,
Jan Derbisz,
Tomasz Krawczyk
,
Jana Novotná
,
Karolina Okrasa
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A permutation graph can be defined as an intersection graph of segments whose endpoints lie on two parallel lines 𝓁₁ and 𝓁₂, one on each. A bipartite permutation graph is a permutation graph which is bipartite. In this paper we study the parameterized complexity of the bipartite permutation vertex deletion problem, which asks, for a given n-vertex graph, whether we can remove at most k vertices to obtain a bipartite permutation graph. This problem is NP-complete by the classical result of Lewis and Yannakakis [John M. Lewis and Mihalis Yannakakis, 1980]. We analyze the structure of the so-called almost bipartite permutation graphs which may contain holes (large induced cycles) in contrast to bipartite permutation graphs. We exploit the structural properties of the shortest hole in a such graph. We use it to obtain an algorithm for the bipartite permutation vertex deletion problem with running time f(k)n^O(1), and also give a polynomial-time 9-approximation algorithm.
@InProceedings{bozyk_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.5,
author = {Bo\.{z}yk, {\L}ukasz and Derbisz, Jan and Krawczyk, Tomasz and Novotn\'{a}, Jana and Okrasa, Karolina},
title = {{Vertex Deletion into Bipartite Permutation Graphs}},
booktitle = {15th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2020)},
pages = {5:1--5:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-172-6},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2020},
volume = {180},
editor = {Cao, Yixin and Pilipczuk, Marcin},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.5},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-133087},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.5},
annote = {Keywords: permutation graphs, comparability graphs, partially ordered set, graph modification problems}
}