Conflict Free Feedback Vertex Set: A Parameterized Dichotomy

Authors Akanksha Agrawal, Pallavi Jain, Lawqueen Kanesh, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh



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Akanksha Agrawal
  • Institute of Computer Science and Control, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), Budapest, Hungary
Pallavi Jain
  • Institute of Mathematical Sciences, HBNI, Chennai, India
Lawqueen Kanesh
  • Institute of Mathematical Sciences, HBNI, Chennai, India
Daniel Lokshtanov
  • Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Saket Saurabh
  • Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, HBNI, Chennai, India, UMI ReLax

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Akanksha Agrawal, Pallavi Jain, Lawqueen Kanesh, Daniel Lokshtanov, and Saket Saurabh. Conflict Free Feedback Vertex Set: A Parameterized Dichotomy. In 43rd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 117, pp. 53:1-53:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2018.53

Abstract

In this paper we study recently introduced conflict version of the classical Feedback Vertex Set (FVS) problem. For a family of graphs F, we consider the problem F-CF-Feedback Vertex Set (F-CF-FVS, for short). The F-CF-FVS problem takes as an input a graph G, a graph H in F (where V(G)=V(H)), and an integer k, and the objective is to decide if there is a set S subseteq V(G) of size at most k such that G-S is a forest and S is an independent set in H. Observe that if we instantiate F to be the family of edgeless graphs then we get the classical FVS problem. Jain, Kanesh, and Misra [CSR 2018] showed that in contrast to FVS, F-CF-FVS is W[1]-hard on general graphs and admits an FPT algorithm if F is the family of d-degenerate graphs. In this paper, we relate F-CF-FVS to the Independent Set problem on special classes of graphs, and obtain a complete dichotomy result on the Parameterized Complexity of the problem F-CF-FVS, when F is a hereditary graph family. In particular, we show that F-CF-FVS is FPT parameterized by the solution size if and only if F+Cluster IS is FPT parameterized by the solution size. Here, F+Cluster IS is the Independent Set problem in the (edge) union of a graph G in F and a cluster graph H (G and H are explicitly given). Next, we exploit this characterization to obtain new FPT results as well as intractability results for F-CF-FVS. In particular, we give an FPT algorithm for F+Cluster IS when F is the family of K_{i,j}-free graphs. We show that for the family of bipartite graph B, B-CF-FVS is W[1]-hard, when parameterized by the solution size. Finally, we consider, for each 0< epsilon<1, the family of graphs F_epsilon, which comprise of graphs G such that |E(G)| <= |V(G)|^(2-epsilon), and show that F_epsilon-CF-FVS is W[1]-hard, when parameterized by the solution size, for every 0<epsilon<1.

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  • Theory of computation → Graph algorithms analysis
  • Theory of computation → Fixed parameter tractability
  • Theory of computation → W hierarchy
Keywords
  • Conflict-free
  • Feedback Vertex Set
  • FPT algorithm
  • W[1]-hardness

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