Title
Restricted and swap common superstring: a parameterized view
Abstract
In several areas, in particular in bioinformatics and in AI planning, Shortest Common Superstring problem (SCS) and variants thereof have been successfully applied. In this paper we consider two variants of SCS recently introduced (Restricted Common Superstring, $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{RCS}}}$) and (Swapped Common Superstring, $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{SWCS}}}$). In $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{RCS}}}$ we are given a set S of strings and a multiset, and we look for an ordering $\mathcal{M}_o$ of $\mathcal{M}$ such that the number of input strings which are substrings of $\mathcal{M}_o$ is maximized. In $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{SWCS}}}$ we are given a set S of strings and a text $\mathcal{T}$, and we look for a swap ordering $\mathcal{T}_o$ of $\mathcal{T}$ (an ordering of $\mathcal{T}$ obtained by swapping only some pairs of adjacent characters) such that the number of input strings which are substrings of $\mathcal{T}_o$ is maximized. In this paper we investigate the parameterized complexity of the two problems. We give two fixed-parameter algorithms, where the parameter is the size of the solution, for $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{SWCS}}}$ and $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{$\ell$-RCS}}} $ (the $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{RCS}}}$ problem restricted to strings of length bounded by a parameter ℓ). Furthermore, we complement these results by showing that $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{SWCS}}}$ and $\ensuremath{\text{\textsc{$\ell$-RCS}}} $ do not admit a polynomial kernel.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-33293-7_7
IPEC
Keywords
Field
DocType
parameterized complexity,swapped common superstring,restricted common superstring,ai planning,shortest common superstring problem,input string,fixed-parameter algorithm,parameterized view,polynomial kernel,adjacent character,common superstring
Superstring theory,Discrete mathematics,Swap (computer programming),Parameterized complexity,Combinatorics,Substring,Multiset,Mathematics,Bounded function
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
15
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Paola Bonizzoni150252.23
Riccardo Dondi28918.42
Giancarlo Mauri32106297.38
Italo Zoppis43818.39