Mixed dominating set: A parameterized perspective

Pallavi Jain, M. Jayakrishnan, Fahad Panolan, Abhishek Sahu

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Abstract

In the mixed dominating set (mds) problem, we are given an n-vertex graph G and a positive integer k, and the objective is to decide whether there exists a set S⊆ V(G) ∪ E(G) of cardinality at most k such that every element x∈ (V(G) ∪ E(G)) \ S is either adjacent to or incident with an element of S. We show that mds can be solved in time 7. 465 knO ( 1 ) on general graphs, and in time 2O(k)nO(1) on planar graphs. We complement this result by showing that mds does not admit an algorithm with running time 2 o ( k )nO ( 1 ) unless the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH) fails, and that it does not admit a polynomial kernel unless coNP ⊆ NP/ poly. In addition, we provide an algorithm which, given a graph G together with a tree decomposition of width tw, solves mds in time 6 twnO ( 1 ). We finally show that unless the Set Cover Conjecture (SeCoCo) fails, mds does not admit an algorithm with running time O((2 - ϵ) tw ( G )nO ( 1 )) for any ϵ> 0, where tw(G) is the tree-width of G.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGraph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science - 43rd International Workshop, WG 2017, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsGerhard J. Woeginger, Hans L. Bodlaender
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages330-343
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783319687049
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event43rd International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2017 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Duration: 21 Jun 201723 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10520 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference43rd International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2017
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEindhoven
Period21/06/1723/06/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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