networkx.generators.cographs.random_cograph¶
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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 performes disjoint union and full join operations on itself. The decision on which operation will take place is random.
- Parameters
n (int) – The order of the cograph.
seed (integer, random_state, or None (default)) – Indicator of random number generation state. See Randomness.
- Returns
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- Return type
A random graph containing no path on four vertices.
See also
full_join()
,union()
References
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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.