Domination Problems in Nowhere-Dense Classes

Authors Anuj Dawar, Stephan Kreutzer



PDF
Thumbnail PDF

File

LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2009.2315.pdf
  • Filesize: 225 kB
  • 12 pages

Document Identifiers

Author Details

Anuj Dawar
Stephan Kreutzer

Cite AsGet BibTex

Anuj Dawar and Stephan Kreutzer. Domination Problems in Nowhere-Dense Classes. In IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 4, pp. 157-168, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2009)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2009.2315

Abstract

We investigate the parameterized complexity of generalisations and variations of the dominating set problem on classes of graphs that are nowhere dense. In particular, we show that the distance-$d$ dominating-set problem, also known as the $(k,d)$-centres problem, is fixed-parameter tractable on any class that is nowhere dense and closed under induced subgraphs. This generalises known results about the dominating set problem on $H$-minor free classes, classes with locally excluded minors and classes of graphs of bounded expansion. A key feature of our proof is that it is based simply on the fact that these graph classes are uniformly quasi-wide, and does not rely on a structural decomposition. Our result also establishes that the distance-$d$ dominating-set problem is FPT on classes of bounded expansion, answering a question of Ne{\v s}et{\v r}il and Ossona de Mendez.
Keywords
  • Dominating Set
  • distance-d dominating set
  • nowhere-dense graph classes
  • H-minor free graphs
  • fixed-parameter tractablility

Metrics

  • Access Statistics
  • Total Accesses (updated on a weekly basis)
    0
    PDF Downloads
Questions / Remarks / Feedback
X

Feedback for Dagstuhl Publishing


Thanks for your feedback!

Feedback submitted

Could not send message

Please try again later or send an E-mail