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We study the parameterized complexity of the T(h+1)-Free Edge Deletion problem. Given a graph G and integers k and h, the task is to delete at most k edges so that every connected component of the resulting graph has size at most h. The…

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Kernelization studies polynomial-time preprocessing algorithms. Over the last 20 years, the most celebrated positive results of the field have been linear kernels for classical NP-hard graph problems on sparse graph classes. In this paper,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Christian Bertram , Deborah Haun , Mads Vestergaard Jensen , Tuukka Korhonen

Dense subgraph discovery is an important problem in graph mining and network analysis with several applications. Two canonical problems here are to find a maxcore (subgraph of maximum min degree) and to find a densest subgraph (subgraph of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Chandra Chekuri , Manuel R. Torres

Maintaining a $k$-core decomposition quickly in a dynamic graph has important applications in network analysis. The main challenge for designing efficient exact algorithms is that a single update to the graph can cause significant global…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Quanquan C. Liu , Jessica Shi , Shangdi Yu , Laxman Dhulipala , Julian Shun

Given a graph $G$ and a parameter $k$, the $k$-biclique problem asks whether $G$ contains a complete bipartite subgraph $K_{k,k}$. This is the most easily stated problem on graphs whose parameterized complexity is still unknown. We provide…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Bingkai Lin

In the Vector Connectivity problem we are given an undirected graph $G=(V,E)$, a demand function $\phi\colon V\to\{0,\ldots,d\}$, and an integer $k$. The question is whether there exists a set $S$ of at most $k$ vertices such that every…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-06-24 Stefan Kratsch , Manuel Sorge

In this paper, we investigate the parallelization of $k$-core decomposition, a method used in graph analysis to identify cohesive substructures and assess node centrality. Although efficient sequential algorithms exist for this task, the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Davide Rucci , Sebastian Parfeniuc , Matteo Mordacchini , Emanuele Carlini , Alfredo Cuzzocrea , Patrizio Dazzi

$k$-core decomposition is widely used to identify the center of a large network, it is a pruning process in which the nodes with degrees less than $k$ are recursively removed. Although the simplicity and effectiveness of this method…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-01-22 Gui-Yuan Shi , Rui-Jie Wu , Yi-Xiu Kong , H. Eugene Stanley , Yi-Cheng Zhang

In the Min $k$-Cut problem, input is an edge weighted graph $G$ and an integer $k$, and the task is to partition the vertex set into $k$ non-empty sets, such that the total weight of the edges with endpoints in different parts is minimized.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Vaishali Surianarayanan

Parameterized complexity seeks to use input structure to obtain faster algorithms for NP-hard problems. This has been most successful for graphs of low treewidth: Many problems admit fast algorithms relative to treewidth and many of them…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Falko Hegerfeld , Stefan Kratsch

The recursive removal of leaves (dead end vertices) and their neighbors from an undirected network results, when this pruning algorithm stops, in a so-called core of the network. This specific subgraph should be distinguished from…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-06-12 N. Azimi-Tafreshi , S. N. Dorogovtsev , J. F. F. Mendes

A $k$-coloring of a graph is an assignment of integers between $1$ and $k$ to vertices in the graph such that the endpoints of each edge receive different numbers. We study a local variation of the coloring problem, which imposes further…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-24 Jie You , Yixin Cao , Jianxin Wang

The analysis of several algorithms and data structures can be framed as a peeling process on a random hypergraph: vertices with degree less than k are removed until there are no vertices of degree less than k left. The remaining hypergraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-08-04 Jiayang Jiang , Michael Mitzenmacher , Justin Thaler

The \emph{linear vertex arboricity} of a graph is the smallest number of sets into which the vertices of a graph can be partitioned so that each of these sets induces a linear forest. Chaplick et al. [JoCG 2020] showed that, somewhat…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Alexander Erhardt , Alexander Wolff

Ordered matchings, defined as graphs with linearly ordered vertices, where each vertex is connected to exactly one edge, play a crucial role in the area of ordered graphs and their homomorphisms. Therefore, we consider related problems from…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Michal Čertík , Andreas Emil Feldmann , Jaroslav Nešetřil , Paweł Rzążewski

Massive networks have shown that the determination of dense subgraphs, where vertices interact a lot, is necessary in order to visualize groups of common interest, and therefore be able to decompose a big graph into smaller structures. Many…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-04-29 Etienne Callies , Tomás Yany-Anich

In the Selective Coloring problem, we are given an integer $k$, a graph $G$, and a partition of $V(G)$ into $p$ parts, and the goal is to decide whether or not we can pick exactly one vertex of each part and obtain a $k$-colorable induced…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Guilherme C. M. Gomes , Vinicius F. dos Santos

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

The notion of treewidth plays an important role in theoretical and practical studies of graph problems. It has been recognized that, especially in practical environments, when computing the treewidth of a graph it is invaluable to first…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Hans L. Bodlaender , Bart M. P. Jansen , Stefan Kratsch

In the Disjoint Paths problem, the input consists of an $n$-vertex graph $G$ and a collection of $k$ vertex pairs, $\{(s_i,t_i)\}_{i=1}^k$, and the objective is to determine whether there exists a collection $\{P_i\}_{i=1}^k$ of $k$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi