175. ps pdf (18pp)
  • 180. Spanning cycles through specified edges in bipartite graphs (with R. Zamani) J. Graph Theory 71 (2012), 1-17. pdf (16pp) slides
  • 179. Vertex degrees in outerplanar graphs (with K. F. Jao) J. Combinatorial Mathematics & Combinatorial Computing 82 (2012), 229-239. ps pdf (10pp) slides
  • 178. Packing of graphic n-tuples (with A.H. Busch, M.J. Ferrara, S.G. Hartke, M.S. Jacobson, and H. Kaul) J. Graph Theory 70 (2012), 29-39. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 177. Overlap number of graphs (with D.W. Cranston, N. Korula, T.D. LeSaulnier, K.G. Milans, C.J. Stocker, and J. Vandenbussche) J. Graph Theory 70 (2012), 10-28. ps pdf (21pp) slides
  • 176. Degree Ramsey numbers of graphs (with W.B. Kinnersley and K.G. Milans) Combinatorics, Probability, & Computing 21 (2012), 229-253. ps pdf (27pp) slides
  • 175. Length thresholds for graphic lists given fixed largest and smallest entries and bounded gaps (with M.D. Barrus, S.G Hartke, and K.F. Jao) Discrete Math. 312 (2012), 1494-1501. ps pdf (14pp)
  • 174. Uniquely C4-saturated graphs (with J. Cooper, J. Lenz, T.D. LeSaulnier, and P.S. Wenger) Graphs and Combinatorics 28 (2012), 189-197. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 173. Packing of Steiner trees and S-connectors in graphs (with H. Wu) J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 102 (2012), 186-205. ps pdf (28pp) slides
  • 172. Connected domination number of a graph and its complement (with H. Karami, A. Khodkar, and S.M. Sheikholeslami) Graphs and Combinatorics 28 (2012), 123-131. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 171. Longest cycles in k-connected graphs with given independence number (with S. O and H. Wu) J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 101 (2011), 480-485. ps pdf (8pp) slides
  • 170. A short proof of the Berge-Tutte Formula and the Gallai-Edmonds Structure Theorem, European J. Combinatorics 32 (2011), 674-676. ps pdf (4pp)
  • 169. A new proof of 3-colorability of Eulerian triangulations (with M.-T. Tsai) Ars Mathematicae Contemp. 4 (2011), 73-77. ps pdf (6pp)
  • 168. On-line Ramsey Theory for bounded-degree graphs (with J. Butterfield, T. Grauman, W.B. Kinnersley, K.G. Milans, and C.J. Stocker) Electronic J. Combinatorics 18 (2011), Paper P136, 22 pages. ps pdf slides
  • 167. Acyclic sets in k-majority tournaments (with K.G. Milans and D.H. Schreiber) Electronic J. Combinatorics 18 (2011), Paper P122, 8 pages. ps pdf
  • 166. Equitable hypergraph orientations (with Y. Caro and R. Yuster) Electronic J. Combinatorics 18 (2011), Paper P121, 6 pages. ps pdf slides
  • 165. Matching and edge-connectivity in regular graphs (with Suil O) European J. Combinatorics 32 (2011), 324-329. ps pdf (8pp)
  • 164. Degree-splittability of multigraphs and caterpillars (with J.O. Choi and L. Ozkahya) Proc. 41st SE Conf., Congressus Numer. 202 (2010), 137--147. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 163. The edge-count criterion for degree lists (with G. Isaak) Electronic J. Combinatorics 17 (2010), Paper N36, 4 pages. ps pdf (4pp)
  • 162. Degree-associated reconstruction number of graphs (with M.D. Barrus) Discrete Math. 310 (2010), 2600-2612. ps pdf (21pp) slides
  • 161. Forbidden subposets for fractional weak discrepancy at most k (with J. O. Choi) European J. Combinatorics 31 (2010), 1957-1963. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 160. Rainbow matching in edge-colored graphs (with T.D. LeSaulnier, C.J. Stocker, and P.S. Wenger) Electronic J. Combinatorics 17 (2010), Paper N26, 5 pages. ps pdf (5pp) slides
  • 159. Decomposition of sparse graphs, with application to game coloring number (with M. Montassier, A. Pêcher, A. Raspaud, and X. Zhu) Discrete Math. 310 (2010), 1520-1523. ps pdf (7pp) slides
  • 158. A short proof of the Erdős-Gallai characterization of degree lists (with A. Tripathi and S. Venugopalan) Discrete Math. 310 (2010), 843-844. ps pdf (3pp)
  • 157. Balloons, cut-edges, matchings, and total domination in regular graphs of odd degree (with S. O) J. Graph Theory 64 (2010), 116-131. ps pdf (16pp)
  • 156. Oriented diameter of graphs with diameter 3 (with P.K. Kwok and Q. Liu) J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 100 (2010), 265-274. ps pdf (12pp)
  • 155. Extremal problems for Roman domination (with E.W. Chambers, W.B. Kinnersley, and N. Prince) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 23 (2009), 1575-1586. ps pdf (15pp)
  • 154. Matching extendibility in hypercubes (with J. Vandenbussche) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 23 (2009), 1539-1547. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 153. The pagenumber of k-trees (with J. Vandenbussche and G. Yu) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 23 (2009), 1455-1464. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 152. Classes of 3-regular graphs that are (7,2)-edge-choosable (with D.W. Cranston) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 23 (2009), 872-881. ps pdf (12pp)
  • 151. Chromatic number for a generalization of Cartesian product graphs (with D. Král') Electronic J. Combinatorics 16 (2009), Paper #R71, 9 pages. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 150. Proper path-factors and interval edge-coloring of (3,4)-biregular bigraphs (with A.S. Asratian, C.J. Casselgren, and J. Vandenbussche) J. Graph Theory 61 (2009), 88-97. ps pdf (12pp) slides
  • 149. Independence number of 2-factor-plus-triangles graphs (with J. Vandenbussche) Electronic J. Combinatorics 16 (2009), Research article #R27, 14pp. ps pdf (14pp) slides
  • 148. Implications among linkage properties in graphs (with Q. Liu and G. Yu) J. Graph Theory 60 (2009), 327-337. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 147. Repetition number of graphs (with Y. Caro) Electronic J. Combinatorics 16 (2009), Research article #R7, 14pp. ps pdf (15pp) slides
  • 146. Optimal strong parity edge-coloring of complete graphs (with D. Bunde, K. Milans, and H. Wu) Combinatorica 28 (2008), 625-632. ps pdf (7pp) slides
  • 145. Duality for semiantichains and unichain coverings in products of special posets (with Q. Liu) Order 25 (2008), 359-367. ps pdf (9pp) slides
  • 144. Triangle-free planar graphs with minimum degree 3 have radius at least 3 (with S.-J. Kim) Discuss. Math. Graph Theory 28 (2008), 563-566. ps pdf (3pp)
  • 143. (5,2)-coloring of sparse graphs (with O.V. Borodin, S.G. Hartke, A.O. Ivanova, and A.V. Kostochka) Siberian Electr. Math. Reports 5 (2008), 417-426. ps pdf (19pp)
  • 142. The hub number of a graph (with T. Grauman, S.G. Hartke, A. Jobson, W.B. Kinnersley, L. Wiglesworth, P. Worah, and H. Wu) Info. Proc. Lett. 108 (2008) 226-228. ps pdf (6pp)
  • 141. Long local search for maximal bipartite subgraphs (with H. Kaul) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 22 (2008), 1138-1144. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 140. Tree-thickness and caterpillar-thickness under girth constraints (with Q. Liu) Electronic J. Combinatorics 15 (2008), Paper #R93. ps pdf (16pp)
  • 139. Pebbling and optimal pebbling in graphs (with D.P. Bunde, E.W. Chambers, D.W. Cranston, and K. Milans) J. Graph Theory 57 (2008), 215-238. ps pdf (26pp) slides
  • 138. Circular chromatic index of cartesian products of graphs (with X. Zhu) J. Graph Theory 57 (2008), 7-18. ps pdf (10pp) slides
  • 137. Parity and strong parity edge-colorings of graphs (with D. Bunde, K. Milans, and H. Wu) Congressus Numer. 187 (2007), 193-213. ps pdf (20pp) slides
  • 136. Some conjectures of Graffiti.pc on total domination (with E. DeLaVina, Q. Liu, R. Pepper, and B. Waller) Congressus Numer. 185 (2007), 81-95. pdf (15pp)
  • 135. Bounds for cut-and-paste sorting of permutations (with D.W. Cranston and I.H. Sudborough) Discrete Math. 307 (2007), 2866-2870. ps pdf (6pp)
  • 134. Improved bounds on families under k-wise set-intersection constraints (with W. Cao and K. Hwang) Graphs and Combinatorics 23 (2007), 381--386. ps pdf (6pp)
  • 133. Extending precolorings to circular colorings (with M.O. Albertson) J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 96 (2006), 472-481. ps pdf (13pp)
  • 132. Chvátal's condition cannot hold for both a graph and its complement (with A.V. Kostochka) Discuss. Math. Graph Th. 26 (2006), 73-76. ps pdf (3pp)
  • 131. Nordaus-Gaddum-type theorems for decompositions into many parts (with Z. Füredi, A.V. Kostochka, R. Skrekovski, and M. Stiebitz) J. Graph Theory 50 (2005), 273-292. ps pdf (19pp)
  • 130. Hypergraph extension of the Alon-Tarsi list coloring theorem (with R. Ramamurthi) Combinatorica 25 (2005), 355-366. ps pdf (13pp)
  • 129. Precoloring extensions of Brooks' Theorem (with M.O. Albertson and A.V. Kostochka) SIAM J. Discr. Math. 18 (2004), 542-553. ps pdf (16pp)
  • 128. The visibility number of a graph (with Y.-W. Chang, J.P. Hutchinson, M.S. Jacobson, and J. Lehel) SIAM J. Discr. Math. 18 (2004), 462-471. ps pdf (13pp)
  • 127. Homomorphisms from sparse graphs with large girth (with O.V. Borodin, S.-J. Kim, and A.V. Kostochka) J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 90 (2004), 147-159. ps pdf (15pp)
  • 126. On pattern Ramsey numbers of graphs (with R.E. Jamison) Graphs and Combinatorics 20 (2004), 333-339. ps pdf (7pp)
  • 125. Interval numbers of powers of block graphs (with M. Chen and G.J. Chang) Discrete Math. 275 (2004), 87-96. ps pdf (14pp)
  • 124. Graphic and protographic lists of integers (with D. Fon-Der-Flaass) Electronic J. Combinatorics 11 (2004), \#1, Paper R4. ps pdf (5pp)
  • 123. Maximum face-constrained colorings of plane graphs (with R. Ramamurthi). Discrete Mathematics 274 (2004), 233-240, and Electronic Notes in Discrete Math. Volume 11 (July 2002 online publication). ps pdf (8pp)
  • 122. Edge-colorings of complete graphs that avoid polychromatic trees (with T. Jiang). Discrete Mathematics 274 (2004), 137-145, and Electronic Notes in Discrete Math. Volume 11 (July 2002 online publication). ps pdf (10pp)
  • 121. Probabilistic methods for decomposition dimension of graphs (with M. Hagita and A. Kündgen) Graphs and Combinatorics 19 (2003), 493--503. ps pdf (10pp)
  • 120. A list analogue of equitable coloring (with A.V. Kostochka and M.J. Pelsmajer) J. Graph Theory 44 (2003), 166-177. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 119. On the Erdös-Simonovits-Sós Conjecture about the anti-Ramsey number of a cycle (with T. Jiang) Combinatorics, Probability, and Computing 12 (2003), 585-598. ps pdf (14pp)
  • 118. Isometric cycles and bridged graphs (with T. Jiang and S.-J. Kim) J. Graph Theory 43 (2003), 161-170. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 117. On the existence of Hamiltonian paths in the cover graph of M(n) (with C.D. Savage and I. Shields) Discrete Mathematics 262 (2003), 241-252. ps pdf (13pp)
  • 116. Restricted edge-colorings of bicliques (with D. Mubayi) Discrete Mathematics 257 (2002), 513-529. ps pdf (16pp)
  • 115. The chromatic spectrum of mixed hypergraphs (with T. Jiang, D. Mubayi, Zs. Tuza, and V. Voloshin) Graphs and Combinatorics 18(2002), 309-318. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 114. A Fibonacci tiling of the plane (with C. Huegy). Discrete Mathematics 249(2002), 111-116. ps pdf (4pp)
  • 113. A proof of the two-path conjecture (with H. Fleischner, R. Molina, and K.W. Smith) Electronic J. Comb 9(2002), \#1, Note 4, 4pp. ps pdf (2pp)
  • 112. Cevian dissections of triangles (with V.J. Matsko and J.E. Wetzel) Journal of Geometry 72(2001), 115-127. ps pdf (12pp)
  • 111. Structural diagnosis of wiring networks: finding connected components of an unknown subgraph (with W. Shi, elaboration of #83) SIAM J. Discr. Math. 14(2001), 510-523.
  • 110. Realizing degree imbalances in directed graphs (with D. Mubayi and T.G. Will). Discrete Mathematics 239(2001), 147-153. ps pdf (4pp)
  • 109. Ramsey theory and bandwidth of graphs (with Z. Füredi) Graphs and Combinatorics 17(2001), 463-471. ps pdf (8pp)
  • 108. On the number of vertices with specified eccentricity (with D. Mubayi) Graphs and Combinatorics 16(2000), 441-452. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 107. Edge-bandwidth of theta graphs (with D. Eichhorn, D. Mubayi, and K. O'Bryant) J. Graph Theory 35(2000), 89-98. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 106. Multiple vertex covering with specified induced subgraphs (with Z. Füredi and D. Mubayi) J. Graph Theory 34(2000), 180-190. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 105. Connected domination and spanning trees with many leaves (with Y. Caro and R. Yuster) SIAM J. Discrete Math. 13(2000), 202-211. ps pdf (12pp)
  • 104. Perfection thickness of graphs (with H. Asari, T. Jiang, and A. Kündgen) Discrete Math. 215(2000), 263-264. ps pdf (1pp)
  • 103. Generalized chromatic number and generalized girth (with B. Bollobás). Discrete Math. 213(2000), 29-34. ps pdf (6pp)
  • 102. Partially Ordered Sets (with G. Brightwell). Chapter 11 in Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics (K.H. Rosen, editor-in-chief), (CRC Press, 2000), 717-752. (not available on-line)
  • 101. Every outerplanar graph is a union of two interval graphs (with A.V. Kostochka). (30th SE Conf. Comb. Graph Th. Comp.) Congr. Num. 139(1999), 354-358. ps pdf (3pp)
  • 100. Edge-bandwidth of graphs (with T. Jiang, D. Mubayi, and A. Shastri). SIAM J. Discrete Math. 12(1999), 307-316. ps pdf (13pp)
  • 99. Coloring of trees with minimum sum of colors (with T. Jiang). J. Graph Theory 32(1999), 354-358 ps pdf (5pp)
  • 98. Intersection representation of digraphs in trees with few leaves (with I.-J. Lin and M.K. Sen). J. Graph Theory 32(1999), 340-353. ps (pdf unavailable) (12pp)
  • 97. A short proof that "proper = unit" (with K.P. Bogart). Discrete Math. 201(1999), 21-23. ps pdf (2pp)
  • 96. Diagnosis of wiring networks: An optimal randomized algorithm for finding connected components of unknown graphs (with W. Shi) (elaboration of #75) SIAM J. Computing 28(1999), 1541-1551. ps pdf (12pp)
  • 95. Rectangle number for hypercubes and complete multipartite graphs (with Y.-W. Chang). (29th SE Conf. Comb. Graph Th. Comp.) Congr. Num. 132(1998), 19-28. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 94. The leafage of a chordal graph (with I.-J. Lin and T.A. McKee). Discuss. Math. Graph Th. 18(1998), 23-48. ps pdf (19pp)
  • 93. Largest regular graphs with equal connectivity and independence number (with P.K. Kwok). Proc. 8th Intl. Graph Theory Conf. (Kalamazoo 1996) (Wiley, 1998), 587-589. ps pdf (3pp)
  • 92. Line digraphs and coreflexive vertex sets (with X. Liu). Discr. Math. 188(1998), 269-277.
  • ps pdf (8pp)
  • 91. Star-factors of tournaments (with G. Chen and X. Lu). J. Graph Theory 28(1998), 141-145. ps pdf (5pp)
  • 90. Bandwidth and density for block graphs (with L.T.Q. Hung, M.M. Syslo and M.L. Weaver). Discrete Math. 189(1998), 163-176.
  • ps pdf (14pp)
  • 89. Interval number and boxicity of digraphs (with Y.-W. Chang). Proc. 8th Intl. Graph Theory Conf. (Kalamazoo 1996) (Wiley, 1998), 171-179. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 88. The bricklayer problem and the strong cycle lemma (with H. Snevily). Amer. Math. Monthly 105(1998), 131-143. ps pdf (15pp)
  • 87. Short proofs for interval digraphs. Discrete Math. 178(1998), 287-292.
  • ps pdf (6pp)
  • 86. Classes of interval digraphs and 0,1-matrices (with I.-J. Lin and M.K. Sen). Proc. 28th SE Conf., Congressus Numer. 125(1997), 201-209. ps pdf (9pp)
  • 85. The number of dependent edges in an acyclic orientation (with D.C. Fisher, K. Fraughnaugh, and L. Langley). J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 71 (1997), 73-78. ps pdf (5pp)
  • 84. Optimal structural diagnosis of wiring networks (with W. Shi). Proc. 27th Intl. Symp. Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS-27) - Seattle 1997 (IEEE Press, 1997), 162-191. ps pdf (25pp)
  • 83. Total interval number for graphs with bounded degree (with A. Kostochka). J. Graph Theory 25(1997), 79-94. ps pdf (7pp)
  • 82. The superregular graphs. J. Graph Theory 23(1996), 289-295. ps pdf (8pp)
  • 81. The total interval number of a graph II: Trees and complexity (with T.M. Kratzke). SIAM J. Discr. Math. 9(1996), 339-348. ps pdf (12pp)
  • 80. Large 2P3-free graphs with bounded degree (with M.-S. Chung). Discrete Math. 150(1996), 69-79. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 79. The path spectrum of a graph (with M.S. Jacobson, A.E. Kézdy, E. Kubicka, G. Kubicki, J. Lehel, and C. Wang). Proc. 26th SE Conf., Congressus Numer. 112(1995), 49-64. (postscript unavailable)
  • 78. Multitrack interval number (with A. Gyárfás). Proc. 26th SE Conf., Congressus Numer. 109(1995), 109-116. ps pdf (8pp)
  • 77. Representing digraphs using intervals or circular arcs (with M.K. Sen and B.K. Sanyal). Discrete Math. 147(1995), 235-245. ps pdf (11pp)
  • 76. Optimal algorithms for finding connected components of an unknown graph (with W. Shi). In Computing and Combinatorics: 1st Annual International Conference COCOON '95 (Xi'an, China). (eds. D.-Z. Du and M. Li) Lecture Notes in Computer Science 959(1995), 131-140. ps pdf (12pp)
  • 75. Interval number of special posets and random posets (with T. Madej). Discrete Math. 144(1995), 67-74. ps pdf (8pp)
  • 74. Parsimonious 2-multigraphs (with T.G. Will). Graph theory, Combinatorics, and Algorithms (Proc. 7th Intl. Conf. Graph Th. - Kalamazoo 1992) (Y. Alavi and A. Schwenk, eds.) (Wiley 1995), 1249-1258. ps pdf (10pp)
  • 73. Interval digraphs that are indifference digraphs (with I.-J. Lin). Graph theory, Combinatorics, and Algorithms (Proc. 7th Intl. Conf. Graph Th. - Kalamazoo 1992) (Y. Alavi and A. Schwenk, eds.) (Wiley 1995), 751-765. ps pdf (15pp)
  • 72. Maximum bandwidth under edge addition (with J.-F. Wang and B. Yao). J. Graph Theory 20(1995), 87-90. ps pdf (4pp)

  • Earlier papers Mostly these are scans or downloads of the published papers that I believe are now in Open Archive, since it has been more than 25 years since they were published. A few preprints are from old files that still ran under groff.
  • 71. The 2-intersection number of paths and bounded-degree trees (with M.S. Jacobson and A.E. Kézdy). J. Graph Theory 19 (1995), 461-469. pdf
  • 70. Gray code enumeration of families of integer partitions (with D. Rasmussen and C.D. Savage) J. Combinatorial Theory A 70 (1995), 201-229. pdf
  • 69. Acyclic orientations of complete bipartite graphs. Discrete Math. 138 (1995), 393-396. pdf
  • 68. A graph-theoretic game and its application to the k-server problem (with N. Alon, R.M. Karp, and D. Peleg). Proc. Workshop on On-line Algs., DIMACS Series Disc. Math. Theor. Comp. Sci. 7 (1992), 1-9 (extended abstract), and SIAM J. Comp. 24 (1995), 78-100 (complete paper). pdf
  • 67. The p-intersection number of a complete bipartite graph and orthogonal double coverings of a clique (with M.-S. Chung). Combinatorica 14 (1994), 453-461. pdf
  • 66. Size, chromatic number, and connectivity, (with J. Bhasker and T. Samad). Graphs and Combinatorics 10 (1994), 209-213. pdf
  • 65. Relaxed chromatic numbers of graphs (with M.L. Weaver). Graphs and Combinatorics 10 (1994), 75-93. pdf
  • 64. Covering a poset by interval orders. J. Combinatorial Theory (A) 66 (1994), 169-171. pdf
  • 63. Gray code results for acyclic orientations (with C.D. Savage and M.B. Squire) In Proc. 24th SE Intl. Conf. Graph Th. Comb. Comput., Congressus Numerantium 96 (1993), 185-204. ps pdf (21pp)
  • 62. The total interval number of a graph I: Fundamental classes (with T.M. Kratzke). Discrete Math. 118 (1993), 145-156. pdf
  • 61. Subtree and substar intersection numbers (with Y.-W. Chang, M.S. Jacobson, and C.L. Monma). Discrete Appl. Math. 44 (1993), 205-220. pdf
  • 60. Generating linear extensions by adjacent transpositions. J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 58 (1993), 58-64. pdf
  • 59. Clique coverings of the edges of the random graph (with B. Bollobás, P. Erdös and J. Spencer). Combinatorica 13 (1993), 1-5. pdf
  • 58. Vertex degrees in planar graphs (with T.G. Will). In Planar Graphs, (W.T. Trotter, ed.) DIMACS Series Discrete Math. Theor. Comp. Sci. 9 (1993), 139-149. pdf scan
  • 57. Large P4-free graphs with bounded degree (with M.-S. Chung). J. Graph Theory 17 (1993), 109-116. pdf
  • 56. A characterization of influence graphs of a prescribed graph (with G. Chen, R.J. Gould, M.S. Jacobson, and R. Schelp). Vishwa Intl. J. Graph Theory 1 (1992), 77-81. preprint
  • 55. Large regular graphs with no induced 2K2 (with M. Paoli, G.W. Peck, and W.T. Trotter). Graphs and Combinatorics 8 (1992), 165-197. pdf
  • 54. Representing digraphs by arcs of a circle (with M. Sen and S. Das). In Combinatorial mathematics and applications (Calcutta, 1988), special issue of Sankhya Ser. A 54 (1992), 421-427.
  • 53. The maximum number of winning 2-sets. Discrete Appl. Math. 34 (1991), 279-284. pdf
  • 52. The interval inclusion number of a partially ordered set (with T. Madej). Discrete Math. 88 (1991), 259-277. pdf
  • 51. Spanning trees with many leaves (with D.J. Kleitman). SIAM J. Discrete Math. 4 (1991), 99-106. pdf
  • 50. Wide posets with fixed height and cutset number (with A.E. Kézdy and M. Markert). Order 7 (1990), 115-132. pdf
  • 49. Adding up to powers (with E.A. Bender and F. Kochman). Amer. Math. Monthly 97 (1990), 139-143. pdf
  • 48. Tetrahedrizing point sets in three dimensions (with H. Edelsbrunner and F.P. Preparata). In Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (Proc. Intl. Symp. Symb. Alg. Comp., Rome 1988). Lect. Notes in Comp. Sci. 358 (Springer-Verlag, 1988), 315-331. Also J. Symbolic Computation 10 (1990), 335-347. pdf
  • 47. An entropy inequality for the bi-multivariate hypergeometric distribution (with F. Kochman and A. Murray). Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 107 (1989), 479-485. pdf
  • 46. Circular-arc digraphs: A characterization (with M.K. Sen and S. Das). J. Graph Theory 13 (1989), 581-592. pdf
  • 45. Interval digraphs: An analogue of interval graphs (with M.K. Sen, S. Das, and A.B. Roy). J. Graph Theory 13 (1989), 189-202. pdf
  • 44. Highly asymmetric graphs. Amer. Math. Monthly 96 (1989), 60-62. pdf
  • 43. A short proof of the degree bound for interval number. Discrete Math. 73 (1989), 309-310. pdf
  • 42. Interval representations of cliques and of subset intersection graphs (with E.R. Scheinerman). In Combinatorial Mathematics (Proc. 3rd Intl. Conf. Combinatorics, New York 1985, G.S. Bloom et al, eds.) Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 555 (1989), 363-367. pdf scan
  • 41. A length-width inequality for partially ordered sets with two-element cutsets (with J. Ginsburg and B. Sands). J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 46 (1989), 232-239. pdf
  • 40. Pagenumber of complete bipartite graphs (with D.J. Muder and M.L. Weaver). J. Graph Theory 12 (1988), 469-489. pdf
  • 39. Eigensharp graphs: Decomposition into complete bipartite subgraphs (with T. Kratzke and B. Reznick). Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 308 (1988), 637-651. pdf
  • 38. On the construction of communication networks satisfying bounded fan-in of service ports (with P. Banerjee). IEEE Transactions on Computers 37 (1988), 1148-1151. pdf
  • 37. The addition game: An abstraction of a communication problem (with D. Miklös, M.J. Newman, and A. Seress). Discrete Math. 68 (1988), 165-172. pdf
  • 36. Bandwidth of the integer simplex. Amer. Math. Monthly 94 (1987), 997-1000. pdf
  • 35. Regressions and monotone chains II: the poset of intervals of integers (with N. Alon and W.T. Trotter). Order 4 (1987), 155-164. pdf
  • 34. An improved edge bound on the interval number of a graph (with J. Spinrad and G. Vijayan). J. Graph Theory 11 (1987), 447-449. pdf
  • 33. Sorting by insertion of leading elements (with M. Aigner). J. Combinatorial Theory (B) 45 (1987), 306-309. pdf
  • 32. Two easy duality theorems on direct products of posets (with L.E. Trotter). Discrete Appl. Math. 16 (1987), 283-286. pdf
  • 31. Poset boxicity of graphs (with W.T. Trotter). Discrete Math. 64 (1987), 105-107. pdf
  • 30. Unichain coverings in products of posets with nested saturation property. Discrete Math. 63 (1987), 297-303. pdf
  • 29. Lower bounds on common knowledge in distributed algorithms, with applications (with E. Gafni, M. C. Loui, P. Tiwari, and S. Zaks). In Distributed Algorithms on Graphs (Proc. 1st Intl. Works. Distr. Alg., Ottawa 1985). Carleton Univ. Press (1986), 49-67. preprint
  • 28. The Borsuk-Ulam theorem and bisection of necklaces (with N. Alon). Proceedings Amer. Math. Soc. 98 (1986), 623-628. pdf
  • 27. Election in a complete network with a sense of direction (with M.C. Loui and T.A. Matsushita). Information Processing Letters 22 (1986), 185-187. pdf (corrigendum IPL 28 (1988), 327).
  • 26. ``Polyunsaturated posets:'' the Greene-Kleitman theorem is best possible. J. Combinatorial Theory (A) 41 (1986), 105-116. pdf
  • 25. Partial matchings in degree-restricted bipartite graphs (with P. Banerjee). In Proc. 16th S.E. Conf. Comb., Graph Th., and Computing (Boca Raton, 1985). Congressus Numerantium 49 (1985), 259-266. pdf scan
  • 24. Decomposition of product graphs into complete bipartite subgraphs (with B. Reznick and P. Tiwari). Discrete Math. 57 (1985), 189-193. pdf
  • 23. Compatible matching in bipartite graphs (with C.P. Kruskal). In Graph Theory with Applications to Algorithms and Computer Science (Proc. 5th Intl. Conf. Graph Th., Kalamazoo 1984, Alavi et al, eds.). Wiley (1985), 489-500. preprint
  • 22. Networks and chain coverings in partial orders and their products. (with C.A. Tovey). Order 2 (1985), 49-60. pdf
  • 21. A note on the interval number of a graph (with P. Erdős). Discrete Math. 55(1985), 129-133. pdf
  • 20. Parameters in partial orders and graphs: Packing, covering, and representation. In Graphs and Order (Proc. NATO ASI, Banff 1984, I. Rival, ed.). D. Reidel (1985), 267-350. preprint
  • 19. Bisection of circle colorings (with C.H. Goldberg). SIAM J. Algeb. Disc. Meth. 6 (1985), 93-106. pdf
  • 18. Recognizing graphs with fixed interval number is NP-complete (with D.B. Shmoys). Discrete Appl. Math. 8(1984), 295-305. pdf
  • 17. The number of complete subgraphs in graphs with non-majorizable degree sequences. In Progress in Graph Theory (Proc. Silver Jubilee Conf., Waterloo 1982, J.A. Bondy and U.S.R. Murty, eds.). Academic Press Canada (1984), 509-521. pdf
  • 16. Regressions and monotone chains: a Ramsey-type extremal problem in partial orders (with W.T. Trotter, G.W. Peck, and P. Shor). Combinatorica 4 (1984), 117-119. pdf
  • 15. The interval number of a complete multipartite graph (with L.B. Hopkins and W.T. Trotter). Discrete Appl. Math. 8(1984), 163-187. pdf
  • 14. Some remarks on normalized matching (with L.H. Harper and D.E. Daykin). J. Combinatorial Theory (A) 35 (1983), 301-308. pdf
  • 13. The interval number of a planar graph -- three intervals suffice (with E.R. Scheinerman). J. Combinatorial Theory B 35(1983), 224-239. pdf (Note: the proof in this paper has a gap.)
  • 12. Gossiping without duplicate transmissions. SIAM J. Algebraic & Discrete Meth. 3(1982), 418-419. pdf
  • 11. A class of solutions to the gossip problem, III. Discrete Math. 40(1982), 285-310. pdf
  • 10. A class of solutions to the gossip problem, II. Discrete Math. 40(1982), 87-113. pdf
  • 9. A class of solutions to the gossip problem, I. Discrete Math. 39(1982), 307-326. pdf
  • 8. Extremal problems in partially ordered sets. In Ordered Sets (Proc. NATO ASI, Banff 1981, I. Rival, ed.). D. Reidel (1982), 473-521. pdf
  • 7. Semiantichains and unichains in direct products of partial orders (with C.A. Tovey). SIAM J. Algeb. Disc. Meth. 2 (1981), 295-305. pdf
  • 6. A symmetric chain decomposition of L(4,n). European J. Combinatorics 1 (1980), 379-383. pdf
  • 5. Extremal values of the interval number of a graph (with J.R. Griggs). SIAM J. Algeb. Disc. Meth. 1(1980), 1-7. pdf
  • 4. Maximum antichains of rectangular arrays (as part of G.W. Peck). J. Combinatorial Theory A 27 (1979), 397-400. pdf
  • 3. Skew chain orders and sets of rectangles (with D.J. Kleitman). Discrete Math. 27 (1979), 99-102. pdf
  • 2. The number of meets between two subsets of a lattice (with D.E. Daykin and D.J. Kleitman). J. Combinatorial Theory (A) 26 (1979), 135-156. pdf
  • 1. Pairs of adjacent Hamiltonian circuits with small intersection. Studies in Applied Math. 59 (1978), 245-248. pdf scan
  • More extensive list of lectures with venues and slides

  • "Sharp lower bounds for the number of maximum matchings in bipartite multigraphs": Montreal Graph Theory Workshop (May 2023) slides
  • "Cycles in Color-Critical Graphs" slides: 29th Nordic Congress of Mathematicians (July 2023); 6th Xi'an International Workshop on Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Xi'an, China (online, June 2022)
  • "Reconstruction of graphs from the subgraphs obtained by deleting ℓ vertices" slides: International Conference on Algebra and Discrete Mathematics (ICADM2022), Pune, India (online, May 2022); International Conference on Discrete Mathematics (ICDM2021), Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India (online, Oct 2021); earlier invited lectures on ℓ-reconstructibility at International Conference on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics (ICNTDM 2020), Kochi, India (online, Dec 2020); IIT Delhi, India (Feb 2020); University of the Philippines (Jan 2020); Northwest Polytechnic Institute, Xi'an, China (May 2018); 58th MIdwest GrapH TheorY Meeting (MIGHTY LVIII), Allendale, MI (Oct 2017)
  • "Cut-edges and even-regular subgraphs of odd-regular graphs" slides: Algorithmic Graph Theory Seminar Series, Haifa and Delhi (Oct 2020); Korean Math Society Meeting (Oct 2020)
  • "The Slow-Coloring Game" slides: 8th European Congress of Mathematicians (8ECM, special session on graph algorithms), Portoroz, Slovenia (Jul 2021, via Zoom); 6th Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics (CALDAM 2020), IIT Hyderabad, India (Feb 2020); 9th Slovenian Conference on Graph Theory, Bled, Slovenia (Jun 2019); 3rd Xi'an International Workshop on Graph Theory and Combinatorics (May 2018); 2018 International Workshop on Graph Theory, Seoul, Korea (Jan 2018)
  • "An Introduction to the Discharging Method via Graph Coloring": slides 31st Midwest Conference on Combinatorics and Combinatorial Computing (MCCCC 31), Univ of West Georgia (Oct 2017); Oakland University math camp (Aug 2017); earlier two-talk slides for 3rd KIAS Combinatorics Workshop, Seoul (Mar 2014); 44th SE Intl Conf on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, Boca Raton, FL (Mar 2013)
  • "Coloring, Sparseness, and Girth" slides: Beauty of Discrete Mathematics, Montreal, Canada (Oct 2017); 3rd Istanbul Design Theory, Graph Theory and Combinatorics Workshop (Jun 2016); Intl Workshop on Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Coimbatore (Dec 2015); 8th Slovenian Conference on Graph Theory, Kranjska Gora (Jun 2015)
  • "Ordered Ramsey Theory and Track Representations of Graphs" slides: 16th Haifa Workshop on Interdisciplinary Applications of Graphs, Combinatorics and Algorithms (Jun 2016)
  • "Fractional Separation Dimension: A Fractional Covering Problem" slides: 16th Haifa Workshop on Interdisciplinary Applications of Graphs, Combinatorics and Algorithms (Jun 2016)
  • "Some Things I Don't Know" slides: Joint Math Meetings (special session), Baltimore (Jan 2014)
  • "Acquisition Parameters of Graphs" slides: Graph Theory Workshop, Jinhua, China (Dec 2013); 23rd Cumberland Conf, U. Mississippi (May 2010); 23rd Midwest Conference on Combinatorics and Combinatorial Computing (MCCCC 23), Rochester, NY (Oct 2009)
  • "Topics in Matching: The Chinese Postman and Game Matching Problems", slides: Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China (Apr 2013)
  • "On-line Choice Number or Paintability of Graphs" slides: 44th SE Intl Conf on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, Boca Raton, FL (Mar 2013)
  • "The Game of Revolutionaries and Spies" slides: GRASTA 2012, Banff (Oct 2012); Zhoushan Island, China (Dec 2012)
  • "Strengthening choosability results to paintability", at Cycles & Colourings 2012, High Tatras, Slovakia (Sep 2012) slides
  • "Two results on long cycles", at Cycles & Colourings 2010, Tatranska Strba, Slovakia (Sep 2010) Fouquet-Jolivet slides, F-Hamiltonian bigraph slides
  • "Decomposition of sparse graphs", at International Conference on Recent Trends in Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Cochin, India (Aug 2010) slides
  • "Degree Ramsey and On-Line Degree Ramsey Numbers", at Workshop in Graph Theory, Tiruchirappalli, India (Aug 2010) slides. [updated from 2009 Workshop on Graph Theory (Kaohsiung), Graph Theory 2008 (honoring Carsten Thomassen's 60th birthday), and MIGHTY XLVII.]
  • "Old and New Results on Degree Lists of Graphs", at CoNE Revisited (in memory of Michael O. Albertson), Smith College, Northampton, MA (Mar 2010) slides
  • "Three Variations on Edge-Coloring", at 12th CID Meeting, Karpacz, Poland (Sep 2007) slides
  • "Coloring and List Coloring in Graphs and Hypergraphs", for Math 499, slides
  • "Circular Coloring", at Graph Theory with Altitude (May 2005, honoring Joan Hutchinson's 60th Birthday) scanned slides (my last handwritten talk)