Splitting $B_2$-VPG graphs into outer-string and co-comparability graphs
  In this paper, we show that any $B_2$-VPG graph (i.e., an intersection graph of orthogonal curves with at most 2 bends) can be decomposed into $O(\log n)$ outerstring graphs or $O(\log^3 n)$ permutation graphs. This leads to better approximation algorithms for hereditary graph problems, such as independent set, clique and clique cover, on $B_2$-VPG graphs. 
Martin Derka, Therese Biedl
cs.CG cs.DS