Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)
Roohani Sharma and Michał Włodarczyk. Protrusion Decompositions Revisited: Uniform Lossy Kernels for Reducing Treewidth and Linear Kernels for Hitting Disconnected Minors. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 78:1-78:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{sharma_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.78,
author = {Sharma, Roohani and W{\l}odarczyk, Micha{\l}},
title = {{Protrusion Decompositions Revisited: Uniform Lossy Kernels for Reducing Treewidth and Linear Kernels for Hitting Disconnected Minors}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {78:1--78:21},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-412-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {364},
editor = {Mahajan, Meena and Manea, Florin and McIver, Annabelle and Thắng, Nguy\~{ê}n Kim},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.78},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255674},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.78},
annote = {Keywords: kernelization, graph minors, treewidth, uniform kernels, minor hitting}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)
Nicolas Bousquet and Daniel W. Cranston. A Linear Kernel for Independent Set Reconfiguration in Planar Graphs. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 19:1-19:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{bousquet_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.19,
author = {Bousquet, Nicolas and Cranston, Daniel W.},
title = {{A Linear Kernel for Independent Set Reconfiguration in Planar Graphs}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {19:1--19:18},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-412-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {364},
editor = {Mahajan, Meena and Manea, Florin and McIver, Annabelle and Thắng, Nguy\~{ê}n Kim},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.19},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255081},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.19},
annote = {Keywords: Reconfiguration, Independent Set, Kernel, Planar graphs}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Tanmay Inamdar, Satyabrata Jana, Madhumita Kundu, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh, and Meirav Zehavi. FPT Approximations for Connected Maximum Coverage. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 80:1-80:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{inamdar_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.80,
author = {Inamdar, Tanmay and Jana, Satyabrata and Kundu, Madhumita and Lokshtanov, Daniel and Saurabh, Saket and Zehavi, Meirav},
title = {{FPT Approximations for Connected Maximum Coverage}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {80:1--80:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.80},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253674},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.80},
annote = {Keywords: Partial Dominating Set, Connectivity, Maximum Coverage, FPT Approximation, Fixed-parameter Tractability}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)
Tobias Friedrich, Kirill Simonov, and Farehe Soheil. Binary k-Center with Missing Entries: Structure Leads to Tractability. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 8:1-8:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{friedrich_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.8,
author = {Friedrich, Tobias and Simonov, Kirill and Soheil, Farehe},
title = {{Binary k-Center with Missing Entries: Structure Leads to Tractability}},
booktitle = {20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
pages = {8:1--8:19},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-407-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {358},
editor = {Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.8},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251403},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.8},
annote = {Keywords: Clustering, Missing Entries, k-Center, Parameterized Algorithms}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)
Michał Włodarczyk. Designing Compact ILPs via Fast Witness Verification. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 16:1-16:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{wlodarczyk:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.16,
author = {W{\l}odarczyk, Micha{\l}},
title = {{Designing Compact ILPs via Fast Witness Verification}},
booktitle = {20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
pages = {16:1--16:18},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-407-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {358},
editor = {Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.16},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251481},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.16},
annote = {Keywords: integer programming, kernelization, nondeterminism, multiway cut}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 358, 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)
Michelle Döring, Jan Fehse, Tobias Friedrich, Paula Marten, Niklas Mohrin, Kirill Simonov, Farehe Soheil, Jakob Timm, and Shaily Verma. Parameterized Complexity of Vehicle Routing. In 20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 358, pp. 10:1-10:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{doring_et_al:LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.10,
author = {D\"{o}ring, Michelle and Fehse, Jan and Friedrich, Tobias and Marten, Paula and Mohrin, Niklas and Simonov, Kirill and Soheil, Farehe and Timm, Jakob and Verma, Shaily},
title = {{Parameterized Complexity of Vehicle Routing}},
booktitle = {20th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2025)},
pages = {10:1--10:17},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-407-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {358},
editor = {Agrawal, Akanksha and van Leeuwen, Erik Jan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.10},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251424},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2025.10},
annote = {Keywords: Vehicle Routing Problem, Treewidth, Parameterized Complexity}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 360, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)
Satyabrata Jana, Soumen Mandal, Ashutosh Rai, and Saket Saurabh. Improved Approximation for Pathwidth One Vertex Deletion and Parameterized Complexity of Its Variants. In 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 360, pp. 39:1-39:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{jana_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.39,
author = {Jana, Satyabrata and Mandal, Soumen and Rai, Ashutosh and Saurabh, Saket},
title = {{Improved Approximation for Pathwidth One Vertex Deletion and Parameterized Complexity of Its Variants}},
booktitle = {45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)},
pages = {39:1--39:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-406-2},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {360},
editor = {Aiswarya, C. and Mehta, Ruta and Roy, Subhajit},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.39},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251192},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.39},
annote = {Keywords: Pathwidth, Parameterized complexity, Approximation, Kernelization}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 359, 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)
Satyabrata Jana, Souvik Saha, Saket Saurabh, and Anannya Upasana. Parameterized Reunion with Achromatic Number. In 36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 359, pp. 42:1-42:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{jana_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.42,
author = {Jana, Satyabrata and Saha, Souvik and Saurabh, Saket and Upasana, Anannya},
title = {{Parameterized Reunion with Achromatic Number}},
booktitle = {36th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2025)},
pages = {42:1--42:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-408-6},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {359},
editor = {Chen, Ho-Lin and Hon, Wing-Kai and Tsai, Meng-Tsung},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.42},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-249502},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2025.42},
annote = {Keywords: Achromatic number, Coloring, Fixed-parameter tractability, Kernelization, Lower bound, W-hardness}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 357, 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025)
Tatsuya Gima, Yasuaki Kobayashi, and Yuto Okada. Structural Parameterizations of k-Planarity. In 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 357, pp. 16:1-16:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{gima_et_al:LIPIcs.GD.2025.16,
author = {Gima, Tatsuya and Kobayashi, Yasuaki and Okada, Yuto},
title = {{Structural Parameterizations of k-Planarity}},
booktitle = {33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025)},
pages = {16:1--16:17},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-403-1},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {357},
editor = {Dujmovi\'{c}, Vida and Montecchiani, Fabrizio},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GD.2025.16},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-250021},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.GD.2025.16},
annote = {Keywords: 1-planar graphs, local crossing number, beyond planarity, parameterized complexity, kernelization}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)
Soh Kumabe. Max-Distance Sparsification for Diversification and Clustering. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 46:1-46:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{kumabe:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.46,
author = {Kumabe, Soh},
title = {{Max-Distance Sparsification for Diversification and Clustering}},
booktitle = {33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
pages = {46:1--46:14},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-395-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {351},
editor = {Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian 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.2025.46},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-245146},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.46},
annote = {Keywords: Fixed-Parameter Tractability, Diversification, Clustering}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)
Nicolas Bousquet, Quentin Deschamps, Arnaud Mary, Amer E. Mouawad, and Théo Pierron. The Tape Reconfiguration Problem and Its Consequences for Dominating Set Reconfiguration. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 29:1-29:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{bousquet_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.29,
author = {Bousquet, Nicolas and Deschamps, Quentin and Mary, Arnaud and Mouawad, Amer E. and Pierron, Th\'{e}o},
title = {{The Tape Reconfiguration Problem and Its Consequences for Dominating Set Reconfiguration}},
booktitle = {33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
pages = {29:1--29:15},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-395-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {351},
editor = {Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian 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.2025.29},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244974},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.29},
annote = {Keywords: combinatorial reconfiguration, parameterized complexity, structural graph parameters, treewidth, dominating set}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)
Bruce W. Brewer and Haitao Wang. An Optimal Algorithm for Shortest Paths in Unweighted Disk Graphs. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 31:1-31:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{brewer_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.31,
author = {Brewer, Bruce W. and Wang, Haitao},
title = {{An Optimal Algorithm for Shortest Paths in Unweighted Disk Graphs}},
booktitle = {33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
pages = {31:1--31:8},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-395-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {351},
editor = {Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian 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.2025.31},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244997},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.31},
annote = {Keywords: disk graphs, weighted Voronoi diagrams, shortest paths}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)
Éric Colin de Verdière and Petr Hliněný. A Unified FPT Framework for Crossing Number Problems. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 21:1-21:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{colindeverdiere_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.21,
author = {Colin de Verdi\`{e}re, \'{E}ric and Hlin\v{e}n\'{y}, Petr},
title = {{A Unified FPT Framework for Crossing Number Problems}},
booktitle = {33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
pages = {21:1--21:18},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-395-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {351},
editor = {Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian 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.2025.21},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244897},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.21},
annote = {Keywords: computational geometry, fixed-parameter tractability, graph drawing, graph embedding, crossing number, two-dimensional simplicial complex, surface}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)
Matthias Bentert, Fedor V. Fomin, Petr A. Golovach, and Laure Morelle. Fault-Tolerant Matroid Bases. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 83:1-83:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{bentert_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.83,
author = {Bentert, Matthias and Fomin, Fedor V. and Golovach, Petr A. and Morelle, Laure},
title = {{Fault-Tolerant Matroid Bases}},
booktitle = {33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
pages = {83:1--83:14},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-395-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {351},
editor = {Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian 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.2025.83},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-245511},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.83},
annote = {Keywords: Parameterized Complexity, matroids, robust bases}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 349, 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)
Sayan Bandyapadhyay and Eli Mitchell. Approximation and Parameterized Algorithms for Covering with Disks of Two Types of Radii. In 19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 349, pp. 7:1-7:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{bandyapadhyay_et_al:LIPIcs.WADS.2025.7,
author = {Bandyapadhyay, Sayan and Mitchell, Eli},
title = {{Approximation and Parameterized Algorithms for Covering with Disks of Two Types of Radii}},
booktitle = {19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2025)},
pages = {7:1--7:14},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-398-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {349},
editor = {Morin, Pat and Oh, Eunjin},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.7},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-242386},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.WADS.2025.7},
annote = {Keywords: Covering, Disks, Approximation, FPT}
}