The 2024 PACE challenge is on One-Sided Crossing Minimization: Given a bipartite graph with one fixed and one free layer, compute an ordering of the vertices in the free layer that minimizes the number of edge crossings in a straight-line drawing of the graph. Here, we briefly describe our exact, parameterized, and heuristic submissions. The main contribution is an efficient reduction to a weighted version of Directed Feedback Arc Set, allowing us to detect subproblems that can be solved independently.
@InProceedings{langedal_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2024.34, author = {Langedal, Kenneth and Bentert, Matthias and Blanco, Thorgal and Drange, P\r{a}l Gr{\o}n\r{a}s}, title = {{PACE Solver Description: LUNCH - Linear Uncrossing Heuristics}}, booktitle = {19th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2024)}, pages = {34:1--34:4}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-353-9}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2024}, volume = {321}, editor = {Bonnet, \'{E}douard and Rz\k{a}\.{z}ewski, Pawe{\l}}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2024.34}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-222608}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2024.34}, annote = {Keywords: graph drawing, feedback arc set, algorithm engineering} }
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