Title
Efficient parallel algorithms for parameterized problems
Abstract
A parameterized problem is fixed-parameter parallelizable (FPP) if it can be solved in O(f(k)⋅(log⁡N)α) time using O(g(k)⋅Nβ) processors, where N is the input size, k is the parameter, f and g are arbitrary computable functions, and α, β are constants independent of N and k. We re-examine the k-vertex cover problem from a parameterized parallel complexity standpoint and present a parallel algorithm that outperforms the previous known algorithm: using O(m) instead of O(n2) processors, the running time improves from O(kk) to O(k3log⁡n+1.2738k), where n and m are the number of vertices and edges of the input graph, respectively. This is achieved by first showing that vertex cover kernelization that is based on crown decomposition is in FPP as well. Finally, we consider the use of the recently introduced modular-width parameter. In particular, we show that the weighted maximum clique problem is FPP when parameterized by this auxiliary parameter.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1016/j.tcs.2018.11.006
Theoretical Computer Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
Parameterized parallel complexity,Vertex cover,Modular-width
Parallelizable manifold,Kernelization,Discrete mathematics,Parameterized complexity,Combinatorics,Vertex (geometry),Parallel algorithm,Vertex cover,Clique problem,Mathematics,Computable function
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
786
0304-3975
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
19
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Faisal N. Abu Khzam140436.25
Shouwei Li212.04
Christine Markarian323.08
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide41744238.01
Pavel Podlipyan512.04