The parameterized complexity of cycle packing: Indifference is not an issue

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    Abstract

    In the Cycle Packing problem, we are given an undirected graph G, a positive integer r, and the task is to check whether there exist r vertex-disjoint cycles. In this paper, we study Cycle Packing with respect to a structural parameter, namely, distance to proper interval graphs (indifference graphs). In particular, we show that Cycle Packing is fixed-parameter tractable (FPT) when parameterized by t, the size of a proper interval deletion set. For this purpose, we design an algorithm with O(2 O(t log t)nO(1)) running time. Several structural parameterizations for Cycle Packing have been studied in the literature and our FPT algorithm fills a gap in the ecology of such parameterizations. We combine color coding, greedy strategy and dynamic programming based on structural properties of proper interval graphs in a non-trivial fashion to obtain the FPT algorithm.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLATIN 2018
    Subtitle of host publicationTheoretical Informatics - 13th Latin American Symposium, Proceedings
    EditorsMiguel A. Mosteiro, Michael A. Bender, Martin Farach-Colton
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages712-726
    Number of pages15
    ISBN (Print)9783319774039
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018
    Event13th International Symposium on Latin American Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2018 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Duration: 16 Apr 201819 Apr 2018

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume10807 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference13th International Symposium on Latin American Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2018
    Country/TerritoryArgentina
    CityBuenos Aires
    Period16/04/1819/04/18

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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