The Parameterized Complexity of the Shared Center Problem
The Parameterized Complexity of the Shared Center Problem
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DOI:
10.1007/s00453-012-9730-7
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发表时间:
2012-07
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影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
Zhi-Zhong Chen;Wenji Ma;Lusheng Wang
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作者:
Zhi-Zhong Chen;Wenji Ma;Lusheng Wang
Recently, theshared center(SC) problem has been proposed as a mathematical model for inferring the allele-sharing status of a given set of individuals using a database of confirmed haplotypes as reference. The problem was proved to be NP-complete and a ratio-2 polynomial-time approximation algorithm was designed for its minimization version (called theclosest shared center(CSC) problem). In this paper, we consider the parameterized complexity of the SC problem. First, we show that the SC problem isW[1]-hard with parametersdandn, wheredandnare theradiusand the number of (diseased or normal) individuals in the input, respectively. Then, we present two asymptotically optimal parameterized algorithms for the problem and apply them to linkage analysis.