ACTA MATHEMATICA
UNIVERSITATIS COMENIANAE




Vol. LXXIX, 1 (2010)
p. 191 - 200

Properties of the interval graph of a Boolean function

E. Toman and L. Haviarová

Received: June 26, 2012;   Revised: October 15, 2012;   Accepted: January 4, 2013



Abstract.   In the present paper we describe relations between the interval graph of a Boolean function, its abbreviated disjunctive normal form and its minimal disjunctive normal forms. The inteval graph of a Boolean function f has vertices corresponding to the maximal intervals of f and any two vertices are joined with an edge if the corresponding maximal intervals have nonempty intersection.

Keywords:  Boolean function; interval graph; disjunctive normal form.  

AMS Subject classification: Primary:  60C05, 05C80, 68R10  




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