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We consider the problem of finding a subgraph of a given graph which minimizes the sum of given functions at vertices evaluated at their subgraph degrees. While the problem is NP-hard already when all functions are the same, we show that it…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Shmuel Onn

We consider global problems, i.e. problems that take at least diameter time, even when the bandwidth is not restricted. We show that all problems considered admit efficient solutions in low-treewidth graphs. By ``efficient'' we mean that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Taisuke Izumi , Naoki Kitamura , Takamasa Naruse , Gregory Schwartzman

Over the past decade, we witness an increasing amount of interest in the design of exact exponential-time and parameterized algorithms for problems in Graph Drawing. Unfortunately, we still lack knowledge of general methods to develop such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Siddharth Gupta , Guy Sa'ar , Meirav Zehavi

The tree-independence number tree-$\alpha$, first defined and studied by Dallard, Milani\v{c} and \v{S}torgel, is a variant of treewidth tailored to solving the maximum independent set problem. Over a series of papers, Abrishami et al.…

We extend the notion of lossy kernelization, introduced by Lokshtanov et al. [STOC 2017], to approximate Turing kernelization. An $\alpha$-approximate Turing kernel for a parameterized optimization problem is a polynomial-time algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Eva-Maria C. Hols , Stefan Kratsch , Astrid Pieterse

In the classic Maximum Weight Independent Set problem we are given a graph $G$ with a nonnegative weight function on vertices, and the goal is to find an independent set in $G$ of maximum possible weight. While the problem is NP-hard in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Andrzej Grzesik , Tereza Klimošová , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk

In the last decade, algorithmic frameworks based on a structural graph parameter called mim-width have been developed to solve generally NP-hard problems. However, it is known that the frameworks cannot be applied to the Clique problem, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Yota Otachi , Akira Suzuki , Yuma Tamura

In the Weighted Treewidth-$\eta$ Deletion problem we are given a node-weighted graph $G$ and we look for a vertex subset $X$ of minimum weight such that the treewidth of $G-X$ is at most $\eta$. We show that Weighted Treewidth-$\eta$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Michał Włodarczyk

Many natural computational problems, including e.g. Max Weight Independent Set, Feedback Vertex Set, or Vertex Planarization, can be unified under an umbrella of finding the largest sparse induced subgraph, that satisfies some property…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Maria Chudnovsky , Jadwiga Czyżewska , Kacper Kluk , Marcin Pilipczuk , Paweł Rzążewski

The complexity of the maximum common connected subgraph problem in partial $k$-trees is still not fully understood. Polynomial-time solutions are known for degree-bounded outerplanar graphs, a subclass of the partial $2$-trees. On the other…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-10 Nils Kriege , Florian Kurpicz , Petra Mutzel

The clique-width is a measure of complexity of decomposing graphs into certain tree-like structures. The class of graphs with bounded clique-width contains bounded tree-width graphs. We give a polynomial time graph isomorphism algorithm for…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-04-29 Bireswar Das , Murali Krishna Enduri , I. Vinod Reddy

Combining the techniques of approximation algorithms and parameterized complexity has long been considered a promising research area, but relatively few results are currently known. In this paper we study the parameterized approximability…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-02-18 Michael Lampis

The maximum independent set problem is a classic optimization problem that has also been studied quite intensively in the distributed setting. While the problem is hard to approximate in general, there are good approximation algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Salwa Faour , Fabian Kuhn

Considering the worst-case scenario, junction tree algorithm remains the most general solution for exact MAP inference with polynomial run-time guarantees. Unfortunately, its main tractability assumption requires the treewidth of a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-02-10 Alexander Bauer , Shinichi Nakajima

Many recent works address the question of characterizing induced obstructions to bounded treewidth. In 2022, Lozin and Razgon completely answered this question for graph classes defined by finitely many forbidden induced subgraphs. Their…

In the Fully Leafed Induced Subtrees, one is given a graph $G$ and two integers $a$ and $b$ and the question is to find an induced subtree of $G$ with $a$ vertices and at least $b$ leaves. This problem is known to be NP-complete even when…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Julien Baste

Many important combinatorial problems can be modeled as constraint satisfaction problems. Hence identifying polynomial-time solvable classes of constraint satisfaction problems has received a lot of attention. In this paper, we are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Martin Grohe , Dániel Marx

A hole in a graph is an induced cycle of length at least 4. A hole is long if its length is at least 5. By $P_t$ we denote a path on $t$ vertices. In this paper we give polynomial-time algorithms for the following problems: the Maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Tara Abrishami , Maria Chudnovsky , Marcin Pilipczuk , Paweł Rzążewski , Paul Seymour

We give polynomial time logarithmic approximation guarantees for the budget minimization, as well as for the profit maximization versions of minimum spanning tree interdiction. In this problem, the goal is to remove some edges of an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Rafail Ostrovsky , Yuval Rabani , Yoav Siman Tov

For a graph property $\Pi$, Subgraph Complementation to $\Pi$ is the problem to find whether there is a subset $S$ of vertices of the input graph $G$ such that modifying $G$ by complementing the subgraph induced by $S$ results in a graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Dhanyamol Antony , Sagartanu Pal , R. B. Sandeep , R. Subashini