@InProceedings{jansen_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2011.177, author = {Jansen, Bart M. P. and Bodlaender, Hans L.}, title = {{Vertex Cover Kernelization Revisited: Upper and Lower Bounds for a Refined Parameter}}, booktitle = {28th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2011)}, pages = {177--188}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-939897-25-5}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2011}, volume = {9}, editor = {Schwentick, Thomas and D\"{u}rr, Christoph}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2011.177}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-30097}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2011.177}, annote = {Keywords: kernelization, lower bounds, parameterized complexity} }