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The starting point of our work is a decade-old open question concerning the subexponential parameterized complexity of \textsc{2-Layer Crossing Minimization}. In this problem, the input is an $n$-vertex graph $G$ whose vertices are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tanmay Inamdar , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

We study how to sparsify connectivity in graphs under a tight deletion budget. Given a graph $G$ and integers $k,x \ge 0$, Critical Node Cut (CNC) asks whether we can delete at most $k$ vertices so that the number of remaining unordered…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Dušan Knop , Nikolaos Melissinos , Manolis Vasilakis

The K-way vertex cut problem} consists in, given a graph G, finding a subset of vertices of a given size, whose removal partitions G into the maximum number of connected components. This problem has many applications in several areas. It…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Mohammed Lalou

Given two points in the plane, a set of obstacles defined by closed curves, and an integer $k$, does there exist a path between the two designated points intersecting at most $k$ of the obstacles? This is a fundamental and well-studied…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-05 Eduard Eiben , Daniel Lokshtanov

Given a graph $G = (V,E)$, $A \subseteq V$, and integers $k$ and $\ell$, the \textsc{$(A,\ell)$-Path Packing} problem asks to find $k$ vertex-disjoint paths of length $\ell$ that have endpoints in $A$ and internal points in $V \setminus A$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Rémy Belmonte , Tesshu Hanaka , Masaaki Kanzaki , Masashi Kiyomi , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Yusuke Kobayashi , Michael Lampis , Hirotaka Ono , Yota Otachi

In 1985, Chv\'{a}tal introduced the concept of star cutsets as a means to investigate the properties of perfect graphs, which inspired many researchers to study cutsets with some specific structures, for example, star cutsets, clique…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-24 Hengzhe Li , Qiong Wang , Jianbing Liu , Yanhong Gao

We design the first subexponential-time (parameterized) algorithms for several cut and cycle-hitting problems on $H$-minor free graphs. In particular, we obtain the following results (where $k$ is the solution-size parameter). 1.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Sayan Bandyapadhyay , William Lochet , Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Jie Xue

Graph Burning asks, given a graph $G = (V,E)$ and an integer $k$, whether there exists $(b_{0},\dots,b_{k-1}) \in V^{k}$ such that every vertex in $G$ has distance at most $i$ from some $b_{i}$. This problem is known to be NP-complete even…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-29 Yasuaki Kobayashi , Yota Otachi

The parameterized analysis of graph modification problems represents the most extensively studied area within Parameterized Complexity. Given a graph $G$ and an integer $k\in\mathbb{N}$ as input, the goal is to determine whether we can…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-11-21 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tanmay Inamdar , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

We investigate the parameterized complexity of the graph editing problem called Editing to a Graph with a Given Degree Sequence, where the aim is to obtain a graph with a given degree sequence \sigma by at most k vertex or edge deletions…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-01-14 Petr A. Golovach , George B. Mertzios

We study the algorithmic complexity of partitioning the vertex set of a given (di)graph into a small number of paths. The Path Partition problem (PP) has been studied extensively, as it includes Hamiltonian Path as a special case. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Henning Fernau , Florent Foucaud , Kevin Mann , Utkarsh Padariya , Rajath Rao K. N

Problems of the following kind have been the focus of much recent research in the realm of parameterized complexity: Given an input graph (digraph) on $n$ vertices and a positive integer parameter $k$, find if there exist $k$ edges (arcs)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-18 Prachi Goyal , Pranabendu Misra , Fahad Panolan , Geevarghese Philip , Saket Saurabh

Given a graph class $\mathcal{H}$, the task of the $\mathcal{H}$-Square Root problem is to decide, whether an input graph $G$ has a square root $H$ from $\mathcal{H}$. We are interested in the parameterized complexity of the problem for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Petr A. Golovach , Paloma T. Lima , Charis Papadopoulos

The Target Set Selection problem takes as an input a graph $G$ and a non-negative integer threshold $ \mbox{thr}(v) $ for every vertex $v$. A vertex $v$ can get active as soon as at least $ \mbox{thr}(v) $ of its neighbors have been…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-10-03 Tim A. Hartmann

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$, a set $\mathcal{F}$ of forbidden subgraphs, we study $\mathcal{F}$-Free Edge Deletion, where the goal is to remove minimum number of edges such that the resulting graph does not contain any $F\in \mathcal{F}$ as a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Ajinkya Gaikwad , Soumen Maity

In the Disjoint Paths problem, the input is an undirected graph $G$ on $n$ vertices and a set of $k$ vertex pairs, $\{s_i,t_i\}_{i=1}^k$, and the task is to find $k$ pairwise vertex-disjoint paths connecting $s_i$ to $t_i$. The problem was…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Daniel Lokshtanov , Pranabendu Misra , Michal Pilipczuk , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

Consider the following "local" cut-detection problem in a directed graph: We are given a seed vertex $x$ and need to remove at most $k$ edges so that at most $\nu$ edges can be reached from $x$ (a "local" cut) or output $\bot$ to indicate…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Sebastian Forster , Danupon Nanongkai , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Liu Yang , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

The Directed Feedback Vertex Set (DFVS) problem takes as input a directed graph~$G$ and seeks a smallest vertex set~$S$ that hits all cycles in $G$. This is one of Karp's 21 $\mathsf{NP}$-complete problems. Resolving the parameterized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-06 Alexander Göke , Dániel Marx , Matthias Mnich

We consider the problem of deterministically enumerating all minimum $k$-cut-sets in a given hypergraph for any fixed $k$. The input here is a hypergraph $G = (V, E)$ with non-negative hyperedge costs. A subset $F$ of hyperedges is a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Calvin Beideman , Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran , Weihang Wang

Problems related to finding induced subgraphs satisfying given properties form one of the most studied areas within graph algorithms. Such problems have given rise to breakthrough results and led to development of new techniques both within…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Petr A. Golovach , Pinar Heggernes , Paloma Lima , Pedro Montealegre