Maximum common edge subgraph

Given two graphs and , the maximum common edge subgraph problem is the problem of finding a graph with as many edges as possible which is isomorphic to both a subgraph of and a subgraph of .

The maximum common edge subgraph problem on general graphs is NP-complete as it is a generalization of subgraph isomorphism: a graph is isomorphic to a subgraph of another graph if and only if the maximum common edge subgraph of and has the same number of edges as . Unless the two inputs and to the maximum common edge subgraph problem are required to have the same number of vertices, the problem is APX-hard.[1]

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  1. ^ Bahiense, L.; Manic, G.; Piva, B.; de Souza, C. C. (2012), "The maximum common edge subgraph problem: A polyhedral investigation", Discrete Applied Mathematics, 160 (18): 2523–2541, doi:10.1016/j.dam.2012.01.026.