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Kernelization investigates exact preprocessing algorithms with performance guarantees. The most prevalent type of parameters used in kernelization is the solution size for optimization problems; however, also structural parameters have been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-21 Eduard Eiben , Robert Ganian , Stefan Szeider

In this article, we study the parameterized complexity of the Set Cover problem restricted to semi-ladder-free hypergraphs, a class defined by Fabianski et al. [Proceedings of STACS 2019]. We observe that two algorithms introduced by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Sylvain Guillemot

Grid graphs, and, more generally, $k\times r$ grid graphs, form one of the most basic classes of geometric graphs. Over the past few decades, a large body of works studied the (in)tractability of various computational problems on grid…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Siddharth Gupta , Guy Sa'ar , Meirav Zehavi

Twin-width is a graph parameter introduced in the context of first-order model checking, and has since become a central parameter in algorithmic graph theory. While many algorithmic problems become easier on arbitrary classes of bounded…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Irene Heinrich , Moritz Lichter , Klara Pakhomenko , Simon Raßmann

We prove new parameterized complexity results for the FO Model Checking problem on a well-known generalization of interval and circular-arc graphs: the class of $H$-graphs, for any fixed multigraph $H$. In particular, we research how the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Flavia Bonomo-Braberman , Nick Brettell , Noleen Köhler , Andrea Munaro , Daniël Paulusma

Given a graph $G$ and an integer $b$, Bandwidth asks whether there exists a bijection $\pi$ from $V(G)$ to $\{1, \ldots, |V(G)|\}$ such that $\max_{\{u, v \} \in E(G)} | \pi(u) - \pi(v) | \leq b$. This is a classical NP-complete problem,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Tatsuya Gima , Eun Jung Kim , Noleen Köhler , Nikolaos Melissinos , Manolis Vasilakis

We continue the study initiated by Bonomo-Braberman and Gonzalez in 2020 on $r$-locally checkable problems. We propose a dynamic programming algorithm that takes as input a graph with an associated clique-width expression and solves a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Narmina Baghirova , Carolina Lucía Gonzalez , Bernard Ries , David Schindl

In the Fully Leafed Induced Subtrees, one is given a graph $G$ and two integers $a$ and $b$ and the question is to find an induced subtree of $G$ with $a$ vertices and at least $b$ leaves. This problem is known to be NP-complete even when…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Julien Baste

We generalize the family of $(\sigma, \rho)$-problems and locally checkable vertex partition problems to their distance versions, which naturally captures well-known problems such as distance-$r$ dominating set and distance-$r$ independent…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Lars Jaffke , O-joung Kwon , Torstein J. F. Strømme , Jan Arne Telle

Given a graph $G$, let $vc(G)$ and $vc^+(G)$ be the sizes of a minimum and a maximum minimal vertex covers of $G$, respectively. We say that $G$ is well covered if $vc(G)=vc^+(G)$ (that is, all minimal vertex covers have the same size).…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Rafael Araujo , Eurinardo Costa , Sulamita Klein , Rudini Sampaio , Ueverton S. Souza

In this paper we introduce a natural generalization of the well-known problems Cluster Editing and Bicluster Editing, whose parameterized versions have been intensively investigated in the recent literature. The generalized problem, called…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-03 Maise Dantas da Silva , Fábio Protti , Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter

Cutwidth is a widely studied parameter that quantifies how well a graph can be decomposed along small edge-cuts. It complements pathwidth, which captures decomposition by small vertex separators, and it is well-known that cutwidth…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Narek Bojikian , Vera Chekan , Stefan Kratsch

Graph polynomials encode fundamental combinatorial invariants of graphs. Their computation is investigated using tree and path decomposition frameworks, with formal definitions of treewidth, k-trees, and pathwidth establishing the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Mehul Bafna , Shaghik Amirian

Lettericity is a graph parameter responsible for many attractive structural properties. In particular, graphs of bounded lettericity have bounded linear clique-width and they are well-quasi-ordered by induced subgraphs. The latter property…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Bogdan Alecu , Mamadou Moustapha Kanté , Vadim Lozin , Viktor Zamaraev

Natural Language Processing (NLP) provides highly effective tools for interpreting and handling human language, offering a broad spectrum of applications. In this paper, we address a classic combinatorial problem -- finding graph partitions…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Marco D'Elia , Irene Finocchi , Maurizio Patrignani

We consider the problem of finding a Hamiltonian path or a Hamiltonian cycle with precedence constraints in the form of a partial order on the vertex set. We show that the path problem is $\mathsf{NP}$-complete for graphs of pathwidth 4…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Jesse Beisegel , Katharina Klost , Kristin Knorr , Fabienne Ratajczak , Robert Scheffler

We argue that parameterized complexity is a useful tool with which to study global constraints. In particular, we show that many global constraints which are intractable to propagate completely have natural parameters which make them…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2009-03-04 Christian Bessiere , Emmanuel Hebrard , Brahim Hnich , Zeynep Kiziltan , Toby Walsh

Parallel parameterized complexity theory studies how fixed-parameter tractable (fpt) problems can be solved in parallel. Previous theoretical work focused on parallel algorithms that are very fast in principle, but did not take into account…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Max Bannach , Malte Skambath , Till Tantau

Branchwidth determines how graphs, and more generally, arbitrary connectivity (basically symmetric and submodular) functions could be decomposed into a tree-like structure by specific cuts. We develop a general framework for designing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-08 Fedor V. Fomin , Tuukka Korhonen

Certifying feasibility in decision-making, critical in many industries, can be framed as a constraint satisfaction problem. This paper focuses on characterising a subset of parameter values from an a priori set that satisfy constraints on a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-14 Max Mowbray , Nilay Shah , Benoît Chachuat