Beyond classes of graphs with “few” minimal separators: FPT results through potential maximal cliques

Mathieu Liedloff, Pedro Montealegre, Ioan Todinca

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Abstract

In many graph problems, like Longest Induced Path, Maximum Induced Forest, etc., we are given as input a graph G and the goal is to compute a largest induced subgraph G[F], of treewidth at most a constant t, and satisfying some property P. Fomin et al. [12] proved that this generic problem is polynomial on the class of graphs Gpoly, i.e., the graphs having at most poly(n) minimal separators for some polynomial poly, when property P is expressible in counting monadic second order logic (CMSO). Here we consider the class Gpoly + kv, formed by graphs of Gpoly to which we may add a set of at most k vertices with arbitrary adjacencies, called modulator. We prove that the generic optimization problem is fixed parameter tractable on Gpoly + kv, with parameter k, if the modulator is also part of the input. The running time is of type O(f(k + t, P) · nt+5 · (poly(n)2)), for some function f.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGraph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science - 41st International Workshop, WG 2015, Revised Papers
EditorsErnst W. Mayr
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages499-512
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783662531730
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event41st International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2015 - Garching, Germany
Duration: 17 Jun 201519 Jun 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9224 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference41st International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityGarching
Period17/06/1519/06/15

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