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Algorithms for learning decision trees often include heuristic local-search operations such as (1) adjusting the threshold of a cut or (2) also exchanging the feature of that cut. We study minimizing the number of classification errors by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Juha Harviainen , Frank Sommer , Manuel Sorge

Parameterization and approximation are two popular ways of coping with NP-hard problems. More recently, the two have also been combined to derive many interesting results. We survey developments in the area both from the algorithmic and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-09 Andreas Emil Feldmann , Karthik C. S. , Euiwoong Lee , Pasin Manurangsi

We survey the field of algorithms and complexity for graph problems parameterized above or below guaranteed values, a research area which was pioneered by Venkatesh Raman. Those problems seek, for a given graph $G$, a solution whose value…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Gregory Gutin , Matthias Mnich

We study the parameterized complexity of the classical Edge Hamiltonian Path problem and give several fixed-parameter tractability results. First, we settle an open question of Demaine et al. by showing that Edge Hamiltonian Path is FPT…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-03-11 Michael Lampis , Kazuhisa Makino , Valia Mitsou , Yushi Uno

Combining the techniques of approximation algorithms and parameterized complexity has long been considered a promising research area, but relatively few results are currently known. In this paper we study the parameterized approximability…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-02-18 Michael Lampis

We investigate exact crossing minimization for graphs that differ from trees by a small number of additional edges, for several variants of the crossing minimization problem. In particular, we provide fixed parameter tractable algorithms…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-09-02 Michael J. Bannister , David Eppstein , Joseph A. Simons

We consider the problem of protecting and manipulating elections by recounting and changing ballots, respectively. Our setting involves a plurality-based election held across multiple districts, and the problem formulations are based on the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Kishen N. Gowda , Neeldhara Misra , Vraj Patel

In this article we review known results on parameterized linear codes over graphs, introduced by Renter\'ia, Simis and Villarreal in 2011. Very little is known about their basic parameters and invariants. We review in detail the parameters…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2021-12-15 Jorge Neves , Maria Vaz Pinto

Deciding feasibility of large systems of linear equations and inequalities is one of the most fundamental algorithmic tasks. However, due to data inaccuracies or modeling errors, in practical applications one often faces linear systems that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Kristóf Bérczi , Alexander Göke , Lydia Mirabel Mendoza-Cadena , Matthias Mnich

Mathematical modeling is a standard approach to solve many real-world problems and {\em diversity} of solutions is an important issue, emerging in applying solutions obtained from mathematical models to real-world problems. Many studies…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Tesshu Hanaka , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Kazuhiro Kurita , Yota Otachi

In this paper we consider two above lower bound parameterizations of the Node Multiway Cut problem - above the maximum separating cut and above a natural LP-relaxation - and prove them to be fixed-parameter tractable. Our results imply…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-07-11 Marek Cygan , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Jakub Onufry Wojtaszczyk

Local search is a fundamental optimization technique that is both widely used in practice and deeply studied in theory, yet its computational complexity remains poorly understood. The traditional frameworks, PLS and the standard algorithm…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Robert Ganian , Hung P. Hoang , Christian Komusiewicz , Nils Morawietz

We continue and extend previous work on the parameterized complexity analysis of the NP-hard Stable Roommates with Ties and Incomplete Lists problem, thereby strengthening earlier results both on the side of parameterized hardness as well…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Robert Bredereck , Klaus Heeger , Dušan Knop , Rolf Niedermeier

We study the linearizability monitoring problem, which asks whether a given concurrent history of a data structure is equivalent to some sequential execution of the same data structure. In general, this problem is $\textsf{NP}$-hard, even…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Lee Zheng Han , Umang Mathur

The task of finding an extension to a given partial drawing of a graph while adhering to constraints on the representation has been extensively studied in the literature, with well-known results providing efficient algorithms for…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Sujoy Bhore , Robert Ganian , Liana Khazaliya , Fabrizio Montecchiani , Martin Nöllenburg

Within the model-theoretic framework for supervised learning introduced by Grohe and Tur\'an (TOCS 2004), we study the parameterized complexity of learning concepts definable in monadic second-order logic (MSO). We show that the problem of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Steffen van Bergerem , Martin Grohe , Nina Runde

We study the parameterized complexity of winner determination problems for three prevalent $k$-committee selection rules, namely the minimax approval voting (MAV), the proportional approval voting (PAV), and the Chamberlin-Courant's…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Yongjie Yang , Jianxin Wang

We show that CSP is fixed-parameter tractable when parameterized by the treewidth of a backdoor into any tractable CSP problem over a finite constraint language. This result combines the two prominent approaches for achieving tractability…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-12 Robert Ganian , M. S. Ramanujan , Stefan Szeider

Parameterized complexity enables the practical solution of generally intractable NP-hard problems when certain parameters are small, making it particularly useful in real-world applications. The study of string problems in this framework…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-20 Josh Cudby , Sergii Strelchuk

Fixed-parameter tractability analysis and scheduling are two core domains of combinatorial optimization which led to deep understanding of many important algorithmic questions. However, even though fixed-parameter algorithms are appealing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-19 Matthias Mnich , Andreas Wiese