TCS Journal 1980 Journal Article
The directed subgraph homeomorphism problem
- Steven Fortune
- John Hopcroft
- James Wyllie
The set of pattern graphs for which the fixed directed subgraph homeomorphism problem is NP-complete is characterized. A polynomial time algorithm is given for the remaining cases. The restricted problem where the input graph is a directed acyclic graph is in polynomial time for all pattern graphs and an algorithm is given.