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A -Vertex Kernel for Maximum Internal Spanning Tree
We consider the parameterized version of the maximum internal spanning tree
problem, which, given an -vertex graph and a parameter , asks for a
spanning tree with at least internal vertices. Fomin et al. [J. Comput.
System Sci., 79:1-6] crafted a very ingenious reduction rule, and showed that a
simple application of this rule is sufficient to yield a -vertex kernel.
Here we propose a novel way to use the same reduction rule, resulting in an
improved -vertex kernel. Our algorithm applies first a greedy procedure
consisting of a sequence of local exchange operations, which ends with a
local-optimal spanning tree, and then uses this special tree to find a
reducible structure. As a corollary of our kernel, we obtain a deterministic
algorithm for the problem running in time
Beyond Bidimensionality: Parameterized Subexponential Algorithms on Directed Graphs
We develop two different methods to achieve subexponential time parameterized
algorithms for problems on sparse directed graphs. We exemplify our approaches
with two well studied problems.
For the first problem, {\sc -Leaf Out-Branching}, which is to find an
oriented spanning tree with at least leaves, we obtain an algorithm solving
the problem in time on directed graphs
whose underlying undirected graph excludes some fixed graph as a minor. For
the special case when the input directed graph is planar, the running time can
be improved to . The second example is a
generalization of the {\sc Directed Hamiltonian Path} problem, namely {\sc
-Internal Out-Branching}, which is to find an oriented spanning tree with at
least internal vertices. We obtain an algorithm solving the problem in time
on directed graphs whose underlying
undirected graph excludes some fixed apex graph as a minor. Finally, we
observe that for any , the {\sc -Directed Path} problem is
solvable in time , where is some
function of \ve.
Our methods are based on non-trivial combinations of obstruction theorems for
undirected graphs, kernelization, problem specific combinatorial structures and
a layering technique similar to the one employed by Baker to obtain PTAS for
planar graphs
The Graph Motif problem parameterized by the structure of the input graph
The Graph Motif problem was introduced in 2006 in the context of biological
networks. It consists of deciding whether or not a multiset of colors occurs in
a connected subgraph of a vertex-colored graph. Graph Motif has been mostly
analyzed from the standpoint of parameterized complexity. The main parameters
which came into consideration were the size of the multiset and the number of
colors. Though, in the many applications of Graph Motif, the input graph
originates from real-life and has structure. Motivated by this prosaic
observation, we systematically study its complexity relatively to graph
structural parameters. For a wide range of parameters, we give new or improved
FPT algorithms, or show that the problem remains intractable. For the FPT
cases, we also give some kernelization lower bounds as well as some ETH-based
lower bounds on the worst case running time. Interestingly, we establish that
Graph Motif is W[1]-hard (while in W[P]) for parameter max leaf number, which
is, to the best of our knowledge, the first problem to behave this way.Comment: 24 pages, accepted in DAM, conference version in IPEC 201
Parameterization Above a Multiplicative Guarantee
Parameterization above a guarantee is a successful paradigm in Parameterized Complexity. To the best of our knowledge, all fixed-parameter tractable problems in this paradigm share an additive form defined as follows. Given an instance (I,k) of some (parameterized) problem ? with a guarantee g(I), decide whether I admits a solution of size at least (at most) k+g(I). Here, g(I) is usually a lower bound (resp. upper bound) on the maximum (resp. minimum) size of a solution. Since its introduction in 1999 for Max SAT and Max Cut (with g(I) being half the number of clauses and half the number of edges, respectively, in the input), analysis of parameterization above a guarantee has become a very active and fruitful topic of research.
We highlight a multiplicative form of parameterization above a guarantee: Given an instance (I,k) of some (parameterized) problem ? with a guarantee g(I), decide whether I admits a solution of size at least (resp. at most) k ? g(I). In particular, we study the Long Cycle problem with a multiplicative parameterization above the girth g(I) of the input graph, and provide a parameterized algorithm for this problem. Apart from being of independent interest, this exemplifies how parameterization above a multiplicative guarantee can arise naturally. We also show that, for any fixed constant ?>0, multiplicative parameterization above g(I)^(1+?) of Long Cycle yields para-NP-hardness, thus our parameterization is tight in this sense. We complement our main result with the design (or refutation of the existence) of algorithms for other problems parameterized multiplicatively above girth
Critical random graphs: limiting constructions and distributional properties
We consider the Erdos-Renyi random graph G(n,p) inside the critical window,
where p = 1/n + lambda * n^{-4/3} for some lambda in R. We proved in a previous
paper (arXiv:0903.4730) that considering the connected components of G(n,p) as
a sequence of metric spaces with the graph distance rescaled by n^{-1/3} and
letting n go to infinity yields a non-trivial sequence of limit metric spaces C
= (C_1, C_2, ...). These limit metric spaces can be constructed from certain
random real trees with vertex-identifications. For a single such metric space,
we give here two equivalent constructions, both of which are in terms of more
standard probabilistic objects. The first is a global construction using
Dirichlet random variables and Aldous' Brownian continuum random tree. The
second is a recursive construction from an inhomogeneous Poisson point process
on R_+. These constructions allow us to characterize the distributions of the
masses and lengths in the constituent parts of a limit component when it is
decomposed according to its cycle structure. In particular, this strengthens
results of Luczak, Pittel and Wierman by providing precise distributional
convergence for the lengths of paths between kernel vertices and the length of
a shortest cycle, within any fixed limit component.Comment: 30 pages, 4 figure
Fast Dynamic Graph Algorithms for Parameterized Problems
Fully dynamic graph is a data structure that (1) supports edge insertions and
deletions and (2) answers problem specific queries. The time complexity of (1)
and (2) are referred to as the update time and the query time respectively.
There are many researches on dynamic graphs whose update time and query time
are , that is, sublinear in the graph size. However, almost all such
researches are for problems in P. In this paper, we investigate dynamic graphs
for NP-hard problems exploiting the notion of fixed parameter tractability
(FPT).
We give dynamic graphs for Vertex Cover and Cluster Vertex Deletion
parameterized by the solution size . These dynamic graphs achieve almost the
best possible update time and the query time
, where is the time complexity of any static
graph algorithm for the problems. We obtain these results by dynamically
maintaining an approximate solution which can be used to construct a small
problem kernel. Exploiting the dynamic graph for Cluster Vertex Deletion, as a
corollary, we obtain a quasilinear-time (polynomial) kernelization algorithm
for Cluster Vertex Deletion. Until now, only quadratic time kernelization
algorithms are known for this problem.
We also give a dynamic graph for Chromatic Number parameterized by the
solution size of Cluster Vertex Deletion, and a dynamic graph for
bounded-degree Feedback Vertex Set parameterized by the solution size. Assuming
the parameter is a constant, each dynamic graph can be updated in
time and can compute a solution in time. These results are obtained by
another approach.Comment: SWAT 2014 to appea
Linear kernels for outbranching problems in sparse digraphs
In the -Leaf Out-Branching and -Internal Out-Branching problems we are
given a directed graph with a designated root and a nonnegative integer
. The question is to determine the existence of an outbranching rooted at
that has at least leaves, or at least internal vertices,
respectively. Both these problems were intensively studied from the points of
view of parameterized complexity and kernelization, and in particular for both
of them kernels with vertices are known on general graphs. In this
work we show that -Leaf Out-Branching admits a kernel with vertices
on -minor-free graphs, for any fixed family of graphs
, whereas -Internal Out-Branching admits a kernel with
vertices on any graph class of bounded expansion.Comment: Extended abstract accepted for IPEC'15, 27 page
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