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Given a weighted hypergraph $\mathcal{H}(V, \mathcal{E} \subseteq 2^V, w)$, the approximate $k$-cover problem seeks for a size-$k$ subset of $V$ that has the maximum weighted coverage by \emph{sampling only a few hyperedges} in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-01-24 Hung Nguyen , Phuc Thai , My Thai , Tam Vu , Thang Dinh

A rigorous runtime analysis of evolutionary multi-objective optimization for the classical vertex cover problem in the context of parameterized complexity analysis has been presented by Kratsch and Neumann (2013). In this paper, we extend…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Mojgan Pourhassan , Feng Shi , Frank Neumann

Listing dense subgraphs in large graphs plays a key task in varieties of network analysis applications like community detection. Clique, as the densest model, has been widely investigated. However, in practice, communities rarely form as…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Zhengren Wang , Yi Zhou , Mingyu Xiao , Bakhadyr Khoussainov

Given a graph $G$, let $vc(G)$ and $vc^+(G)$ be the sizes of a minimum and a maximum minimal vertex covers of $G$, respectively. We say that $G$ is well covered if $vc(G)=vc^+(G)$ (that is, all minimal vertex covers have the same size).…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Rafael Araujo , Eurinardo Costa , Sulamita Klein , Rudini Sampaio , Ueverton S. Souza

Generally, a graph G, an independent set is a subset S of vertices in G such that no two vertices in S are adjacent (connected by an edge) and a vertex cover is a subset S of vertices such that each edge of G has at least one of its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-09-02 Kamanashis Biswas , S. A. M. Harun

The Ordered Covering Problem (OCP) arises in the context of the Discretizable Molecular Distance Geometry Problem (DMDGP), where the ordering of pruning edges significantly impacts the performance of the SBBU algorithm for protein structure…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Michael Souza , Júlio Araújo , John Kesley Costa , Carlile Lavor

Our first focus is the Capacitated Partition Vertex Cover (C-PVC) problem in hypergraphs. In C-PVC, we are given a hypergraph with capacities on its vertices and a partition of the hyperedge set into $\omega$ distinct groups. The objective…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-22 Rajni Dabas , Samir Khuller , Emilie Rivkin

We give new sublinear and parallel algorithms for the extensively studied problem of approximating n-variable r-CSPs (constraint satisfaction problems with constraints of arity r up to an additive error. The running time of our algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-07-31 Grigory Yaroslavtsev

Most optimization problems are notoriously hard. Considerable efforts must be spent in obtaining an optimal solution to certain instances that we encounter in the real world scenarios. Often it turns out that input instances get modified…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Mehul Kumar , Amit Kumar , C. Pandu Rangan

Subexponential parameterized algorithms are known for a wide range of natural problems on planar graphs, but the techniques are usually highly problem specific. The goal of this paper is to introduce a framework for obtaining…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Dániel Marx , Pranabendu Misra , Daniel Neuen , Prafullkumar Tale

We initiate the investigation of the parameterized complexity of Diameter and Connectivity in the streaming paradigm. On the positive end, we show that knowing a vertex cover of size $k$ allows for algorithms in the Adjacency List (AL)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Jelle J. Oostveen , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

In the simultaneous Max-Cut problem, we are given $k$ weighted graphs on the same set of $n$ vertices, and the goal is to find a cut of the vertex set so that the minimum, over the $k$ graphs, of the cut value is as large as possible.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-01-16 Amey Bhangale , Subhash Khot , Swastik Kopparty , Sushant Sachdeva , Devanathan Thiruvenkatachari

We develop an algorithm for estimating the values of a vector x in R^n over a support S of size k from a randomized sparse binary linear sketch Ax of size O(k). Given Ax and S, we can recover x' with ||x' - x_S||_2 <= eps ||x - x_S||_2 with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-11-22 Eric Price

The classical NP-complete problem Vertex Cover requires us to determine whether a graph contains at most $k$ vertices that cover all edges. In spite of its intractability, the problem can be solved in FPT time for parameter $k$ by various…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Leizhen Cai

We consider (closed neighbourhood) packings and their generalization in graphs. A vertex set X in a graph G is a k-limited packing if for any vertex $v\in V(G)$, $\left|N[v] \cap X\right| \le k$, where N[v] is the closed neighbourhood of v.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-05-18 Andrei Gagarin , Vadim Zverovich

In this paper, we consider the problem of planning a path for a robot to monitor a known set of features of interest in an environment. We represent the environment as a graph with vertex weights and edge lengths. The vertices represent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-10-17 Soroush Alamdari , Elaheh Fata , Stephen L. Smith

In this work, we initiate a thorough study of parameterized graph optimization problems in the distributed setting. In a parameterized problem, an algorithm decides whether a solution of size bounded by a \emph{parameter} $k$ exists and if…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Ran Ben-Basat , Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Gregory Schwartzman

In spite of the extensive study of stack and queue layouts, many fundamental questions remain open concerning the complexity-theoretic frontiers for computing stack and queue layouts. A stack (resp. queue) layout places vertices along a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Thomas Depian , Simon D. Fink , Robert Ganian , Vaishali Surianarayanan

Many algorithms have been developed for NP-hard problems on graphs with small treewidth $k$. For example, all problems that are expressable in linear extended monadic second order can be solved in linear time on graphs of bounded treewidth.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Frank Kammer , Torsten Tholey

The SetCover problem has been extensively studied in many different models of computation, including parallel and distributed settings. From an approximation point of view, there are two standard guarantees: an $O(\log…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Laxman Dhulipala , Michael Dinitz , Jakub Łącki , Slobodan Mitrović