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Definition: An assignment of colors (or any distinct marks) to the edges of a graph. A coloring is a proper coloring if no two adjacent edges have the same color.
See also vertex coloring, k-coloring, chromatic index.
Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 7-21, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.
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