clique-width

measure of graph complexity
Thing graph_property Q1101814
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Summary

clique-width is a graph property[1]. clique-width draws 98 Wikipedia views per month (graph property category, ranking #17 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stack Exchange tag: https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/tags/cliquewidth[3]
  • Named by: Bruno Courcelle[4]
  • Greater than: rank-width[5], boolean-width[6]
  • Less than: treewidth[7], number of vertices[8], rank-width[9], boolean-width[10], NLC-width[11], pathwidth[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[13]

Why It Matters

clique-width has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] clique-width is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Approximating clique-width and branch-width. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Boolean-width of graphs. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . On the Relationship between Clique-Width and Treewidth. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Upper bounds to the clique width of graphs. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Approximating clique-width and branch-width. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Comparing 17 graph parameters. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Exakte Algorithmen für schwere Graphenprobleme. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Clique-Width is NP-Complete. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Named by → Bruno Courcelle
    Greater than → rank-width, boolean-width
    Instance of → graph property
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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