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In reconfiguration problems, we are given two feasible solutions to a graph problem and asked whether one can be transformed into the other via a sequence of feasible intermediate solutions under a given reconfiguration rule. While earlier…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Shuichi Hirahara , Naoto Ohsaka , Tatsuhiro Suga , Akira Suzuki , Yuma Tamura , Xiao Zhou

Given two independent sets $I, J$ of a graph $G$, and imagine that a token (coin) is placed at each vertex of $I$. The Sliding Token problem asks if one could transform $I$ to $J$ via a sequence of elementary steps, where each step requires…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-03-20 Duc A. Hoang , Ryuhei Uehara

We study reconfiguration of independent sets in interval graphs under the token sliding rule. We show that if two independent sets of size $k$ are reconfigurable in an $n$-vertex interval graph, then there is a reconfiguration sequence of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-10 Marcin Briański , Stefan Felsner , Jędrzej Hodor , Piotr Micek

For a fixed integer $r \geq 1$, a distance-$r$ dominating set (D$r$DS) of a graph $G = (V, E)$ is a vertex subset $D \subseteq V$ such that every vertex in $V$ is within distance $r$ from some member of $D$. Given two D$r$DSs $D_s, D_t$ of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Niranka Banerjee , Duc A. Hoang

In this article, we revisit the complexity of the reconfiguration of independent sets under the token sliding rule on chordal graphs. In the \textsc{Token Sliding-Connectivity} problem, the input is a graph $G$ and an integer $k$, and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Rajat Adak , Saraswati Girish Nanoti , Prafullkumar Tale

We consider the complexity of the Independent Set Reconfiguration problem under the Token Sliding rule. In this problem we are given two independent sets of a graph and are asked if we can transform one to the other by repeatedly exchanging…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-29 Rémy Belmonte , Eun Jung Kim , Michael Lampis , Valia Mitsou , Yota Otachi , Florian Sikora

We study reconfiguration problems for cliques in a graph, which determine whether there exists a sequence of cliques that transforms a given clique into another one in a step-by-step fashion. As one step of a transformation, we consider…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-15 Takehiro Ito , Hirotaka Ono , Yota Otachi

In the Token Jumping problem we are given a graph $G = (V,E)$ and two independent sets $S$ and $T$ of $G$, each of size $k \geq 1$. The goal is to determine whether there exists a sequence of $k$-sized independent sets in $G$, $\langle S_0,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Valentin Bartier , Nicolas Bousquet , Clément Dallard , Kyle Lomer , Amer E. Mouawad

Assume we are given a graph $G$, two independent sets $S$ and $T$ in $G$ of size $k \geq 1$, and a positive integer $\ell \geq 1$. The goal is to decide whether there exists a sequence $\langle I_0, I_1, ..., I_\ell \rangle$ of independent…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Akanksha Agrawal , Soumita Hait , Amer E. Mouawad

Reconfiguration problems involve determining whether two given configurations can be transformed into each other under specific rules. The Token Sliding problem asks whether, given two different set of tokens on vertices of a graph $G$, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Niranka Banerjee , Christian Engels , Duc A. Hoang

Suppose that we are given two independent sets $I_0$ and $I_r$ of a graph such that $|I_0| = |I_r|$, and imagine that a token is placed on each vertex in $I_0$. The token jumping problem is to determine whether there exists a sequence of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-12 Takehiro Ito , Marcin Kamiński , Hirotaka Ono

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

For a graph $H$ and an integer $k\ge 1$, the \emph{Token Sliding reconfiguration graph} $\mathsf{TS}_k(H)$ and the \emph{Token Jumping reconfiguration graph} $\mathsf{TJ}_k(H)$ have as vertices the $k$-cliques of $H$, with two vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Duc A. Hoang

Let $G$ be a planar graph and $I_s$ and $I_t$ be two independent sets in $G$, each of size $k$. We begin with a "token" on each vertex of $I_s$ and seek to move all tokens to $I_t$, by repeated "token jumping", removing a single token from…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Daniel W. Cranston

The Vertex Separator Problem for a graph is to find the smallest collection of vertices whose removal breaks the graph into two disconnected subsets that satisfy specified size constraints. In the paper 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.042, the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-07-19 William W. Hager , James T. Hungerford , Ilya Safro

A dominating set $S$ in a graph is a subset of vertices such that every vertex is either in $S$ or adjacent to a vertex in $S$. A minimal dominating set $M$ is a dominating set such that $M-v$ is not a dominating set for all $v \in M$. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Iain Beaton

Imagine that unlabelled tokens are placed on the edges of a graph, such that no two tokens are placed on incident edges. A token can jump to another edge if the edges having tokens remain independent. We study the problem of determining the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-14 Nicolas Bousquet , Tatsuhiko Hatanaka , Takehiro Ito , Moritz Mühlenthaler

The problems of Permutation Routing via Matching and Token Swapping are reconfiguration problems on graphs. This paper is concerned with the complexity of those problems and a colored variant. For a given graph where each vertex has a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-09-13 Jun Kawahara , Toshiki Saitoh , Ryo Yoshinaka

Vertex splitting is a graph modification operation in which a vertex is replaced by multiple vertices such that the union of their neighborhoods equals the neighborhood of the original vertex. We introduce and study vertex splitting as a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Faisal N. Abu-Khzam , Dipayan Chakraborty , Lucas Isenmann , Nacim Oijid

For a fixed positive integer $d \geq 2$, a distance-$d$ independent set (D$d$IS) of a graph is a vertex subset whose distance between any two members is at least $d$. Imagine that there is a token placed on each member of a D$d$IS. Two…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Duc A. Hoang