%0 Journal Article
	%A I. Sahul Hamid and  Abraham V. M.
	%D 2009
	%J International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 35, 2009
	%T Decomposition of Graphs into Induced Paths and Cycles
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3065
	%V 35
	%X A decomposition of a graph G is a collection ψ of subgraphs H1,H2, . . . , Hr of G such that every edge of G belongs to exactly one Hi. If each Hi is either an induced path or an induced cycle in G, then ψ is called an induced path decomposition of G. The minimum cardinality of an induced path decomposition of G is called the induced path decomposition number of G and is denoted by πi(G). In this paper we initiate a study of this parameter.

	%P 939 - 943