Title
Exact and fixed-parameter algorithms for metro-line crossing minimization problems.
Abstract
A metro-line crossing minimization problem is to draw multiple lines on an underlying graph that models stations and rail tracks so that the number of crossings of lines becomes minimum. It has several variations by adding restrictions on how lines are drawn. Among those, there is one with a restriction that line terminals have to be drawn at a verge of a station, and it is known to be NP-hard even when underlying graphs are paths. This paper studies the problem in this setting, and propose new exact algorithms. We first show that a problem to decide if lines can be drawn without crossings is solved in polynomial time, and propose a fast exponential algorithm to solve a crossing minimization problem. We then propose a fixed-parameter algorithm with respect to the multiplicity of lines, which implies that the problem is FPT.
Year
Venue
Field
2013
CoRR
Minimization problem,Graph,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Exponential function,Track (rail transport),Multiplicity (mathematics),Algorithm,Minification,Time complexity,Mathematics
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1306.3538
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yoshio Okamoto117028.50
Yuichi Tatsu220.72
yushi uno322228.80