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| | Graph coloring - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | For example, anedge coloring of a graph is just the vertex coloring of its line graph.Likewise, a face coloring of a planar graphis just the vertex coloring of its (planar) dual.However, to keep things in their perspective, non-vertex coloring problems are usually stated and studied as are. |
 | | Graph coloring is not to be confused with graph labeling, which isan assignment of labels, usually also in the form of numbers, to vertices or edges. |
 | | The problem of coloring a graphhas found a number of applications such as scheduling, register allocation in a microprocessor, frequency assignmentin mobile radios, and pattern matching. |
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