Title
Parameterized algorithms and data reduction for the short secluded s‐t‐path problem
Abstract
Given a graph G = (V, E), two vertices s, t is an element of V, and two integers k, l, the Short Secluded Path problem is to find a simple s-t-path with at most k vertices and l neighbors. We study the parameterized complexity of the problem with respect to four structural graph parameters: the vertex cover number, treewidth, feedback vertex number, and feedback edge number. In particular, we completely settle the question of the existence of problem kernels with size polynomial in these parameters and their combinations with k and l. We also obtain a 2(O(tw)) center dot l(2) center dot n-time algorithm for n-vertex graphs of treewidth tw, which yields subexponential-time algorithms in several graph classes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1002/net.21904
NETWORKS
Keywords
Field
DocType
fixed-parameter tractability,kernelization lower bounds,NP-hard problem,problem kernelization,subexponential time,treewidth
Combinatorics,Treewidth,Mathematics,Data reduction,Parameterized algorithms
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
75.0
1.0
0028-3045
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
René van Bevern112619.33
till fluschnik2111.92
O. Yu. Tsidulko312.85