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 cavemen 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
].