The (connected) caveman graph is a graph arising in social network theory formed by modifying a set of isolated -cliques (or "caves")
by removing one edge from each clique
and using it to connect to a neighboring clique along
a central cycle such that all
cliques form a single unbroken
loop (Watts 1999). A number of caveman graphs formed in this manner from
are illustrated above.
Caveman graphs are perfect.
The -caveman graph is a
cyclic group graph.
Caveman graphs are implemented in the Wolfram Language as GraphData["Caveman",
n, k
].