THE MONADIC 2ND-ORDER LOGIC OF GRAPHS .3. TREE-DECOMPOSITIONS, MINORS AND COMPLEXITY ISSUES

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COURCELLE, B
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RAIRO-INFORMATIQUE THEORIQUE ET APPLICATIONS-THEORETICAL INFORMATICS AND APPLICATIONS | 1992年 / 26卷 / 03期
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10.1051/ita/1992260302571
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
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0812 ;
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We relate the tree-decompositions of hypergraphs introduced by Robertson and Seymour to the finite and infinite algebraic expressions introduced by Bauderon and Courcelle. We express minor inclusion in monadic second-order logic, and we obtain grammatical characterizations of certain sets of graphs defined by excluded minors. We show how tree-decompositions can be used to construct quadratic algorithms deciding monadic second-order properties on hypergraphs of bounded tree-width.
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