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The MEG (minimum equivalent graph) problem is, given a directed graph, to find a small subset of the edges that maintains all reachability relations between nodes. The problem is NP-hard. This paper gives a proof that, for graphs where each…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Samir Khuller , Balaji Raghavachari , Neal Young

In this paper, we study the outerplanarity of planar graphs, i.e., the number of times that we must (in a planar embedding that we can initially freely choose) remove the outerface vertices until the graph is empty. It is well-known that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Therese Biedl , Debajyoti Mondal

A typical example that behaves computationally different in subclasses of chordal graphs is the \textsc{Subset Feedback Vertex Set} (SFVS) problem: given a vertex-weighted graph $G=(V,E)$ and a set $S\subseteq V$, the \textsc{Subset…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Charis Papadopoulos , Spyridon Tzimas

We present a new greedy rounding algorithm for the Cycle Packing Problem for uncrossable cycle families in planar graphs. This improves the best-known upper bound for the integrality gap of the natural packing LP to a constant slightly less…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Niklas Schlomberg

We solve three enumerative problems concerning families of planar maps. More precisely, we establish algebraic equations for the generating function of non-separable triangulations in which all vertices have degree at least d, for a certain…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-06-18 Olivier Bernardi

Models for generating simple graphs are important in the study of real-world complex networks. A well established example of such a model is the erased configuration model, where each node receives a number of half-edges that are connected…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-09-25 Pim van der Hoorn , Nelly Litvak

A dual version of a conjecture by Woodall asserts that, in a planar digraph, the length of a shortest dicycle equals the maximum number of pairwise disjoint feedback arc sets. We verify this conjecture for the case where the underlying…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Juan Gutiérrez

A \emph{resolving set} $R$ in a graph $G$ is a set of vertices such that every vertex of $G$ is uniquely identified by its distances to the vertices of $R$. Introduced in the 1970s, this concept has been since then extensively studied from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Jan Bok , Antoine Dailly , Tuomo Lehtilä

We give an upper bound on the number of cycles in a simple graph in terms of its degree sequence, and apply this bound to resolve several conjectures of Kir\'aly and Arman and Tsaturian and to improve upper bounds on the maximum number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Zdeněk Dvořák , Natasha Morrison , Jonathan A. Noel , Sergey Norin , Luke Postle

For a directed graph $G$, let $\mathrm{mindeg}(G)$ be the minimum among in-degrees and out-degrees of all vertices of $G$. It is easy to see that $G$ contains a directed cycle of length at least $\mathrm{mindeg}(G)+1$. In this note, we show…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Jadwiga Czyżewska , Marcin Pilipczuk

Given a set of nonempty subsets of some universal set, their intersection graph is defined as the graph with one vertex for each set and two vertices are adjacent precisely when their representing sets have non-empty intersection. Sometimes…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-02-15 Mahipal Jadeja , Rahul Muthu , Sunitha V

An \emph{obstacle representation} of a graph consists of a set of polygonal obstacles and a distinct point for each vertex such that two points see each other if and only if the corresponding vertices are adjacent. Obstacle representations…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-06-14 Alexander Koch , Marcus Krug , Ignaz Rutter

Beyond-planarity focuses on the study of geometric and topological graphs that are in some sense nearly-planar. Here, planarity is relaxed by allowing edge crossings, but only with respect to some local forbidden crossing configurations.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Patrizio Angelini , Michael A. Bekos , Michael Kaufmann , Maximilian Pfister , Torsten Ueckerdt

The problem of leaders location plays an important role in the controllability of undirected graphs.The concept of minimal perfect critical vertex set is introduced by drawing support from the eigenvector of Laplace matrix. Using the notion…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Li Dai , Dianlong Yu , Zheng Xie

Multi-layer graphs consist of several graphs (layers) over the same vertex set. They are motivated by real-world problems where entities (vertices) are associated via multiple types of relationships (edges in different layers). We chart the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Robert Bredereck , Christian Komusiewicz , Stefan Kratsch , Hendrik Molter , Rolf Niedermeier , Manuel Sorge

Graph editing problems offer an interesting perspective on sub- and supergraph identification problems for a large variety of target properties. They have also attracted significant attention in recent years, particularly in the area of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-03-06 Luke Mathieson

We prove that for every set $S$ of vertices of a directed graph $D$, the maximum number of vertices in $S$ contained in a collection of vertex-disjoint cycles in $D$ is at least the minimum size of a set of vertices that hits all cycles…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Nathan Bowler , Ebrahim Ghorbani , Florian Gut , Raphael W. Jacobs , Florian Reich

Product structure theorems are a collection of recent results that have been used to resolve a number of longstanding open problems on planar graphs and related graph classes. One particularly useful version states that every planar graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-17 Vida Dujmović , Gwenaël Joret , Piotr Micek , Pat Morin , David R. Wood

We study the computational complexity of two well-known graph transversal problems, namely Subset Feedback Vertex Set and Subset Odd Cycle Transversal, by restricting the input to $H$-free graphs, that is, to graphs that do not contain some…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Nick Brettell , Matthew Johnson , Giacomo Paesani , Daniël Paulusma

The learning complexity of special sets of vertices in graphs is studied in the model(s) of exact learning by (extended) equivalence and membership queries. Polynomial-time learning algorithms are described for vertex covers, independent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Lane H. Clark , Patricia A. Evans , Michael R. Fellows , Walter D. Wallis