An O∗(2.619k) algorithm for 4-PATH VERTEX COVER

Dekel Tsur

doi:10.1016/j.dam.2020.11.019

An O^∗(2.619^k) algorithm for 4-PATH VERTEX COVER

Dekel Tsur

Department of Computer Science

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

In the 4-PATH VERTEX COVER problem, the input is an undirected graph G and an integer k. The goal is to decide whether there is a set S of vertices of size at most k such that every path with 4 vertices in G contains at least one vertex of S. In this paper we give a parameterized algorithm for 4-PATH VERTEX COVER whose time complexity is 2.619^k⋅n^O(1), where n denotes the number of vertices of the input graph.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Discrete Applied Mathematics
Volume	291
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2020.11.019
State	Published - 11 Mar 2021

Keywords

Branching rules
Graph algorithms
Iterative compression
Parameterized complexity

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Applied Mathematics

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