@article{MAKHILLJEAS2020151119313, title = {On Cyclic Butterfly k-Cycle Decomposition of the 2-Fold Complete Graph}, journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences}, volume = {15}, number = {11}, pages = {2426-2433}, year = {2020}, issn = {1816-949x}, doi = {jeasci.2020.2426.2433}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2020.2426.2433}, author = {Raja’i,Haslinda and}, keywords = {2-fold complete graph,k-cycle decomposition,path cover,near-2-factor,difference system}, abstract = {In this study, we employ the near-twofactorization to develop a new type of simple k-cycle decomposition of the 2-fold complete graph 2Kv, called a Butterfly k-cycle decomposition of 2Kv. Especially, we focus on proving the existence of cyclic Butterfly (v-1/2)-cycle decomposition of 2Kv for the case v / 3 (mod 12) using the difference method for constructing the starter cycles.} }