On the lower bound for the spread process in a graph

Let G = (V, E) be a finite, nontrivial and loopless graph. We assume that s ∈ V is labelledat the start of the process. This label independently propagates along the edges of G to the neighbouring vertices in one discrete time step with the probability p. Define Tst(G) to be the expected time that t...

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Main Author: Lapus, Raymond R.
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Published: Animo Repository 2010
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Online Access:https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7815
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Institution: De La Salle University
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Summary:Let G = (V, E) be a finite, nontrivial and loopless graph. We assume that s ∈ V is labelledat the start of the process. This label independently propagates along the edges of G to the neighbouring vertices in one discrete time step with the probability p. Define Tst(G) to be the expected time that the process of spreading the label reaches the target vertex t for the first time. In this talk, we propose a lower bound for Tst(G) in terms of the reliability polynomial of G.