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A hole in a graph is an induced cycle of length at least 4. A hole is long if its length is at least 5. By $P_t$ we denote a path on $t$ vertices. In this paper we give polynomial-time algorithms for the following problems: the Maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Tara Abrishami , Maria Chudnovsky , Marcin Pilipczuk , Paweł Rzążewski , Paul Seymour

An isolating set of a graph is a set of vertices $S$ such that, if $S$ and its neighborhood is removed, only isolated vertices remain; and the isolation number is the minimum size of such a set. It is known that for every connected graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Geoffrey Boyer , Wayne Goddard

We consider the following problem closely related to graph isomorphism. In a simplified version, the task is to compute the automorphism group of a given set family (or a hypergraph), that is, the group of all automorphisms of the given…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Deniz Ağaoğlu Çağırıcı , Petr Hliněný

We study the problem of maximizing the number of independent sets in $n$-vertex $k$-chromatic $\ell$-connected graphs. First we consider maximizing the total number of independent sets in such graphs with $n$ sufficiently large, and for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-10 John Engbers , Lauren Keough , Taylor Short

We prove that Graph Isomorphism and Canonization in graphs excluding a fixed graph $H$ as a minor can be solved by an algorithm working in time $f(H)\cdot n^{O(1)}$, where $f$ is some function. In other words, we show that these problems…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-27 Daniel Lokshtanov , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Saket Saurabh

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 $G$ and a natural number $k$, the $k$-recolouring graph $\mathcal{C}_k(G)$ is the graph whose vertices are the $k$-colourings of $G$ and whose edges link pairs of colourings which differ at exactly one vertex of $G$. Recently,…

We present a series of almost settled inapproximability results for three fundamental problems. The first in our series is the subexponential-time inapproximability of the maximum independent set problem, a question studied in the area of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-08-20 Parinya Chalermsook , Bundit Laekhanukit , Danupon Nanongkai

We consider the problems of finding optimal identifying codes, (open) locating-dominating sets and resolving sets of an interval or a permutation graph. In these problems, one asks to find a subset of vertices, normally called a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-07-17 Florent Foucaud , George B. Mertzios , Reza Naserasr , Aline Parreau , Petru Valicov

We study the parameterized complexity of separating a small set of vertices from a graph by a small vertex-separator. That is, given a graph $G$ and integers $k$, $t$, the task is to find a vertex set $X$ with $|X| \le k$ and $|N(X)| \le…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-10-02 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Janne H. Korhonen

In the Minmax Set Cover Reconfiguration problem, given a set system $\mathcal{F}$ over a universe and its two covers $\mathcal{C}^\mathsf{start}$ and $\mathcal{C}^\mathsf{goal}$ of size $k$, we wish to transform $\mathcal{C}^\mathsf{start}$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Shuichi Hirahara , Naoto Ohsaka

A rerouting sequence is a sequence of shortest st-paths such that consecutive paths differ in one vertex. We study the the Shortest Path Rerouting Problem, which asks, given two shortest st-paths P and Q in a graph G, whether a rerouting…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Paul Bonsma

We study the following Two-Sets Cut-Uncut problem on planar graphs. Therein, one is given an undirected planar graph $G$ and two sets of vertices $S$ and $T$. The question is, what is the minimum number of edges to remove from $G$, such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-03 Matthias Bentert , Pål Grønås Drange , Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tuukka Korhonen

The class of even-hole-free graphs is very similar to the class of perfect graphs, and was indeed a cornerstone in the tools leading to the proof of the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem. However, the complexity of computing a maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-08 Edin Husic , Stephan Thomasse , Nicolas Trotignon

This paper surveys results about token addition and removal (TAR) reconfiguration for several well-known vertex set parameters including domination, power domination, standard zero forcing, and PSD zero forcing. We also expand the range of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Bryan A. Curtis , Mary Flagg , Leslie Hogben

We study Subgraph Isomorphism on graph classes defined by a fixed forbidden graph. Although there are several ways for forbidding a graph, we observe that it is reasonable to focus on the minor relation since other well-known relations lead…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Hans L. Bodlaender , Tesshu Hanaka , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Yusuke Kobayashi , Yoshio Okamoto , Yota Otachi , Tom C. van der Zanden

The Independent Cutset problem asks whether there is a set of vertices in a given graph that is both independent and a cutset. Such a problem is $\textsf{NP}$-complete even when the input graph is planar and has maximum degree five. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Johannes Rauch , Dieter Rautenbach , Uéverton S. Souza

We prove that Balanced Biclique Reconfiguration on bipartite graphs is PSPACE-complete. This implies the PSPACE-completeness of the spanning variant of Subgraph Reconfiguration under the token jumping rule for the property "a graph is an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Yota Otachi , Emi Toyoda

Many NP-Hard problems on general graphs, such as maximum independence set, maximal cliques and graph coloring can be solved efficiently on chordal graphs. In this paper, we explore the problem of non-separating st-paths defined on edges:…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-10 Xiao Mao

In this work we consider two two-criteria optimization problems: given an input graph, the goal is to find its interval (or chordal) supergraph that minimizes the number of edges and its clique number simultaneously. For the interval…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Dariusz Dereniowski , Adam Stański