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Parameterized Algorithms for Book Embedding Problems

Data Structures and Algorithms 2019-08-26 v1

Abstract

A k-page book embedding of a graph G draws the vertices of G on a line and the edges on k half-planes (called pages) bounded by this line, such that no two edges on the same page cross. We study the problem of determining whether G admits a k-page book embedding both when the linear order of the vertices is fixed, called Fixed-Order Book Thickness, or not fixed, called Book Thickness. Both problems are known to be NP-complete in general. We show that Fixed-Order Book Thickness and Book Thickness are fixed-parameter tractable parameterized by the vertex cover number of the graph and that Fixed-Order Book Thickness is fixed-parameter tractable parameterized by the pathwidth of the vertex order.

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@article{arxiv.1908.08911,
  title  = {Parameterized Algorithms for Book Embedding Problems},
  author = {Sujoy Bhore and Robert Ganian and Fabrizio Montecchiani and Martin Nöllenburg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.08911},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Appears in the Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2019)