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Efficient Computation of Representative Sets with Applications in Parameterized and Exact Algorithms

Data Structures and Algorithms 2016-02-23 v4 Discrete Mathematics Combinatorics

Abstract

We give two algorithms computing representative families of linear and uniform matroids and demonstrate how to use representative families for designing single-exponential parameterized and exact exponential time algorithms. The applications of our approach include - LONGEST DIRECTED CYCLE - MINIMUM EQUIVALENT GRAPH (MEG) - Algorithms on graphs of bounded treewidth -k-PATH, k-TREE, and more generally, k-SUBGRAPH ISOMORPHISM, where the k-vertex pattern graph is of constant treewidth.

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@article{arxiv.1304.4626,
  title  = {Efficient Computation of Representative Sets with Applications in Parameterized and Exact Algorithms},
  author = {Fedor V. Fomin and Daniel Lokshtanov and Fahad Panolan and Saket Saurabh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4626},
  year   = {2016}
}

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61 pages

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