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\textsc{Directed Token Sliding} asks, given a directed graph and two sets of pairwise nonadjacent vertices, whether one can reach from one set to the other by repeatedly applying a local operation that exchanges a vertex in the current set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-28 Takehiro Ito , Yuni Iwamasa , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Yu Nakahata , Yota Otachi , Masahiro Takahashi , Kunihiro Wasa

We study the dominating set reconfiguration problem with the token sliding rule. It consists, given a graph G=(V,E) and two dominating sets D_s and D_t of G, in determining if there exists a sequence S=<D_1:=D_s,...,D_l:=D_t> of dominating…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Nicolas Bousquet , Alice Joffard

Let $G$ be a graph and $D_s$ and $D_t$ be two dominating sets of $G$ of size $k$. Does there exist a sequence $\langle D_0 = D_s, D_1, \ldots, D_{\ell-1}, D_\ell = D_t \rangle$ of dominating sets of $G$ such that $D_{i+1}$ can be obtained…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-05-21 Marthe Bonamy , Paul Dorbec , Paul Ouvrard

In reconfiguration, we are given two solutions to a graph problem, such as Vertex Cover or Dominating Set, with each solu tion represented by a placement of tokens on vertices of the graph. Our task is to reconfigure one into the other…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Jan Matyáš Křišťan , Jakub Svoboda

In a graph, a vertex dominates itself and its neighbors, and a dominating set is a set of vertices that together dominate the entire graph. Given a graph and two dominating sets of equal size $k$, the {\em Dominating Set Reconfiguration…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Jona Dirks , Alexandre Vigny

The independent set reconfiguration problem (ISReconf) is the problem of determining, for given independent sets I_s and I_t of a graph G, whether I_s can be transformed into I_t by repeatedly applying a prescribed reconfiguration rule that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Hiroki Hatano , Naoki Kitamura , Taisuke Izumi , Takehiro Ito , Toshimitsu Masuzawa

In combinatorial reconfiguration, the reconfiguration problems on a vertex subset (e.g., an independent set) are well investigated. In these problems, some tokens are placed on a subset of vertices of the graph, and there are three natural…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Masaaki Kanzaki , Yota Otachi , Ryuhei Uehara

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

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-11-03 Takeshi Yamada , Ryuhei Uehara

A graph vertex-subset problem defines which subsets of the vertices of an input graph are feasible solutions. We view a feasible solution as a set of tokens placed on the vertices of the graph. A reconfiguration variant of a vertex-subset…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-04-25 Nicolas Bousquet , Amer E. Mouawad , Naomi Nishimura , Sebastian Siebertz

Suppose that two independent sets $I$ and $J$ of a graph with $\vert I \vert = \vert J \vert$ are given, and a token is placed on each vertex in $I$. The Sliding Token problem is to determine whether there exists a sequence of independent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Duc A. Hoang , Amanj Khorramian , Ryuhei Uehara

Suppose that we are given two dominating sets $D_s$ and $D_t$ of a graph $G$ whose cardinalities are at most a given threshold $k$. Then, we are asked whether there exists a sequence of dominating sets of $G$ between $D_s$ and $D_t$ such…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-04 Arash Haddadan , Takehiro Ito , Amer E. Mouawad , Naomi Nishimura , Hirotaka Ono , Akira Suzuki , Youcef Tebbal

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

We settle the parameterized complexities of several variants of independent set reconfiguration and dominating set reconfiguration, parameterized by the number of tokens. We show that both problems are XL-complete when there is no limit on…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Hans L. Bodlaender , Carla Groenland , Céline M. F. Swennenhuis

Given a collection of planar graphs $G_1,\dots,G_k$ on the same set $V$ of $n$ vertices, the simultaneous geometric embedding (with mapping) problem, or simply $k$-SGE, is to find a set $P$ of $n$ points in the plane and a bijection $\phi:…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-05-08 Jean Cardinal , Vincent Kusters

Let $G$ be a graph of order $n$ and let $k\in\{1,\ldots,n-1\}$. The $k$-token graph $F_k(G)$ of $G$, is the graph whose vertices are the $k$-subsets of $V(G)$, where two vertices are adjacent in $F_k(G)$ whenever their symmetric difference…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Hernan de Alba , Walter Carballosa , Jesús Leaños , Luis Manuel Rivera

A vertex-subset graph problem Q defines which subsets of the vertices of an input graph are feasible solutions. A reconfiguration variant of a vertex-subset problem asks, given two feasible solutions S and T of size k, whether it is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-02-18 Daniel Lokshtanov , Amer E. Mouawad , Fahad Panolan , M. S. Ramanujan , Saket Saurabh

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

Given a graph $G(V,E)$, a vertex subset $S$ of $G$ is called an open packing in $G$ if no pair of distinct vertices in $S$ have a common neighbour in $G$. The size of a largest open packing in $G$ is called the open packing number,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-07-15 M. A. Shalu , V. K. Kirubakaran

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

For a graph $G$ and a parameter $k$, we call a vertex $k$-enabling if it belongs both to a clique of size $k$ and to an independent set of size $k$, and we call it $k$-excluding otherwise. Motivated by issues that arise in secret sharing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Uriel Feige , Ilia Pauzner