@ARTICLE {maps, title = {Characterizing Sparse Graphs by Map Decompositions}, author = {Haas, Ruth and Lee, Audrey and Streinu, Ileana and Theran, Louis}, journal = {Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing}, year = {2007}, volume = {62}, note = {\url{http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3843}}, }