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Complete Volume
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024
LIPIcs, Volume 294, SWAT 2024, Complete Volume

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 294, 19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024)

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LIPIcs, Volume 294, SWAT 2024, Complete Volume
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19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 294, pp. 1-686, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@Proceedings{bodlaender:LIPIcs.SWAT.2024,
  title =	{{LIPIcs, Volume 294, SWAT 2024, Complete Volume}},
  booktitle =	{19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024)},
  pages =	{1--686},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-318-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{294},
  editor =	{Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-200397},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024},
  annote =	{Keywords: LIPIcs, Volume 294, SWAT 2024, Complete Volume}
}
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Front Matter
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.0
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 294, 19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024)

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Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization
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19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 294, pp. 0:i-0:xvi, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender:LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.0,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  title =	{{Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}},
  booktitle =	{19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024)},
  pages =	{0:i--0:xvi},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-318-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{294},
  editor =	{Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.0},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-200400},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.0},
  annote =	{Keywords: Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.6
The Parameterised Complexity Of Integer Multicommodity Flow

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Isja Mannens, Jelle J. Oostveen, Sukanya Pandey, and Erik Jan van Leeuwen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 285, 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2023)

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The Integer Multicommodity Flow problem has been studied extensively in the literature. However, from a parameterised perspective, mostly special cases, such as the Disjoint Path problem, have been considered. Therefore, we investigate the parameterised complexity of the general Integer Multicommodity Flow problem. We show that the decision version of this problem on directed graphs for a constant number of commodities, when the capacities are given in unary, is XNLP-complete with pathwidth as parameter and XALP-complete with treewidth as parameter. When the capacities are given in binary, the problem is NP-complete even for graphs of pathwidth at most 13. We give related results for undirected graphs. These results imply that the problem is unlikely to be fixed-parameter tractable by these parameters. In contrast, we show that the problem does become fixed-parameter tractable when weighted tree partition width (a variant of tree partition width for edge weighted graphs) is used as parameter.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Isja Mannens, Jelle J. Oostveen, Sukanya Pandey, and Erik Jan van Leeuwen. The Parameterised Complexity Of Integer Multicommodity Flow. In 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 285, pp. 6:1-6:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.6,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Mannens, Isja and Oostveen, Jelle J. and Pandey, Sukanya and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
  title =	{{The Parameterised Complexity Of Integer Multicommodity Flow}},
  booktitle =	{18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2023)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-305-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{285},
  editor =	{Misra, Neeldhara and Wahlstr\"{o}m, Magnus},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-194250},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: multicommodity flow, parameterised complexity, XNLP-completeness, XALP-completeness}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.7
Treewidth Is NP-Complete on Cubic Graphs

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Édouard Bonnet, Lars Jaffke, Dušan Knop, Paloma T. Lima, Martin Milanič, Sebastian Ordyniak, Sukanya Pandey, and Ondřej Suchý

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 285, 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2023)

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In this paper, we show that Treewidth is NP-complete for cubic graphs, thereby improving the result by Bodlaender and Thilikos from 1997 that Treewidth is NP-complete on graphs with maximum degree at most 9. We add a new and simpler proof of the NP-completeness of treewidth, and show that Treewidth remains NP-complete on subcubic induced subgraphs of the infinite 3-dimensional grid.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Édouard Bonnet, Lars Jaffke, Dušan Knop, Paloma T. Lima, Martin Milanič, Sebastian Ordyniak, Sukanya Pandey, and Ondřej Suchý. Treewidth Is NP-Complete on Cubic Graphs. In 18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 285, pp. 7:1-7:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.7,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Bonnet, \'{E}douard and Jaffke, Lars and Knop, Du\v{s}an and Lima, Paloma T. and Milani\v{c}, Martin and Ordyniak, Sebastian and Pandey, Sukanya and Such\'{y}, Ond\v{r}ej},
  title =	{{Treewidth Is NP-Complete on Cubic Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{18th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2023)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-305-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{285},
  editor =	{Misra, Neeldhara and Wahlstr\"{o}m, Magnus},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-194263},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2023.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: Treewidth, cubic graphs, degree, NP-completeness}
}
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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.27
Parameterized Complexity of Binary CSP: Vertex Cover, Treedepth, and Related Parameters

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Michał Pilipczuk

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 261, 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)

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We investigate the parameterized complexity of Binary CSP parameterized by the vertex cover number and the treedepth of the constraint graph, as well as by a selection of related modulator-based parameters. The main findings are as follows: - Binary CSP parameterized by the vertex cover number is W[3]-complete. More generally, for every positive integer d, Binary CSP parameterized by the size of a modulator to a treedepth-d graph is W[2d+1]-complete. This provides a new family of natural problems that are complete for odd levels of the W-hierarchy. - We introduce a new complexity class XSLP, defined so that Binary CSP parameterized by treedepth is complete for this class. We provide two equivalent characterizations of XSLP: the first one relates XSLP to a model of an alternating Turing machine with certain restrictions on conondeterminism and space complexity, while the second one links XSLP to the problem of model-checking first-order logic with suitably restricted universal quantification. Interestingly, the proof of the machine characterization of XSLP uses the concept of universal trees, which are prominently featured in the recent work on parity games. - We describe a new complexity hierarchy sandwiched between the W-hierarchy and the A-hierarchy: For every odd t, we introduce a parameterized complexity class S[t] with W[t] ⊆ S[t] ⊆ A[t], defined using a parameter that interpolates between the vertex cover number and the treedepth. We expect that many of the studied classes will be useful in the future for pinpointing the complexity of various structural parameterizations of graph problems.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Michał Pilipczuk. Parameterized Complexity of Binary CSP: Vertex Cover, Treedepth, and Related Parameters. In 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 261, pp. 27:1-27:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.27,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Groenland, Carla and Pilipczuk, Micha{\l}},
  title =	{{Parameterized Complexity of Binary CSP: Vertex Cover, Treedepth, and Related Parameters}},
  booktitle =	{50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)},
  pages =	{27:1--27:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-278-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{261},
  editor =	{Etessami, Kousha and Feige, Uriel and Puppis, Gabriele},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.27},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-180798},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.27},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized Complexity, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, Binary CSP, List Coloring, Vertex Cover, Treedepth, W-hierarchy}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.6
On the Complexity of Problems on Tree-Structured Graphs

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, Hugo Jacob, Marcin Pilipczuk, and Michał Pilipczuk

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 249, 17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022)

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In this paper, we introduce a new class of parameterized problems, which we call XALP: the class of all parameterized problems that can be solved in f(k)n^O(1) time and f(k)log n space on a non-deterministic Turing Machine with access to an auxiliary stack (with only top element lookup allowed). Various natural problems on "tree-structured graphs" are complete for this class: we show that List Coloring and All-or-Nothing Flow parameterized by treewidth are XALP-complete. Moreover, Independent Set and Dominating Set parameterized by treewidth divided by log n, and Max Cut parameterized by cliquewidth are also XALP-complete. Besides finding a "natural home" for these problems, we also pave the road for future reductions. We give a number of equivalent characterisations of the class XALP, e.g., XALP is the class of problems solvable by an Alternating Turing Machine whose runs have tree size at most f(k)n^O(1) and use f(k)log n space. Moreover, we introduce "tree-shaped" variants of Weighted CNF-Satisfiability and Multicolor Clique that are XALP-complete.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, Hugo Jacob, Marcin Pilipczuk, and Michał Pilipczuk. On the Complexity of Problems on Tree-Structured Graphs. In 17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 249, pp. 6:1-6:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.6,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Groenland, Carla and Jacob, Hugo and Pilipczuk, Marcin and Pilipczuk, Micha{\l}},
  title =	{{On the Complexity of Problems on Tree-Structured Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-260-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{249},
  editor =	{Dell, Holger and Nederlof, Jesper},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-173626},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized Complexity, Treewidth, XALP, XNLP}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.7
On the Parameterized Complexity of Computing Tree-Partitions

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Hugo Jacob

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 249, 17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022)

Abstract
We study the parameterized complexity of computing the tree-partition-width, a graph parameter equivalent to treewidth on graphs of bounded maximum degree. On one hand, we can obtain approximations of the tree-partition-width efficiently: we show that there is an algorithm that, given an n-vertex graph G and an integer k, constructs a tree-partition of width O(k⁷) for G or reports that G has tree-partition width more than k, in time k^O(1) n². We can improve slightly on the approximation factor by sacrificing the dependence on k, or on n. On the other hand, we show the problem of computing tree-partition-width exactly is XALP-complete, which implies that it is W[t]-hard for all t. We deduce XALP-completeness of the problem of computing the domino treewidth. Finally, we adapt some known results on the parameter tree-partition-width and the topological minor relation, and use them to compare tree-partition-width to tree-cut width.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Hugo Jacob. On the Parameterized Complexity of Computing Tree-Partitions. In 17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 249, pp. 7:1-7:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.7,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Groenland, Carla and Jacob, Hugo},
  title =	{{On the Parameterized Complexity of Computing Tree-Partitions}},
  booktitle =	{17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-260-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{249},
  editor =	{Dell, Holger and Nederlof, Jesper},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-173633},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized algorithms, Tree partitions, tree-partition-width, Treewidth, Domino Treewidth, Approximation Algorithms, Parameterized Complexity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.8
XNLP-Completeness for Parameterized Problems on Graphs with a Linear Structure

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, Hugo Jacob, Lars Jaffke, and Paloma T. Lima

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 249, 17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022)

Abstract
In this paper, we showcase the class XNLP as a natural place for many hard problems parameterized by linear width measures. This strengthens existing W[1]-hardness proofs for these problems, since XNLP-hardness implies W[t]-hardness for all t. It also indicates, via a conjecture by Pilipczuk and Wrochna [ToCT 2018], that any XP algorithm for such problems is likely to require XP space. In particular, we show XNLP-completeness for natural problems parameterized by pathwidth, linear clique-width, and linear mim-width. The problems we consider are Independent Set, Dominating Set, Odd Cycle Transversal, (q-)Coloring, Max Cut, Maximum Regular Induced Subgraph, Feedback Vertex Set, Capacitated (Red-Blue) Dominating Set, and Bipartite Bandwidth.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, Hugo Jacob, Lars Jaffke, and Paloma T. Lima. XNLP-Completeness for Parameterized Problems on Graphs with a Linear Structure. In 17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 249, pp. 8:1-8:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.8,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Groenland, Carla and Jacob, Hugo and Jaffke, Lars and Lima, Paloma T.},
  title =	{{XNLP-Completeness for Parameterized Problems on Graphs with a Linear Structure}},
  booktitle =	{17th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2022)},
  pages =	{8:1--8:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-260-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{249},
  editor =	{Dell, Holger and Nederlof, Jesper},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-173640},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2022.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: parameterized complexity, XNLP, linear clique-width, W-hierarchy, pathwidth, linear mim-width, bandwidth}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2022.24
List Colouring Trees in Logarithmic Space

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Hugo Jacob

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 244, 30th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2022)

Abstract
We show that List Colouring can be solved on n-vertex trees by a deterministic Turing machine using O(log n) bits on the worktape. Given an n-vertex graph G = (V,E) and a list L(v) ⊆ {1,… ,n} of available colours for each v ∈ V, a list colouring for G is a proper colouring c such that c(v) ∈ L(v) for all v.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Hugo Jacob. List Colouring Trees in Logarithmic Space. In 30th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 244, pp. 24:1-24:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2022.24,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Groenland, Carla and Jacob, Hugo},
  title =	{{List Colouring Trees in Logarithmic Space}},
  booktitle =	{30th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2022)},
  pages =	{24:1--24:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-247-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{244},
  editor =	{Chechik, Shiri and Navarro, Gonzalo and Rotenberg, Eva and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2022.24},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-169620},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2022.24},
  annote =	{Keywords: List colouring, trees, space complexity, logspace, graph algorithms, tree-partition-width}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2021.9
Parameterized Complexities of Dominating and Independent Set Reconfiguration

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Céline M. F. Swennenhuis

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 214, 16th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2021)

Abstract
We settle the parameterized complexities of several variants of independent set reconfiguration and dominating set reconfiguration, parameterized by the number of tokens. We show that both problems are XL-complete when there is no limit on the number of moves and XNL-complete when a maximum length 𝓁 for the sequence is given in binary in the input. The problems are known to be XNLP-complete when 𝓁 is given in unary instead, and W[1]- and W[2]-hard respectively when 𝓁 is also a parameter. We complete the picture by showing membership in those classes. Moreover, we show that for all the variants that we consider, token sliding and token jumping are equivalent under pl-reductions. We introduce partitioned variants of token jumping and token sliding, and give pl-reductions between the four variants that have precise control over the number of tokens and the length of the reconfiguration sequence.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Carla Groenland, and Céline M. F. Swennenhuis. Parameterized Complexities of Dominating and Independent Set Reconfiguration. In 16th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 214, pp. 9:1-9:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2021.9,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Groenland, Carla and Swennenhuis, C\'{e}line M. F.},
  title =	{{Parameterized Complexities of Dominating and Independent Set Reconfiguration}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2021)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-216-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{214},
  editor =	{Golovach, Petr A. and Zehavi, Meirav},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2021.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-153920},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2021.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized complexity, independent set reconfiguration, dominating set reconfiguration, W-hierarchy, XL, XNL, XNLP}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.4
Parameterized Complexity of Scheduling Chains of Jobs with Delays

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender and Marieke van der Wegen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 180, 15th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2020)

Abstract
In this paper, we consider the parameterized complexity of the following scheduling problem. We must schedule a number of jobs on m machines, where each job has unit length, and the graph of precedence constraints consists of a set of chains. Each precedence constraint is labelled with an integer that denotes the exact (or minimum) delay between the jobs. We study different cases; delays can be given in unary and in binary, and the case that we have a single machine is discussed separately. We consider the complexity of this problem parameterized by the number of chains, and by the thickness of the instance, which is the maximum number of chains whose intervals between release date and deadline overlap. We show that this scheduling problem with exact delays in unary is W[t]-hard for all t, when parameterized by the thickness, even when we have a single machine (m = 1). When parameterized by the number of chains, this problem is W[1]-complete when we have a single or a constant number of machines, and W[2]-complete when the number of machines is a variable. The problem with minimum delays, given in unary, parameterized by the number of chains (and as a simple corollary, also when parameterized by the thickness) is W[1]-hard for a single or a constant number of machines, and W[2]-hard when the number of machines is variable. With a dynamic programming algorithm, one can show membership in XP for exact and minimum delays in unary, for any number of machines, when parameterized by thickness or number of chains. For a single machine, with exact delays in binary, parameterized by the number of chains, membership in XP can be shown with branching and solving a system of difference constraints. For all other cases for delays in binary, membership in XP is open.
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Hans L. Bodlaender and Marieke van der Wegen. Parameterized Complexity of Scheduling Chains of Jobs with Delays. In 15th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 180, pp. 4:1-4:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.4,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and van der Wegen, Marieke},
  title =	{{Parameterized Complexity of Scheduling Chains of Jobs with Delays}},
  booktitle =	{15th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2020)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:15},
  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.2020.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-133075},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Scheduling, parameterized complexity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2020.57
Typical Sequences Revisited - Computing Width Parameters of Graphs

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Lars Jaffke, and Jan Arne Telle

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 154, 37th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2020)

Abstract
In this work, we give a structural lemma on merges of typical sequences, a notion that was introduced in 1991 [Lagergren and Arnborg, Bodlaender and Kloks, both ICALP 1991] to obtain constructive linear time parameterized algorithms for treewidth and pathwidth. The lemma addresses a runtime bottleneck in those algorithms but so far it does not lead to asymptotically faster algorithms. However, we apply the lemma to show that the cutwidth and the modified cutwidth of series parallel digraphs can be computed in ?(n²) time.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Lars Jaffke, and Jan Arne Telle. Typical Sequences Revisited - Computing Width Parameters of Graphs. In 37th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 154, pp. 57:1-57:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2020.57,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Jaffke, Lars and Telle, Jan Arne},
  title =	{{Typical Sequences Revisited - Computing Width Parameters of Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{37th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2020)},
  pages =	{57:1--57:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-140-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{154},
  editor =	{Paul, Christophe and Bl\"{a}ser, Markus},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2020.57},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-119189},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2020.57},
  annote =	{Keywords: typical sequences, treewidth, series parallel digraphs, cutwidth, modified cutwidth}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FUN.2018.9
On the Exact Complexity of Polyomino Packing

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender and Tom C. van der Zanden

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 100, 9th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms (FUN 2018)

Abstract
We show that the problem of deciding whether a collection of polyominoes, each fitting in a 2 x O(log n) rectangle, can be packed into a 3 x n box does not admit a 2^{o(n/log{n})}-time algorithm, unless the Exponential Time Hypothesis fails. We also give an algorithm that attains this lower bound, solving any instance of polyomino packing with total area n in 2^{O(n/log{n})} time. This establishes a tight bound on the complexity of Polyomino Packing, even in a very restricted case. In contrast, for a 2 x n box, we show that the problem can be solved in strongly subexponential time.
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Hans L. Bodlaender and Tom C. van der Zanden. On the Exact Complexity of Polyomino Packing. In 9th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms (FUN 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 100, pp. 9:1-9:10, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.FUN.2018.9,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and van der Zanden, Tom C.},
  title =	{{On the Exact Complexity of Polyomino Packing}},
  booktitle =	{9th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms (FUN 2018)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:10},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-067-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{100},
  editor =	{Ito, Hiro and Leonardi, Stefano and Pagli, Linda and Prencipe, Giuseppe},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FUN.2018.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-88001},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FUN.2018.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: polyomino packing, exact complexity, exponential time hypothesis}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2017.29
Computing Treewidth on the GPU

Authors: Tom C. van der Zanden and Hans L. Bodlaender

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 89, 12th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2017)

Abstract
We present a parallel algorithm for computing the treewidth of a graph on a GPU. We implement this algorithm in OpenCL, and experimentally evaluate its performance. Our algorithm is based on an O*(2^n)-time algorithm that explores the elimination orderings of the graph using a Held-Karp like dynamic programming approach. We use Bloom filters to detect duplicate solutions. GPU programming presents unique challenges and constraints, such as constraints on the use of memory and the need to limit branch divergence. We experiment with various optimizations to see if it is possible to work around these issues. We achieve a very large speed up (up to 77x) compared to running the same algorithm on the CPU.
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Tom C. van der Zanden and Hans L. Bodlaender. Computing Treewidth on the GPU. In 12th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 89, pp. 29:1-29:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{vanderzanden_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2017.29,
  author =	{van der Zanden, Tom C. and Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  title =	{{Computing Treewidth on the GPU}},
  booktitle =	{12th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2017)},
  pages =	{29:1--29:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-051-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{89},
  editor =	{Lokshtanov, Daniel and Nishimura, Naomi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2017.29},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-85671},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2017.29},
  annote =	{Keywords: treewidth, GPU, GPGPU, exact algorithms, graph algorithms, algorithm engineering}
}
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Complete Volume
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2017
LIPIcs, Volume 83, MFCS'17, Complete Volume

Authors: Kim G. Larsen, Hans L. Bodlaender, and Jean-Francois Raskin

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 83, 42nd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2017)

Abstract
LIPIcs, Volume 83, MFCS'17, Complete Volume
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42nd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 83, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@Proceedings{larsen_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2017,
  title =	{{LIPIcs, Volume 83, MFCS'17, Complete Volume}},
  booktitle =	{42nd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2017)},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-046-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{83},
  editor =	{Larsen, Kim G. and Bodlaender, Hans L. and Raskin, Jean-Francois},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2017},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-82073},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2017},
  annote =	{Keywords: Theory of Computation}
}
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Front Matter
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2017.0
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization

Authors: Kim G. Larsen, Hans L. Bodlaender, and Jean-Francois Raskin

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 83, 42nd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2017)

Abstract
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization
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42nd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 83, pp. 0:i-0:xvi, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{larsen_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2017.0,
  author =	{Larsen, Kim G. and Bodlaender, Hans L. and Raskin, Jean-Francois},
  title =	{{Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}},
  booktitle =	{42nd International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2017)},
  pages =	{0:i--0:xvi},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-046-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{83},
  editor =	{Larsen, Kim G. and Bodlaender, Hans L. and Raskin, Jean-Francois},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2017.0},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-80564},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2017.0},
  annote =	{Keywords: Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Conference Organization}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.7
A Faster Parameterized Algorithm for Pseudoforest Deletion

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Hirotaka Ono, and Yota Otachi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 63, 11th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2016)

Abstract
A pseudoforest is a graph where each connected component contains at most one cycle, or alternatively, a graph that can be turned into a forest by removing at most one edge from each connected component. In this paper, we show that the following problem can be solved in O(3^k n k^{O(1)}) time: given a graph G and an integer k, can we delete at most k vertices from G such that we obtain a pseudoforest? The result improves upon an earlier result by Philip et al. [MFCS 2015] who gave a (nonlinear) 7.56^k n^{O(1)}-time algorithm both in the exponential factor depending on k as well as in the polynomial factor depending on n.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Hirotaka Ono, and Yota Otachi. A Faster Parameterized Algorithm for Pseudoforest Deletion. In 11th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 63, pp. 7:1-7:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.7,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Ono, Hirotaka and Otachi, Yota},
  title =	{{A Faster Parameterized Algorithm for Pseudoforest Deletion}},
  booktitle =	{11th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2016)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-023-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{63},
  editor =	{Guo, Jiong and Hermelin, Danny},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-69246},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: pseudoforest deletion, graph class, width parameter, parameterized complexity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.27
Cut and Count and Representative Sets on Branch Decompositions

Authors: Willem J. A. Pino, Hans L. Bodlaender, and Johan M. M. van Rooij

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 63, 11th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2016)

Abstract
Recently, new techniques have been introduced to speed up dynamic programming algorithms on tree decompositions for connectivity problems: the 'Cut and Count' method and a method called the rank-based approach, based on representative sets and Gaussian elimination. These methods respectively give randomised and deterministic algorithms that are single exponential in the treewidth, and polynomial, respectively linear in the number of vertices. In this paper, we adapt these methods to branch decompositions yielding algorithms, both randomised and deterministic, that are in many cases faster than when tree decompositions would be used. In particular, we obtain the currently fastest randomised algorithms for several problems on planar graphs. When the involved weights are O(n^{O(1)}), we obtain faster randomised algorithms on planar graphs for Steiner Tree, Connected Dominating Set, Feedback Vertex Set and TSP, and a faster deterministic algorithm for TSP. When considering planar graphs with arbitrary real weights, we obtain faster deterministic algorithms for all four mentioned problems.
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Willem J. A. Pino, Hans L. Bodlaender, and Johan M. M. van Rooij. Cut and Count and Representative Sets on Branch Decompositions. In 11th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 63, pp. 27:1-27:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{pino_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.27,
  author =	{Pino, Willem J. A. and Bodlaender, Hans L. and van Rooij, Johan M. M.},
  title =	{{Cut and Count and Representative Sets on Branch Decompositions}},
  booktitle =	{11th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2016)},
  pages =	{27:1--27:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-023-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{63},
  editor =	{Guo, Jiong and Hermelin, Danny},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.27},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-69450},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.27},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph algorithms, Branchwidth, Treewidth, Dynamic Programming, Planar Graphs}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.20
Degree-Constrained Orientation of Maximum Satisfaction: Graph Classes and Parameterized Complexity

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Hirotaka Ono, and Yota Otachi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 64, 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)

Abstract
The problem Max W-Light (Max W-Heavy) for an undirected graph is to assign a direction to each edge so that the number of vertices of outdegree at most W (resp. at least W) is maximized. It is known that these problems are NP-hard even for fixed W. For example, Max 0-Light is equivalent to the problem of finding a maximum independent set. In this paper, we show that for any fixed constant W, Max W-Heavy can be solved in linear time for hereditary graph classes for which treewidth is bounded by a function of degeneracy. We show that such graph classes include chordal graphs, circular-arc graphs, d-trapezoid graphs, chordal bipartite graphs, and graphs of bounded clique-width. To have a polynomial-time algorithm for Max W-Light, we need an additional condition of a polynomial upper bound on the number of potential maximal cliques to apply the metatheorem by Fomin, Todinca, and Villanger [SIAM J. Comput., 44(1):57-87, 2015]. The aforementioned graph classes, except bounded clique-width graphs, satisfy such a condition. For graphs of bounded clique-width, we present a dynamic programming approach not using the metatheorem to show that it is actually polynomial-time solvable for this graph class too. We also study the parameterized complexity of the problems and show some tractability and intractability results.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Hirotaka Ono, and Yota Otachi. Degree-Constrained Orientation of Maximum Satisfaction: Graph Classes and Parameterized Complexity. In 27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 64, pp. 20:1-20:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.20,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Ono, Hirotaka and Otachi, Yota},
  title =	{{Degree-Constrained Orientation of Maximum Satisfaction: Graph Classes and Parameterized Complexity}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2016)},
  pages =	{20:1--20:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-026-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{64},
  editor =	{Hong, Seok-Hee},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.20},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-67898},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2016.20},
  annote =	{Keywords: orientation, graph class, width parameter, parameterized complexity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.9
Subexponential Time Algorithms for Embedding H-Minor Free Graphs

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Jesper Nederlof, and Tom C. van der Zanden

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 55, 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016)

Abstract
We establish the complexity of several graph embedding problems: Subgraph Isomorphism, Graph Minor, Induced Subgraph and Induced Minor, when restricted to H-minor free graphs. In each of these problems, we are given a pattern graph P and a host graph G, and want to determine whether P is a subgraph (minor, induced subgraph or induced minor) of G. We show that, for any fixed graph H and epsilon > 0, if P is H-Minor Free and G has treewidth tw, (induced) subgraph can be solved 2^{O(k^{epsilon}*tw+k/log(k))}*n^{O(1)} time and (induced) minor can be solved in 2^{O(k^{epsilon}*tw+tw*log(tw)+k/log(k))}*n^{O(1)} time, where k = |V(P)|. We also show that this is optimal, in the sense that the existence of an algorithm for one of these problems running in 2^{o(n/log(n))} time would contradict the Exponential Time Hypothesis. This solves an open problem on the complexity of Subgraph Isomorphism for planar graphs. The key algorithmic insight is that dynamic programming approaches can be sped up by identifying isomorphic connected components in the pattern graph. This technique seems widely applicable, and it appears that there is a relatively unexplored class of problems that share a similar upper and lower bound.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Jesper Nederlof, and Tom C. van der Zanden. Subexponential Time Algorithms for Embedding H-Minor Free Graphs. In 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 55, pp. 9:1-9:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.9,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Nederlof, Jesper and van der Zanden, Tom C.},
  title =	{{Subexponential Time Algorithms for Embedding H-Minor Free Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-013-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{55},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Mitzenmacher, Michael and Rabani, Yuval and Sangiorgi, Davide},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-62756},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: subgraph isomorphism, graph minors, subexponential time}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.175
Definability Equals Recognizability for k-Outerplanar Graphs

Authors: Lars Jaffke and Hans L. Bodlaender

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 43, 10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015)

Abstract
One of the most famous algorithmic meta-theorems states that every graph property that can be defined by a sentence in counting monadic second order logic (CMSOL) can be checked in linear time for graphs of bounded treewidth, which is known as Courcelle's Theorem. These algorithms are constructed as finite state tree automata, and hence every CMSOL-definable graph property is recognizable. Courcelle also conjectured that the converse holds, i.e., every recognizable graph property is definable in CMSOL for graphs of bounded treewidth. We prove this conjecture for k-outerplanar graphs, which are known to have treewidth at most 3k-1.
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Lars Jaffke and Hans L. Bodlaender. Definability Equals Recognizability for k-Outerplanar Graphs. In 10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 43, pp. 175-186, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{jaffke_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.175,
  author =	{Jaffke, Lars and Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  title =	{{Definability Equals Recognizability for k-Outerplanar Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015)},
  pages =	{175--186},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-92-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{43},
  editor =	{Husfeldt, Thore and Kanj, Iyad},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.175},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-55815},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.175},
  annote =	{Keywords: treewidth, monadic second order logic of graphs, finite state tree automata, \$k\$-outerplanar graphs}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.187
Practical Algorithms for Linear Boolean-width

Authors: Chiel B. ten Brinke, Frank J. P. van Houten, and Hans L. Bodlaender

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 43, 10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015)

Abstract
In this paper, we give a number of new exact algorithms and heuristics to compute linear boolean decompositions, and experimentally evaluate these algorithms. The experimental evaluation shows that significant improvements can be made with respect to running time without increasing the width of the generated decompositions. We also evaluated dynamic programming algorithms on linear boolean decompositions for several vertex subset problems. This evaluation shows that such algorithms are often much faster (up to several orders of magnitude) compared to theoretical worst case bounds.
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Chiel B. ten Brinke, Frank J. P. van Houten, and Hans L. Bodlaender. Practical Algorithms for Linear Boolean-width. In 10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 43, pp. 187-198, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{tenbrinke_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.187,
  author =	{ten Brinke, Chiel B. and van Houten, Frank J. P. and Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  title =	{{Practical Algorithms for Linear Boolean-width}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015)},
  pages =	{187--198},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-92-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{43},
  editor =	{Husfeldt, Thore and Kanj, Iyad},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.187},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-55821},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.187},
  annote =	{Keywords: graph decomposition, boolean-width, heuristics, exact algorithms, vertex subset problems}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.4.2.38
Graph Modification Problems (Dagstuhl Seminar 14071)

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Pinar Heggernes, and Daniel Lokshtanov

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 4, Issue 2 (2014)

Abstract
This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 14071 "Graph Modification Problems". The seminar was held from February 9 to February 14, 2014. This report contains abstracts for presentations about the recent developments on algorithms and structural results for graph modification problems, as well as related areas. Furthermore, the report contains a summary of open problems in this area of research.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Pinar Heggernes, and Daniel Lokshtanov. Graph Modification Problems (Dagstuhl Seminar 14071). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 38-59, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2014)

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@Article{bodlaender_et_al:DagRep.4.2.38,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Heggernes, Pinar and Lokshtanov, Daniel},
  title =	{{Graph Modification Problems (Dagstuhl Seminar 14071)}},
  pages =	{38--59},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2014},
  volume =	{4},
  number =	{2},
  editor =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Heggernes, Pinar and Lokshtanov, Daniel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.4.2.38},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-45443},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.4.2.38},
  annote =	{Keywords: graphs, algorithms, graph modification, fixed parameter tractable, graph classes}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2011.165
Cross-Composition: A New Technique for Kernelization Lower Bounds

Authors: Hans L. Bodlaender, Bart M. P. Jansen, and Stefan Kratsch

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 9, 28th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2011)

Abstract
We introduce a new technique for proving kernelization lower bounds, called cross-composition. A classical problem L cross-composes into a parameterized problem $Q$ if an instance of Q with polynomially bounded parameter value can express the logical OR of a sequence of instances of L. Building on work by Bodlaender et al. (ICALP 2008) and using a result by Fortnow and Santhanam (STOC 2008) we show that if an NP-hard problem cross-composes into a parameterized problem Q then Q does not admit a polynomial kernel unless the polynomial hierarchy collapses. Our technique generalizes and strengthens the recent techniques of using OR-composition algorithms and of transferring the lower bounds via polynomial parameter transformations. We show its applicability by proving kernelization lower bounds for a number of important graphs problems with structural (non-standard) parameterizations, e.g., Chromatic Number, Clique, and Weighted Feedback Vertex Set do not admit polynomial kernels with respect to the vertex cover number of the input graphs unless the polynomial hierarchy collapses, contrasting the fact that these problems are trivially fixed-parameter tractable for this parameter. We have similar lower bounds for Feedback Vertex Set.
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Hans L. Bodlaender, Bart M. P. Jansen, and Stefan Kratsch. Cross-Composition: A New Technique for Kernelization Lower Bounds. In 28th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2011). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 9, pp. 165-176, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@InProceedings{bodlaender_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2011.165,
  author =	{Bodlaender, Hans L. and Jansen, Bart M. P. and Kratsch, Stefan},
  title =	{{Cross-Composition: A New Technique for Kernelization Lower Bounds}},
  booktitle =	{28th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2011)},
  pages =	{165--176},
  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.2011.165},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-30082},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2011.165},
  annote =	{Keywords: kernelization, lower bounds, parameterized complexity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2011.177
Vertex Cover Kernelization Revisited: Upper and Lower Bounds for a Refined Parameter

Authors: Bart M. P. Jansen and Hans L. Bodlaender

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 9, 28th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2011)

Abstract
Kernelization is a concept that enables the formal mathematical analysis of data reduction through the framework of parameterized complexity. Intensive research into the Vertex Cover problem has shown that there is a preprocessing algorithm which given an instance (G,k) of Vertex Cover outputs an equivalent instance (G',k') in polynomial time with the guarantee that G' has at most 2k' vertices (and thus O((k')^2) edges) with k' <= k. Using the terminology of parameterized complexity we say that k-Vertex Cover has a kernel with 2k vertices. There is complexity-theoretic evidence that both 2k vertices and Theta(k^2) edges are optimal for the kernel size. In this paper we consider the Vertex Cover problem with a different parameter, the size fvs(G) of a minimum feedback vertex set for G. This refined parameter is structurally smaller than the parameter k associated to the vertex covering number VC(G) since fvs(G) <= VC(G) and the difference can be arbitrarily large. We give a kernel for Vertex Cover with a number of vertices that is cubic in fvs(G): an instance (G,X,k) of Vertex Cover, where X is a feedback vertex set for G, can be transformed in polynomial time into an equivalent instance (G',X',k') such that k' <= k, |X'| <= |X| and most importantly |V(G')| <= 2k and |V(G')| in O(|X'|^3). A similar result holds when the feedback vertex set X is not given along with the input. In sharp contrast we show that the Weighted Vertex Cover problem does not have polynomial kernel when parameterized by fvs(G) unless the polynomial hierarchy collapses to the third level (PH=Sigma_3^p). Our work is one of the first examples of research in kernelization using a non-standard parameter, and shows that this approach can yield interesting computational insights. To obtain our results we make extensive use of the combinatorial structure of independent sets in forests.
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Bart M. P. Jansen and Hans L. Bodlaender. Vertex Cover Kernelization Revisited: Upper and Lower Bounds for a Refined Parameter. In 28th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2011). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 9, pp. 177-188, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@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}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2008.1329
Design by Measure and Conquer, A Faster Exact Algorithm for Dominating Set

Authors: Johan M. M. van Rooij and Hans L. Bodlaender

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 1, 25th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (2008)

Abstract
The measure and conquer approach has proven to be a powerful tool to analyse exact algorithms for combinatorial problems, like Dominating Set and Independent Set. In this paper, we propose to use measure and conquer also as a tool in the design of algorithms. In an iterative process, we can obtain a series of branch and reduce algorithms. A mathematical analysis of an algorithm in the series with measure and conquer results in a quasiconvex programming problem. The solution by computer to this problem not only gives a bound on the running time, but also can give a new reduction rule, thus giving a new, possibly faster algorithm. This makes design by measure and conquer a form of computer aided algorithm design. When we apply the methodology to a Set Cover modelling of the Dominating Set problem, we obtain the currently fastest known exact algorithms for Dominating Set: an algorithm that uses $O(1.5134^n)$ time and polynomial space, and an algorithm that uses $O(1.5063^n)$ time.
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Johan M. M. van Rooij and Hans L. Bodlaender. Design by Measure and Conquer, A Faster Exact Algorithm for Dominating Set. In 25th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 1, pp. 657-668, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2008)

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@InProceedings{vanrooij_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2008.1329,
  author =	{van Rooij, Johan M. M. and Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  title =	{{Design by Measure and Conquer, A Faster Exact Algorithm for Dominating Set}},
  booktitle =	{25th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science},
  pages =	{657--668},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-06-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2008},
  volume =	{1},
  editor =	{Albers, Susanne and Weil, Pascal},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2008.1329},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-13297},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2008.1329},
  annote =	{Keywords: Exact algorithms, exponential time algorithms, branch and reduce, measure and conquer, dominating set, computer aided algorithm design}
}
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