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TREEWIDTH and PATHWIDTH parameterized by vertex cover

Data Structures and Algorithms 2013-05-03 v1

Abstract

After the number of vertices, Vertex Cover is the largest of the classical graph parameters and has more and more frequently been used as a separate parameter in parameterized problems, including problems that are not directly related to the Vertex Cover. Here we consider the TREEWIDTH and PATHWIDTH problems parameterized by k, the size of a minimum vertex cover of the input graph. We show that the PATHWIDTH and TREEWIDTH can be computed in O*(3^k) time. This complements recent polynomial kernel results for TREEWIDTH and PATHWIDTH parameterized by the Vertex Cover.

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@article{arxiv.1305.0433,
  title  = {TREEWIDTH and PATHWIDTH parameterized by vertex cover},
  author = {Mathieu Chapelle and Mathieu Liedloff and Ioan Todinca and Yngve Villanger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.0433},
  year   = {2013}
}
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