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We study the directed global minimum vertex-cut problem: given a directed vertex-weighted graph $G$, compute a vertex-cut $(L,S,R)$ in $G$ of minimum value, which is defined to be the total weight of all vertices in $S$. The problem,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Julia Chuzhoy , Ron Mosenzon , Ohad Trabelsi

We design the first subexponential-time (parameterized) algorithms for several cut and cycle-hitting problems on $H$-minor free graphs. In particular, we obtain the following results (where $k$ is the solution-size parameter). 1.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Sayan Bandyapadhyay , William Lochet , Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Jie Xue

We study the Steiner Tree problem on unit disk graphs. Given a $n$ vertex unit disk graph $G$, a subset $R\subseteq V(G)$ of $t$ vertices and a positive integer $k$, the objective is to decide if there exists a tree $T$ in $G$ that spans…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Sujoy Bhore , Paz Carmi , Sudeshna Kolay , Meirav Zehavi

In this paper, we study fundamental parameterized problems such as $k$-Path/Cycle, Vertex Cover, Triangle Hitting Set, Feedback Vertex Set, and Cycle Packing for dynamic unit disk graphs. Given a vertex set $V$ changing dynamically under…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Shinwoo An , Kyungjin Cho , Leo Jang , Byeonghyeon Jung , Yudam Lee , Eunjin Oh , Donghun Shin , Hyeonjun Shin , Chanho Song

We prove that finding a $k$-edge induced subgraph is fixed-parameter tractable, thereby answering an open problem of Leizhen Cai. Our algorithm is based on several combinatorial observations, Gauss' famous \emph{Eureka} theorem [Andrews,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-02 Bingkai Lin , Yijia Chen

In the Telephone Broadcast problem we are given a graph $G=(V,E)$ with a designated source vertex $s\in V$. Our goal is to transmit a message, which is initially known only to $s$, to all vertices of the graph by using a process where in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Yudai Egami , Tatsuya Gima , Tesshu Hanaka , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Michael Lampis , Valia Mitsou , Edouard Nemery , Yota Otachi , Manolis Vasilakis , Daniel Vaz

An out-branching of a directed graph is a rooted spanning tree with all arcs directed outwards from the root. We consider the problem of deciding whether a given directed graph D has an out-branching with at least k leaves (Directed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-11-27 Paul Bonsma , Frederic Dorn

For a finite collection of graphs ${\cal F}$, the \textsc{${\cal F}$-TM-Deletion} problem has as input an $n$-vertex graph $G$ and an integer $k$ and asks whether there exists a set $S \subseteq V(G)$ with $|S| \leq k$ such that $G…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Petr A. Golovach , Giannos Stamoulis , Dimitrios M. Thilikos

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$, and a function $f:V(G) \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$, an $f$-reversible process on $G$ is a dynamical system such that, given an initial vertex labeling $c_0 : V(G) \rightarrow \{0,1\}$, every vertex $v$ changes its label…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Thiago Marcilon , Murillo Inácio da Costa Silva

We consider the problem of counting the number of vertices reachable from each vertex in a digraph $G$, which is equal to computing all the out-degrees of the transitive closure of $G$. The current (theoretically) fastest algorithms run in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-28 Naoto Ohsaka

Given a directed graph $G$ with arbitrary real-valued weights, the single source shortest-path problem (SSSP) asks for, given a source $s$ in $G$, finding a shortest path from $s$ to each vertex $v$ in $G$. A classical SSSP algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-03-06 Sanjiang Li , Yongming Li

A {\em bipartite tournament} is a directed graph $T:=(A \cup B, E)$ such that every pair of vertices $(a,b), a\in A,b\in B$ are connected by an arc, and no arc connects two vertices of $A$ or two vertices of $B$. A {\em feedback vertex set}…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Mithilesh Kumar , Daniel Lokshtanov

This paper considers a natural fault-tolerant shortest paths problem: for some constant integer $f$, given a directed weighted graph with no negative cycles and two fixed vertices $s$ and $t$, compute (either explicitly or implicitly) for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Eyob Woldeghebriel , Yinzhan Xu

\emph{Strictly Chordality-$k$ graphs ($SC_k$)} are graphs which are either cycle-free or every induced cycle is of length exactly $k, k \geq 3$. Strictly chordality-3 and strictly chordality-4 graphs are well known chordal and chordal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-05 S. Dhanalakshmi , N. Sadagopan

In this paper we present the first dynamic algorithms for the problem of Feedback Arc Set in Tournaments (FAST) and the problem of Feedback Vertex Set in Tournaments (FVST). Our algorithms maintain a dynamic tournament on n vertices altered…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-22 Anna Zych-Pawlewicz , Marek Żochowski

We study the \textsc{Labeled Contractibility} problem, where the input consists of two vertex-labeled graphs $G$ and $H$, and the goal is to determine whether $H$ can be obtained from $G$ via a sequence of edge contractions. Lafond and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Yashaswini Mathur , Prafullkumar Tale

Treewidth is a useful tool in designing graph algorithms. Although many NP-hard graph problems can be solved in linear time when the input graphs have small treewidth, there are problems which remain hard on graphs of bounded treewidth. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Huairui Chu , Bingkai Lin

The classical NP-hard feedback arc set problem (FASP) and feedback vertex set problem (FVSP) ask for a minimum set of arcs $\varepsilon \subseteq E$ or vertices $\nu \subseteq V$ whose removal $G\setminus \varepsilon$, $G\setminus \nu$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Michael Hecht , Krzysztof Gonciarz , Szabolcs Horvát

Given a directed graph, the Minimum Feedback Arc Set (FAS) problem asks for a minimum (size) set of arcs in a directed graph, which, when removed, results in an acyclic graph. In a seminal paper, Berger and Shor [1], in 1990, developed…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Harvey Diamond , Mark Kon , Louise Raphael

The NP-complete problem Feedback Vertex Set is that of deciding whether or not it is possible, for a given integer $k\geq 0$, to delete at most $k$ vertices from a given graph so that what remains is a forest. The variant in which the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Marthe Bonamy , Konrad K. Dabrowski , Carl Feghali , Matthew Johnson , Daniel Paulusma