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Gutin, Gregory Z.

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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.07281.2
07281 Open Problems – Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmcs for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs

Authors: Erik Demaine, Gregory Z. Gutin, Daniel Marx, and Ulrike Stege

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7281, Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs (2007)

Abstract
The following is a list of the problems presented on Monday, July 9, 2007 at the open-problem session of the Seminar on Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs, held at Schloss Dagstuhl in Wadern, Germany.
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Erik Demaine, Gregory Z. Gutin, Daniel Marx, and Ulrike Stege. 07281 Open Problems – Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmcs for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs. In Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7281, pp. 1-6, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{demaine_et_al:DagSemProc.07281.2,
  author =	{Demaine, Erik and Gutin, Gregory Z. and Marx, Daniel and Stege, Ulrike},
  title =	{{07281 Open Problems – Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmcs for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs}},
  booktitle =	{Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs},
  pages =	{1--6},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{7281},
  editor =	{Erik Demaine and Gregory Z. Gutin and Daniel Marx and Ulrike Stege},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.07281.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-12542},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.07281.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: }
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.07281.1
07281 Abstracts Collection – Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs

Authors: Erik Demaine, Gregory Z. Gutin, Daniel Marx, and Ulrike Stege

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7281, Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs (2007)

Abstract
From 8th to 13th July 2007, the Dagstuhl Seminar ``Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs'' was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general. Links to extended abstracts or full papers are provided, if available.
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Erik Demaine, Gregory Z. Gutin, Daniel Marx, and Ulrike Stege. 07281 Abstracts Collection – Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs. In Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7281, pp. 1-14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{demaine_et_al:DagSemProc.07281.1,
  author =	{Demaine, Erik and Gutin, Gregory Z. and Marx, Daniel and Stege, Ulrike},
  title =	{{07281 Abstracts Collection – Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs}},
  booktitle =	{Structure Theory and FPT Algorithmics for Graphs, Digraphs and Hypergraphs},
  pages =	{1--14},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{7281},
  editor =	{Erik Demaine and Gregory Z. Gutin and Daniel Marx and Ulrike Stege},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.07281.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-12450},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.07281.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized complexity, fixed-parameter tractability, graph structure theory}
}

Gutin, Gregory

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.54
Perfect Forests in Graphs and Their Extensions

Authors: Gregory Gutin and Anders Yeo

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 202, 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021)

Abstract
Let G be a graph on n vertices. For i ∈ {0,1} and a connected graph G, a spanning forest F of G is called an i-perfect forest if every tree in F is an induced subgraph of G and exactly i vertices of F have even degree (including zero). An i-perfect forest of G is proper if it has no vertices of degree zero. Scott (2001) showed that every connected graph with even number of vertices contains a (proper) 0-perfect forest. We prove that one can find a 0-perfect forest with minimum number of edges in polynomial time, but it is NP-hard to obtain a 0-perfect forest with maximum number of edges. We also prove that for a prescribed edge e of G, it is NP-hard to obtain a 0-perfect forest containing e, but we can find a 0-perfect forest not containing e in polynomial time. It is easy to see that every graph with odd number of vertices has a 1-perfect forest. It is not the case for proper 1-perfect forests. We give a characterization of when a connected graph has a proper 1-perfect forest.
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Gregory Gutin and Anders Yeo. Perfect Forests in Graphs and Their Extensions. In 46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 202, pp. 54:1-54:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{gutin_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.54,
  author =	{Gutin, Gregory and Yeo, Anders},
  title =	{{Perfect Forests in Graphs and Their Extensions}},
  booktitle =	{46th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2021)},
  pages =	{54:1--54:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-201-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{202},
  editor =	{Bonchi, Filippo and Puglisi, Simon J.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.54},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-144947},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2021.54},
  annote =	{Keywords: graphs, odd degree subgraphs, perfect forests, polynomial algorithms}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.2
Component Order Connectivity in Directed Graphs

Authors: Jørgen Bang-Jensen, Eduard Eiben, Gregory Gutin, Magnus Wahlström, and Anders Yeo

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

Abstract
A directed graph D is semicomplete if for every pair x,y of vertices of D, there is at least one arc between x and y. Thus, a tournament is a semicomplete digraph. In the Directed Component Order Connectivity (DCOC) problem, given a digraph D = (V,A) and a pair of natural numbers k and 𝓁, we are to decide whether there is a subset X of V of size k such that the largest strong connectivity component in D-X has at most 𝓁 vertices. Note that DCOC reduces to the Directed Feedback Vertex Set problem for 𝓁 = 1. We study parameterized complexity of DCOC for general and semicomplete digraphs with the following parameters: k, 𝓁, 𝓁+k and n-𝓁. In particular, we prove that DCOC with parameter k on semicomplete digraphs can be solved in time O^*(2^(16k)) but not in time O^*(2^o(k)) unless the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH) fails. The upper bound O^*(2^(16k)) implies the upper bound O^*(2^(16(n-𝓁))) for the parameter n-𝓁. We complement the latter by showing that there is no algorithm of time complexity O^*(2^o(n-𝓁)) unless ETH fails. Finally, we improve (in dependency on 𝓁) the upper bound of Göke, Marx and Mnich (2019) for the time complexity of DCOC with parameter 𝓁+k on general digraphs from O^*(2^O(k𝓁 log (k𝓁))) to O^*(2^O(klog (k𝓁))). Note that Drange, Dregi and van 't Hof (2016) proved that even for the undirected version of DCOC on split graphs there is no algorithm of running time O^*(2^o(klog 𝓁)) unless ETH fails and it is a long-standing problem to decide whether Directed Feedback Vertex Set admits an algorithm of time complexity O^*(2^o(klog k)).
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Jørgen Bang-Jensen, Eduard Eiben, Gregory Gutin, Magnus Wahlström, and Anders Yeo. Component Order Connectivity in Directed Graphs. In 15th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 180, pp. 2:1-2:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{bangjensen_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.2,
  author =	{Bang-Jensen, J{\o}rgen and Eiben, Eduard and Gutin, Gregory and Wahlstr\"{o}m, Magnus and Yeo, Anders},
  title =	{{Component Order Connectivity in Directed Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{15th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2020)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:16},
  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.2020.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-133058},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2020.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized Algorithms, component order connectivity, directed graphs, semicomplete digraphs}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2020.19
Parameterized Pre-Coloring Extension and List Coloring Problems

Authors: Gregory Gutin, Diptapriyo Majumdar, Sebastian Ordyniak, and Magnus Wahlström

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

Abstract
Golovach, Paulusma and Song (Inf. Comput. 2014) asked to determine the parameterized complexity of the following problems parameterized by k: (1) Given a graph G, a clique modulator D (a clique modulator is a set of vertices, whose removal results in a clique) of size k for G, and a list L(v) of colors for every v ∈ V(G), decide whether G has a proper list coloring; (2) Given a graph G, a clique modulator D of size k for G, and a pre-coloring λ_P: X → Q for X ⊆ V(G), decide whether λ_P can be extended to a proper coloring of G using only colors from Q. For Problem 1 we design an O*(2^k)-time randomized algorithm and for Problem 2 we obtain a kernel with at most 3k vertices. Banik et al. (IWOCA 2019) proved the following problem is fixed-parameter tractable and asked whether it admits a polynomial kernel: Given a graph G, an integer k, and a list L(v) of exactly n-k colors for every v ∈ V(G), decide whether there is a proper list coloring for G. We obtain a kernel with O(k²) vertices and colors and a compression to a variation of the problem with O(k) vertices and O(k²) colors.
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Gregory Gutin, Diptapriyo Majumdar, Sebastian Ordyniak, and Magnus Wahlström. Parameterized Pre-Coloring Extension and List Coloring Problems. In 37th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 154, pp. 19:1-19:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{gutin_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2020.19,
  author =	{Gutin, Gregory and Majumdar, Diptapriyo and Ordyniak, Sebastian and Wahlstr\"{o}m, Magnus},
  title =	{{Parameterized Pre-Coloring Extension and List Coloring Problems}},
  booktitle =	{37th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2020)},
  pages =	{19:1--19:18},
  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.2020.19},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-118801},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2020.19},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parameterized Algorithms, W-hardness, Kernelization, Graph Coloring, List Coloring}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.47
Path-Contractions, Edge Deletions and Connectivity Preservation

Authors: Gregory Gutin, M. S. Ramanujan, Felix Reidl, and Magnus Wahlström

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 87, 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)

Abstract
We study several problems related to graph modification problems under connectivity constraints from the perspective of parameterized complexity: (Weighted) Biconnectivity Deletion, where we are tasked with deleting k edges while preserving biconnectivity in an undirected graph, Vertexdeletion Preserving Strong Connectivity, where we want to maintain strong connectivity of a digraph while deleting exactly k vertices, and Path-contraction Preserving Strong Connectivity, in which the operation of path contraction on arcs is used instead. The parameterized tractability of this last problem was posed in [Bang-Jensen and Yeo, Discrete Applied Math 2008] as an open question and we answer it here in the negative: both variants of preserving strong connectivity are W[1]-hard. Preserving biconnectivity, on the other hand, turns out to be fixed parameter tractable (FPT) and we provide an FPT algorithm that solves Weighted Biconnectivity Deletion. Further, we show that the unweighted case even admits a randomized polynomial kernel. All our results provide further interesting data points for the systematic study of connectivitypreservation constraints in the parameterized setting.
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Gregory Gutin, M. S. Ramanujan, Felix Reidl, and Magnus Wahlström. Path-Contractions, Edge Deletions and Connectivity Preservation. In 25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 87, pp. 47:1-47:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{gutin_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2017.47,
  author =	{Gutin, Gregory and Ramanujan, M. S. and Reidl, Felix and Wahlstr\"{o}m, Magnus},
  title =	{{Path-Contractions, Edge Deletions and Connectivity Preservation}},
  booktitle =	{25th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2017)},
  pages =	{47:1--47:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-049-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{87},
  editor =	{Pruhs, Kirk and Sohler, Christian},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.47},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-78270},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2017.47},
  annote =	{Keywords: connectivity, strong connectivity, vertex deletion, arc contraction}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.58
k-Distinct In- and Out-Branchings in Digraphs

Authors: Gregory Gutin, Felix Reidl, and Magnus Wahlström

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 80, 44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017)

Abstract
An out-branching and an in-branching of a digraph D are called k-distinct if each of them has k arcs absent in the other. Bang-Jensen, Saurabh and Simonsen (2016) proved that the problem of deciding whether a strongly connected digraph D has k-distinct out-branching and in-branching is fixed-parameter tractable (FPT) when parameterized by k. They asked whether the problem remains FPT when extended to arbitrary digraphs. Bang-Jensen and Yeo (2008) asked whether the same problem is FPT when the out-branching and in-branching have the same root. By linking the two problems with the problem of whether a digraph has an out-branching with at least k leaves (a leaf is a vertex of out-degree zero), we first solve the problem of Bang-Jensen and Yeo (2008). We then develop a new digraph decomposition called the rooted cut decomposition and using it we prove that the problem of Bang-Jensen et al. (2016) is FPT for all digraphs. We believe that the rooted cut decomposition will be useful for obtaining other results on digraphs.
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Gregory Gutin, Felix Reidl, and Magnus Wahlström. k-Distinct In- and Out-Branchings in Digraphs. In 44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 80, pp. 58:1-58:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{gutin_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.58,
  author =	{Gutin, Gregory and Reidl, Felix and Wahlstr\"{o}m, Magnus},
  title =	{{k-Distinct In- and Out-Branchings in Digraphs}},
  booktitle =	{44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017)},
  pages =	{58:1--58:13},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-041-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{80},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Indyk, Piotr and Kuhn, Fabian and Muscholl, Anca},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.58},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-73788},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.58},
  annote =	{Keywords: Digraphs, Branchings, Decompositions, FPT algorithms}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DFU.Vol7.15301.179
Parameterized Constraint Satisfaction Problems: a Survey

Authors: Gregory Gutin and Anders Yeo

Published in: Dagstuhl Follow-Ups, Volume 7, The Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Complexity and Approximability (2017)

Abstract
We consider constraint satisfaction problems parameterized above or below guaranteed values. One example is MaxSat parameterized above m/2: given a CNF formula F with m clauses, decide whether there is a truth assignment that satisfies at least m/2 + k clauses, where k is the parameter. Among other problems we deal with are MaxLin2-AA (given a system of linear equations over F_2 in which each equation has a positive integral weight, decide whether there is an assignment to the variables that satisfies equations of total weight at least W/2+k, where W is the total weight of all equations), Max-r-Lin2-AA (the same as MaxLin2-AA, but each equation has at most r variables, where r is a constant) and Max-r-Sat-AA (given a CNF formula F with m clauses in which each clause has at most r literals, decide whether there is a truth assignment satisfying at least sum_{i=1}^m (1-2^{r_i})+k clauses, where k is the parameter, r_i is the number of literals in clause i, and r is a constant). We also consider Max-r-CSP-AA, a natural generalization of both Max-r-Lin2-AA and Max-r-Sat-AA, order (or, permutation) constraint satisfaction problems parameterized above the average value and some other problems related to MaxSat. We discuss results, both polynomial kernels and parameterized algorithms, obtained for the problems mainly in the last few years as well as some open questions.
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Gregory Gutin and Anders Yeo. Parameterized Constraint Satisfaction Problems: a Survey. In The Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Complexity and Approximability. Dagstuhl Follow-Ups, Volume 7, pp. 179-203, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InCollection{gutin_et_al:DFU.Vol7.15301.179,
  author =	{Gutin, Gregory and Yeo, Anders},
  title =	{{Parameterized Constraint Satisfaction Problems: a Survey}},
  booktitle =	{The Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Complexity and Approximability},
  pages =	{179--203},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Follow-Ups},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-003-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8977},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{7},
  editor =	{Krokhin, Andrei and Zivny, Stanislav},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DFU.Vol7.15301.179},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-69641},
  doi =		{10.4230/DFU.Vol7.15301.179},
  annote =	{Keywords: Constraint satisfaction problems, Fixed-parameter tractability}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.43
Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms for the Load Coloring Problem

Authors: Florian Barbero, Gregory Gutin, Mark Jones, and Bin Sheng

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

Abstract
Let c, k be two positive integers. Given a graph G=(V,E), the c-Load Coloring problem asks whether there is a c-coloring varphi: V => [c] such that for every i in [c], there are at least k edges with both endvertices colored i. Gutin and Jones (IPL 2014) studied this problem with c=2. They showed 2-Load Coloring to be fixed-parameter tractable (FPT) with parameter k by obtaining a kernel with at most 7k vertices. In this paper, we extend the study to any fixed c by giving both a linear-vertex and a linear-edge kernel. In the particular case of c=2, we obtain a kernel with less than 4k vertices and less than 8k edges. These results imply that for any fixed c >= 2, c-Load Coloring is FPT and the optimization version of c-Load Coloring (where k is to be maximized) has an approximation algorithm with a constant ratio.
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Florian Barbero, Gregory Gutin, Mark Jones, and Bin Sheng. Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms for the Load Coloring Problem. In 10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 43, pp. 43-54, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{barbero_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.43,
  author =	{Barbero, Florian and Gutin, Gregory and Jones, Mark and Sheng, Bin},
  title =	{{Parameterized and Approximation Algorithms for the Load Coloring Problem}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015)},
  pages =	{43--54},
  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.2015.43},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-55703},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.43},
  annote =	{Keywords: Load Coloring, fixed-parameter tractability, kernelization}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.66
On the Workflow Satisfiability Problem with Class-independent Constraints

Authors: Jason Crampton, Andrei Gagarin, Gregory Gutin, and Mark Jones

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

Abstract
A workflow specification defines sets of steps and users. An authorization policy determines for each user a subset of steps the user is allowed to perform. Other security requirements, such as separation-of-duty, impose constraints on which subsets of users may perform certain subsets of steps. The workflow satisfiability problem (WSP) is the problem of determining whether there exists an assignment of users to workflow steps that satisfies all such authorizations and constraints. An algorithm for solving WSP is important, both as a static analysis tool for workflow specifications, and for the construction of run-time reference monitors for workflow management systems. Given the computational difficulty of WSP, it is important, particularly for the second application, that such algorithms are as efficient as possible. We introduce class-independent constraints, enabling us to model scenarios where the set of users is partitioned into groups, and the identities of the user groups are irrelevant to the satisfaction of the constraint. We prove that solving WSP is fixed-parameter tractable (FPT) for this class of constraints and develop an FPT algorithm that is useful in practice. We compare the performance of the FPT algorithm with that of SAT4J (a pseudo-Boolean SAT solver) in computational experiments, which show that our algorithm significantly outperforms SAT4J for many instances of WSP. User-independent constraints, a large class of constraints including many practical ones, are a special case of class-independent constraints for which WSP was proved to be FPT (Cohen et al., J. Artif. Intel. Res. 2014). Thus our results considerably extend our knowledge of the fixed-parameter tractability of WSP.
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Jason Crampton, Andrei Gagarin, Gregory Gutin, and Mark Jones. On the Workflow Satisfiability Problem with Class-independent Constraints. In 10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 43, pp. 66-77, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{crampton_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.66,
  author =	{Crampton, Jason and Gagarin, Andrei and Gutin, Gregory and Jones, Mark},
  title =	{{On the Workflow Satisfiability Problem with Class-independent Constraints}},
  booktitle =	{10th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2015)},
  pages =	{66--77},
  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.2015.66},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-55727},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2015.66},
  annote =	{Keywords: Workflow Satisfiability Problem; Constraint Satisfaction Problem; fixed-parameter tractability; user-independent constraints}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2012.400
Directed Acyclic Subgraph Problem Parameterized above the Poljak-Turzik Bound

Authors: Robert Crowston, Gregory Gutin, and Mark Jones

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 18, IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2012)

Abstract
An oriented graph is a directed graph without directed 2-cycles. Poljak and Turzik (1986) proved that every connected oriented graph G on n vertices and m arcs contains an acyclic subgraph with at least m/2+(n-1)/4 arcs. Raman and Saurabh (2006) gave another proof of this result and left it as an open question to establish the parameterized complexity of the following problem: does G have an acyclic subgraph with least m/2 + (n-1)/4 + k arcs, where k is the parameter? We answer this question by showing that the problem can be solved by an algorithm of runtime (12k)!n^{O(1)}. Thus, the problem is fixed-parameter tractable. We also prove that there is a polynomial time algorithm that either establishes that the input instance of the problem is a Yes-instance or reduces the input instance to an equivalent one of size O(k^2).
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Robert Crowston, Gregory Gutin, and Mark Jones. Directed Acyclic Subgraph Problem Parameterized above the Poljak-Turzik Bound. In IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2012). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 18, pp. 400-411, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2012)

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@InProceedings{crowston_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2012.400,
  author =	{Crowston, Robert and Gutin, Gregory and Jones, Mark},
  title =	{{Directed Acyclic Subgraph Problem Parameterized above the Poljak-Turzik Bound}},
  booktitle =	{IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2012)},
  pages =	{400--411},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-47-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2012},
  volume =	{18},
  editor =	{D'Souza, Deepak and Radhakrishnan, Jaikumar and Telikepalli, Kavitha},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2012.400},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-38765},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2012.400},
  annote =	{Keywords: Acyclic Subgraph, Fixed-parameter tractable, Polynomial Kernel}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2011.229
Simultaneously Satisfying Linear Equations Over F_2: MaxLin2 and Max-r-Lin2 Parameterized Above Average

Authors: Robert Crowston, Michael Fellows, Gregory Gutin, Mark Jones, Frances Rosamond, Stéphan Thomassé, and Anders Yeo

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 13, IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2011)

Abstract
In the parameterized problem MaxLin2-AA[$k$], we are given a system with variables x_1,...,x_n consisting of equations of the form Product_{i in I}x_i = b, where x_i,b in {-1, 1} and I is a nonempty subset of {1,...,n}, each equation has a positive integral weight, and we are to decide whether it is possible to simultaneously satisfy equations of total weight at least W/2+k, where W is the total weight of all equations and k is the parameter (if k=0, the possibility is assured). We show that MaxLin2-AA[k] has a kernel with at most O(k^2 log k) variables and can be solved in time 2^{O(k log k)}(nm)^{O(1)}. This solves an open problem of Mahajan et al. (2006). The problem Max-r-Lin2-AA[k,r] is the same as MaxLin2-AA[k] with two differences: each equation has at most r variables and r is the second parameter. We prove a theorem on Max-$r$-Lin2-AA[k,r] which implies that Max-r-Lin2-AA[k,r] has a kernel with at most (2k-1)r variables, improving a number of results including one by Kim and Williams (2010). The theorem also implies a lower bound on the maximum of a function f that maps {-1,1}^n to the set of reals and whose Fourier expansion (which is a multilinear polynomial) is of degree r. We show applicability of the lower bound by giving a new proof of the Edwards-Erdös bound (each connected graph on n vertices and m edges has a bipartite subgraph with at least m/2 +(n-1)/4 edges) and obtaining a generalization.
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Robert Crowston, Michael Fellows, Gregory Gutin, Mark Jones, Frances Rosamond, Stéphan Thomassé, and Anders Yeo. Simultaneously Satisfying Linear Equations Over F_2: MaxLin2 and Max-r-Lin2 Parameterized Above Average. In IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2011). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 13, pp. 229-240, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@InProceedings{crowston_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2011.229,
  author =	{Crowston, Robert and Fellows, Michael and Gutin, Gregory and Jones, Mark and Rosamond, Frances and Thomass\'{e}, St\'{e}phan and Yeo, Anders},
  title =	{{Simultaneously Satisfying Linear Equations Over F\underline2: MaxLin2 and Max-r-Lin2 Parameterized Above Average}},
  booktitle =	{IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2011)},
  pages =	{229--240},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-34-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2011},
  volume =	{13},
  editor =	{Chakraborty, Supratik and Kumar, Amit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2011.229},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-33416},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2011.229},
  annote =	{Keywords: MaxLin, fixed-parameter tractability, kernelization, pseudo-boolean functions}
}
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