Long directed (s,t)-path: FPT algorithm

Fedor V. Fomin; Daniel Lokshtanov; Fahad Panolan; Saket Saurabh; Meirav Zehavi

doi:10.1016/j.ipl.2018.04.018

Long directed (s,t)-path: FPT algorithm

Fedor V. Fomin, Daniel Lokshtanov, Fahad Panolan, Saket Saurabh, Meirav Zehavi

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Abstract

Given a digraph G, two vertices s,t∈V(G) and a non-negative integer k, the LONG DIRECTED (s,t)-PATH problem asks whether G has a path of length at least k from s to t. We present a simple algorithm that solves LONG DIRECTED (s,t)-PATH in time O^⋆(4.884^k). This results also in an improvement upon the previous fastest algorithm for LONG DIRECTED CYCLE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-12
Number of pages	5
Journal	Information Processing Letters
Volume	140
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2018.04.018
State	Published - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

Long directed (s,t)-path
Long directed cycle
Parameterized algorithm

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Theoretical Computer Science
Signal Processing
Information Systems
Computer Science Applications

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