In this report paper we collect recent results on the vertex reconstruction in Cayley graphs Cay(G, S). The problem is stated as the problem of reconstructing a vertex from the minimum number of its r-neighbors that are vertices at distance at most r from the unknown vertex. The combinatorial properties of Cayley graphs on the symmetric group Sn and the signed permutation group Bn with respect to this problem are presented. The sets S of generators are specified by applications in coding theory, computer science, molecular biology and physics. Key words: reconstruction problems; Cayley graphs; symmetric group; signed permutation group; sorting by reversals; pancake problem;
Elena V. Konstantinova