@InProceedings{baste_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2017.5, author = {Baste, Julien and Thilikos, Dimitrios M.}, title = {{Contraction-Bidimensionality of Geometric Intersection Graphs}}, booktitle = {12th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2017)}, pages = {5:1--5:13}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-051-4}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2018}, volume = {89}, editor = {Lokshtanov, Daniel and Nishimura, Naomi}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2017.5}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-85487}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2017.5}, annote = {Keywords: Grid exlusion theorem, Bidimensionality, Geometric intersection graphs, String Graphs} }