Fixed-parameter complexity of minimum profile problems

Gregory Gutin, Stefan Szeider, Anders Yeo

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Abstract

An ordering of a graph G = (V, E] is a one-to-one mapping α : V → {1,2,..., |V|}. The profile of an ordering α of G is prf α(G) = σvεV(α(u) - min{α(u) : u ∈ N[v}}); here N[v] denotes the closed neighborhood of v. The profile prf(G) of G is the minimum of prfα(G) over all orderings α of G. It is well-known that prf(G) equals the minimum number of edges in an interval graph H that contains G as a subgraph. We show by reduction to a problem kernel of linear size that deciding whether the profile of a connected graph G = (V, E) is at most |V| -1 + k is fixed-parameter tractable with respect to the parameter k. Since |V| -1 is a tight lower bound for the profile of a connected graph G = (V,E), the parameterization above the guaranteed value |V| -1 is of particular interest.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationParameterized and Exact Computation - Second International Workshop, IWPEC 2006, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages60-71
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)3540390987, 9783540390985
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation, IWPEC 2006 - Zurich, Switzerland
Duration: 13 Sept 200615 Sept 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4169 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation, IWPEC 2006
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityZurich
Period13/09/0615/09/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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