TY - GEN
T1 - Hardness and Approximation for the Geodetic Set Problem in Some Graph Classes
AU - Chakraborty, Dibyayan
AU - Foucaud, Florent
AU - Gahlawat, Harmender
AU - Ghosh, Subir Kumar
AU - Roy, Bodhayan
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PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - In this paper, we study the computational complexity of finding the geodetic number of graphs. A set of vertices S of a graph G is a geodetic set if any vertex of G lies in some shortest path between some pair of vertices from S. The Minimum Geodetic Set (MGS) problem is to find a geodetic set with minimum cardinality. In this paper, we prove that solving MGS is NP-hard on planar graphs with a maximum degree six and line graphs. We also show that unless there is no polynomial time algorithm to solve MGS with sublogarithmic approximation factor (in terms of the number of vertices) even on graphs with diameter 2. On the positive side, we give an 3 \of {n}\log n\right) -approximation algorithm for MGS on general graphs of order n. We also give a 3-approximation algorithm for MGS on solid grid graphs which are planar.
AB - In this paper, we study the computational complexity of finding the geodetic number of graphs. A set of vertices S of a graph G is a geodetic set if any vertex of G lies in some shortest path between some pair of vertices from S. The Minimum Geodetic Set (MGS) problem is to find a geodetic set with minimum cardinality. In this paper, we prove that solving MGS is NP-hard on planar graphs with a maximum degree six and line graphs. We also show that unless there is no polynomial time algorithm to solve MGS with sublogarithmic approximation factor (in terms of the number of vertices) even on graphs with diameter 2. On the positive side, we give an 3 \of {n}\log n\right) -approximation algorithm for MGS on general graphs of order n. We also give a 3-approximation algorithm for MGS on solid grid graphs which are planar.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-39219-2_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-39219-2_9
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85079554051
SN - 9783030392185
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 102
EP - 115
BT - Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics - 6th International Conference, CALDAM 2020, Proceedings
A2 - Changat, Manoj
A2 - Das, Sandip
PB - Springer
T2 - 6th International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2020
Y2 - 13 February 2020 through 15 February 2020
ER -