English

Listing Small Minimal $s,t$-separators in FPT-Delay

Data Structures and Algorithms 2023-10-05 v2 Databases

Abstract

Let GG be an undirected graph, and s,ts,t distinguished vertices of GG. A minimal s,ts,t-separator is an inclusion-wise minimal vertex-set whose removal places ss and tt in distinct connected components. We present an algorithm for listing the minimal s,ts,t-separators of a graph, whose cardinality is at most kk, with FPT-delay, where the parameter depends only on kk. This problem finds applications in various algorithms parameterized by treewidth, which include query evaluation in relational databases, probabilistic inference, and many more. We also present a simple algorithm that enumerates all of the (not necessarily minimal) s,ts,t-separators of a graph in ranked order by size.

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@article{arxiv.2307.00604,
  title  = {Listing Small Minimal $s,t$-separators in FPT-Delay},
  author = {Batya Kenig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.00604},
  year   = {2023}
}
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