Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
439310 Theoretical Computer Science 2007 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

We present a deterministic polynomial time algorithm to sample a labeled planar graph uniformly at random. Our approach uses recursive formulae for the exact number of labeled planar graphs with n vertices and m edges, based on a decomposition into 1-, 2-, and 3-connected components. We can then use known sampling algorithms and counting formulae for 3-connected planar graphs.

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