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We consider the {\em Capacitated Domination} problem, which models a service-requirement assignment scenario and is also a generalization of the well-known {\em Dominating Set} problem. In this problem, given a graph with three parameters…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-05-18 Mong-Jen Kao , Han-Lin Chen

A Fixed-Parameter Tractable (\FPT) $\rho$-approximation algorithm for a minimization (resp. maximization) parameterized problem $P$ is an FPT algorithm that, given an instance $(x, k)\in P$ computes a solution of cost at most $k \cdot…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-08-19 Rajesh Chitnis , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Guy Kortsarz

In this paper we study the dynamic versions of two basic graph problems: Minimum Dominating Set and its variant Minimum Connected Dominating Set. For those two problems, we present algorithms that maintain a solution under edge insertions…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-29 Niklas Hjuler , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Nikos Parotsidis , David Saulpic

We study a recently introduced generalization of the Vertex Cover (VC) problem, called Power Vertex Cover (PVC). In this problem, each edge of the input graph is supplied with a positive integer demand. A solution is an assignment of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Eric Angel , Evripidis Bampis , Bruno Escoffier , Michael Lampis

A mixed dominating set for a graph $G = (V,E)$ is a set $S\subseteq V \cup E$ such that every element $x \in (V \cup E) \backslash S$ is either adjacent or incident to an element of $S$. The mixed domination number of a graph $G$, denoted…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-06-22 M. Rajaati , M. R. Hooshmandasl , M. J. Dinneen , A. Shakiba

A graph $G$ is called B$_k$-VPG (resp., B$_k$-EPG), for some constant $k\geq 0$, if it has a string representation on a grid such that each vertex is an orthogonal path with at most $k$ bends and two vertices are adjacent in $G$ if and only…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-02-21 Saeed Mehrabi

We introduce a hierarchy of problems between the \textsc{Dominating Set} problem and the \textsc{Power Dominating Set} (PDS) problem called the $\ell$-round power dominating set ($\ell$-round PDS, for short) problem. For $\ell=1$, this is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-02-18 Ashkan Aazami

We consider the capacitated domination problem, which models a service-requirement assigning scenario and which is also a generalization of the dominating set problem. In this problem, we are given a graph with three parameters defined on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-08-24 Mong-Jen Kao , D. T. Lee

We study the \textsc{$\alpha$-Fixed Cardinality Graph Partitioning ($\alpha$-FCGP)} problem, the generic local graph partitioning problem introduced by Bonnet et al. [Algorithmica 2015]. In this problem, we are given a graph $G$, two…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tanmay Inamdar , Tomohiro Koana

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$, a vertex $u \in V$ {\em ve-dominates} all edges incident to any vertex of $N_G[u]$. A set $S \subseteq V$ is a {\em ve-dominating set} if for all edges $e\in E$, there exists a vertex $u\in S$ such that $u$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Yichen Wang , Haixiang Zhang , Mei Lu

In this paper we study fair variants of MSO$_1$ definable problems parameterized by cluster vertex deletion number, i.e., the smallest number of vertices required to be removed from the graph such that what remains is a collection of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Tomáš Masařík , Jędrzej Olkowski , Anna Zych-Pawlewicz

An efficient dominating set (or perfect code) in a graph is a set of vertices the closed neighborhoods of which partition the vertex set of the graph. The minimum weight efficient domination problem is the problem of finding an efficient…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-11-26 Andreas Brandstädt , Pavel Fičur , Arne Leitert , Martin Milanič

Given a graph $G = (V, E)$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, the DominatingSet problem asks for a set $D \subseteq V$ of minimal cardinality such that every vertex either is in $D$ or adjacent to a member of $D$. Although there is little…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Lukas Geis , Alexander Leonhardt , Johannes Meintrup , Ulrich Meyer , Manuel Penschuck , Lukas Retschmeier

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

We present a pseudopolynomial-time algorithm for the Knapsack problem that has running time $\widetilde{O}(n + t\sqrt{p_{\max}})$, where $n$ is the number of items, $t$ is the knapsack capacity, and $p_{\max}$ is the maximum item profit.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Karl Bringmann , Anita Dürr , Adam Polak

In the vertex connectivity augmentation problem, we are given an undirected $n$-vertex graph $G$, a set of links $L \subseteq \binom{V(G)}{2} \setminus E(G)$, and integers $\lambda$ and $k$. The task is to insert at most $k$ links from $L$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Tuukka Korhonen , Mikkel Thorup

Let $G=(V, E)$ be a graph where $V$ and $E$ are the vertex and edge sets, respectively. For two disjoint subsets $A$ and $B$ of $V$, we say $A$ \textit{dominates} $B$ if every vertex of $B$ is adjacent to at least one vertex of $A$ in $G$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-28 Subhabrata Paul , Kamal Santra

The development of a satisfying and rigorous mathematical understanding of the performance of neural networks is a major challenge in artificial intelligence. Against this background, we study the expressive power of neural networks through…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Christoph Hertrich , Martin Skutella

The Planar Steiner Tree problem is one of the most fundamental NP-complete problems as it models many network design problems. Recall that an instance of this problem consists of a graph with edge weights, and a subset of vertices (often…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-19 Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak , Jesper Nederlof , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

We consider the parameterized complexity of the problem of tracking shortest s-t paths in graphs, motivated by applications in security and wireless networks. Given an undirected and unweighted graph with a source s and a destination t,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Aritra Banik , Pratibha Choudhary , Venkatesh Raman , Saket Saurabh