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The problem \textsc{Token Jumping} asks whether, given a graph $G$ and two independent sets of \emph{tokens} $I$ and $J$ of $G$, we can transform $I$ into $J$ by changing the position of a single token in each step and having an independent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Daniel W. Cranston , Moritz Mühlenthaler , Benjamin Peyrille

Given two $k$-independent sets $I$ and $J$ of a graph $G$, one can ask if it is possible to transform the one into the other in such a way that, at any step, we replace one vertex of the current independent set by another while keeping the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-06-30 Nicolas Bousquet , Arnaud Mary , Aline Parreau

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

Inductive $k$-independent graphs generalize chordal graphs and have recently been advocated in the context of interference-avoiding wireless communication scheduling. The NP-hard problem of finding maximum-weight induced $c$-colorable…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Matthias Bentert , René van Bevern , Rolf Niedermeier

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

We study the following independent set reconfiguration problem, called TAR-Reachability: given two independent sets $I$ and $J$ of a graph $G$, both of size at least $k$, is it possible to transform $I$ into $J$ by adding and removing…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-02-10 Paul Bonsma

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…

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

We settle the complexity of the Independent Set Reconfiguration problem on bipartite graphs under all three commonly studied reconfiguration models. We show that under the token jumping or token addition/removal model the problem is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-07-11 Daniel Lokshtanov , Amer E. Mouawad

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

The Induced Graph Matching problem asks to find k disjoint induced subgraphs isomorphic to a given graph H in a given graph G such that there are no edges between vertices of different subgraphs. This problem generalizes the classical…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-02-11 Danny Hermelin , Matthias Mnich , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

A graph operation that {\em contracts edges} is one of the fundamental operations in the theory of graph minors. Parameterized Complexity of editing to a family of graphs by contracting $k$ edges has recently gained substantial scientific…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-19 Spoorthy Gunda , Pallavi Jain , Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Prafullkumar Tale

We consider the following problem: for a given graph G and two integers k and d, can we apply a fixed graph operation at most k times in order to reduce a given graph parameter $\pi$ by at least d? We show that this problem is NP-hard when…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Felicia Lucke , Felix Mann

In social networks the {\sc Strong Triadic Closure} is an assignment of the edges with strong or weak labels such that any two vertices that have a common neighbor with a strong edge are adjacent. The problem of maximizing the number of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-10 Athanasios Konstantinidis , Charis Papadopoulos

We study a problem of reconstruction of connected graphs where the input gives all subsets of size k that induce a connected subgraph. Originally introduced by Bastide et al. (WG 2023) for triples ($k=3$), this problem received…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-11 Kacper Kluk , Hoang La , Marta Piecyk

We consider the following problem: for a given graph $G$ and two integers $k$ and $d$, can we apply a fixed graph operation at most $k$ times in order to reduce a given graph parameter $\pi$ by at least $d$? We show that this problem is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-20 Felicia Lucke , Felix Mann

\emph{Strictly Chordality-$k$ graphs ($SC_k$)} are graphs which are either cycle-free or every induced cycle is of length exactly $k, k \geq 3$. Strictly chordality-3 and strictly chordality-4 graphs are well known chordal and chordal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-05 S. Dhanalakshmi , N. Sadagopan

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

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

In a reconfiguration setting, each clique of a graph $G$ is viewed as a set of tokens placed on vertices of $G$ such that no vertex has more than one token and any two tokens are adjacent. Three well-known reconfiguration rules have been…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-15 Quan N. Lam , Huu An Phan , Duc A. Hoang