random_cograph#
- random_cograph(n, seed=None)[source]#
Returns a random cograph with \(2 ^ n\) nodes.
A cograph is a graph containing no path on four vertices. Cographs or \(P_4\)-free graphs can be obtained from a single vertex by disjoint union and complementation operations.
This generator starts off from a single vertex and performs disjoint union and full join operations on itself. The decision on which operation will take place is random.
- Parameters:
- nint
The order of the cograph.
- seedinteger, random_state, or None (default)
Indicator of random number generation state. See Randomness.
- Returns:
- GA random graph containing no path on four vertices.
See also
full_join
union
References
[1]D.G. Corneil, H. Lerchs, L.Stewart Burlingham, “Complement reducible graphs”, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 3, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 163-174, ISSN 0166-218X.