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We study the graph parameter elimination distance to bounded degree, which was introduced by Bulian and Dawar in their study of the parameterized complexity of the graph isomorphism problem. We prove that the problem is fixed-parameter…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Alexander Lindermayr , Sebastian Siebertz , Alexandre Vigny

How to efficiently represent a graph in computer memory is a fundamental data structuring question. In the present paper, we address this question from a combinatorial point of view. A representation of an $n$-vertex graph $G$ is called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Bogdan Alecu , Vladimir E. Alekseev , Aistis Atminas , Vadim Lozin , Viktor Zamaraev

We establish a parametric framework for obtaining obstruction characterizations of graph parameters with respect to a quasi-ordering $\leqslant$ on graphs. At the center of this framework lies the concept of a $\leqslant$-parametric graph:…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Christophe Paul , Evangelos Protopapas , Dimitrios M. Thilikos

We consider the following natural graph cut problem called Critical Node Cut (CNC): Given a graph $G$ on $n$ vertices, and two positive integers $k$ and $x$, determine whether $G$ has a set of $k$ vertices whose removal leaves $G$ with at…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-30 Danny Hermelin , Moshe Kaspi , Christian Komusiewicz , Barak Navon

A sequence of graphs is FO-convergent if the probability of satisfaction of every first-order formula converges. A graph modeling is a graph, whose domain is a standard probability space, with the property that every definable set is Borel.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-15 J. Nesetril , P. Ossona de Mendez

We study the first order theory of structures over graphs i.e. structures of the form ($\mathcal{G},\tau$) where $\mathcal{G}$ is the set of all (isomorphism types of) finite undirected graphs and $\tau$ some vocabulary. We define the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Ramanathan S. Thinniyam

We present an interactive framework that, given a membership test for a graph class $\mathcal{G}$ and a number $k$, finds and tests unavoidable sets for the class of graphs in $\mathcal{G}$ of path-width at most $k$. We put special emphasis…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-19 Oliver Bachtler , Irene Heinrich

We study property testing of properties that are definable in first-order logic (FO) in the bounded-degree graph and relational structure models. We show that any FO property that is defined by a formula with quantifier prefix…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-01-08 Isolde Adler , Noleen Köhler , Pan Peng

Learning a suitable graph is an important precursor to many graph signal processing (GSP) pipelines, such as graph spectral signal compression and denoising. Previous graph learning algorithms either i) make some assumptions on connectivity…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-19 Saghar Bagheri , Gene Cheung , Antonio Ortega , Fen Wang

We design algorithms for fitting a high-dimensional statistical model to a large, sparse network without revealing sensitive information of individual members. Given a sparse input graph $G$, our algorithms output a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-23 Christian Borgs , Jennifer T. Chayes , Adam Smith

Given a graph $G$ and a non-negative integer $d$ let $\alpha_d(G)$ be the order of a largest induced $d$-degenerate subgraph of $G$. We prove that for any pair of non-negative integers $k>d$, if $G$ is a $k$-degenerate graph, then…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Alexander Clow , Sean Kim , Ladislav Stacho

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 consider Hoare-style verification for the graph programming language GP 2. In previous work, graph properties were specified by so-called E-conditions which extend nested graph conditions. However, this type of assertions is not easy to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Gia S. Wulandari , Detlef Plump

Given a graph $G$ and an integer $k$, the Feedback Vertex Set (FVS) problem asks if there is a vertex set $T$ of size at most $k$ that hits all cycles in the graph. The fixed-parameter tractability status of FVS in directed graphs was a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-03 Rajesh Chitnis , Marek Cygan , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Dániel Marx

For a graph class ${\cal H}$, the graph parameters elimination distance to ${\cal H}$ (denoted by ${\bf ed}_{\cal H}$) [Bulian and Dawar, Algorithmica, 2016], and ${\cal H}$-treewidth (denoted by ${\bf tw}_{\cal H}$) [Eiben et al. JCSS,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-10 Akanksha Agrawal , Lawqueen Kanesh , Daniel Lokshtanov , Fahad Panolan , M. S. Ramanujan , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

Given a static vertex-selection problem (e.g. independent set, dominating set) on a graph, we can define a corresponding temporally satisfying reconfiguration problem on a temporal graph which asks for a sequence of solutions to the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Tom Davot , Jessica Enright , Laura Larios-Jones

We present an algorithm that takes as input an $n$-vertex planar graph $G$ and a $k$-vertex pattern graph $P$, and computes the number of (induced) copies of $P$ in $G$ in $2^{O(k/\log k)}n^{O(1)}$ time. If $P$ is a matching, independent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-26 Jesper Nederlof

Inspired by a width invariant defined on permutations by Guillemot and Marx [SODA '14], we introduce the notion of twin-width on graphs and on matrices. Proper minor-closed classes, bounded rank-width graphs, map graphs, $K_t$-free unit…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Édouard Bonnet , Eun Jung Kim , Stéphan Thomassé , Rémi Watrigant

We address the following general question: given a graph class C on which we can solve Maximum Matching in (quasi) linear time, does the same hold true for the class of graphs that can be modularly decomposed into C ? A major difficulty in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-26 Guillaume Ducoffe , Alexandru Popa

The elimination distance to some target graph property P is a general graph modification parameter introduced by Bulian and Dawar. We initiate the study of elimination distances to graph properties expressible in first-order logic. We…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-04-08 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Dimitrios M. Thilikos