Algorithms for Optimally Shifting Intervals under Intersection Graph Models

We propose a new model for graph editing problems on intersection graphs. In well-studied graph editing problems, adding and deleting vertices and edges are used as graph editing operations. As a graph editing operation on intersection graphs, we propose moving objects corresponding to vertices. In this paper, we focus on interval graphs as an intersection graph. We give a linear-time algorithm to find the total moving distance for transforming an interval graph into a complete graph. The concept of this algorithm can be applied for (i) transforming a unit square graph into a complete graph over $L_1$ distance and (ii) attaining the existence of a $k$-clique on unit interval graphs. In addition, we provide LP-formulations to achieve several properties in the associated graph of unit intervals.