Optimal algorithms for interval graphs

Abstract

In this paper, simple optimal algorithms are presented for solving some problems related to interval graphs. These problems are the connected component problem, the spanning tree problem, the eccentricity problem, and the single source all destinations shortest path problem. All of the above four problems can be solved in linear time if the endpoints of the intervals are sorted. Moreover, our algorithms can be parallelized very easily so that the above problems can be solved in O(log n) time with O(n/log n) processors using the EREW PRAM model.