@InProceedings{kaminski_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2012.182, author = {Kaminski, Marcin and Thilikos, Dimitrios M.}, title = {{Contraction checking in graphs on surfaces}}, booktitle = {29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012)}, pages = {182--193}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-939897-35-4}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2012}, volume = {14}, editor = {D\"{u}rr, Christoph and Wilke, Thomas}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.182}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-34032}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.182}, annote = {Keywords: Surfaces, Topological Minors, Contractions, Parameterized algorithms, Linkages} }