Title
Enumerating minimal subset feedback vertex sets
Abstract
The SUBSET FEEDBACK VERTEX SET problem takes as input a weighted graph G and a vertex subset S of G, and the task is to find a set of vertices of total minimum weight to be removed from G such that in the remaining graph no cycle contains a vertex of S. This problem is a generalization of two classical NP-complete problems: FEEDBACK VERTEX SET and MULTIWAY CUT. We show that it can be solved in time O(1.8638n) for input graphs on n vertices. To the best of our knowledge, no exact algorithm breaking the trivial 2nnO(1)-time barrier has been known for SUBSET FEEDBACK VERTEX SET, even in the case of unweighted graphs. The mentioned running time is a consequence of the more general main result of this paper: we show that all minimal subset feedback vertex sets of a graph can be enumerated in O(1.8638n) time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1007/s00453-012-9731-6
workshop on algorithms and data structures
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Exact exponential algorithms,NP-hard problems,Subset feedback vertex set
Journal
69
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0178-4617
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.49
14
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fedor V. Fomin13139192.21
Pinar Heggernes284572.39
Dieter Kratsch31957146.89
Charis Papadopoulos415117.75
Yngve Villanger559237.08