Parameterized Algorithms and Hardness Results for Some Graph Motif Problems
Parameterized Algorithms and Hardness Results for Some Graph Motif Problems
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一些图基序问题的参数化算法和硬度结果
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10.1007/978-3-540-69068-9_6
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2008
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R. Niedermeier
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作者:
Nadja Betzler;M. Fellows;Christian Komusiewicz;R. Niedermeier
We study the NP-complete Graph Motif problem: given a vertex-colored graph G= (V,E) and a multiset Mof colors, does there exist an Si¾? Vsuch that G[S] is connected and carries exactly (also with respect to multiplicity) the colors in M? We present an improved randomized algorithm for Graph Motif with running time O(4.32|M|·|M|2·|E|). We extend our algorithm to list-colored graph vertices and the case where the motif G[S] needs not be connected. By way of contrast, we show that extending the request for motif connectedness to the somewhat "more robust" motif demands of biconnectedness or bridge-connectedness leads to W[1]-complete problems. Actually, we show that the presumably simpler problems of finding (uncolored) biconnected or bridge-connected subgraphs are W[1]-complete with respect to the subgraph size. Answering an open question from the literature, we further show that the parameter "number of connected motif components" leads to W[1]-hardness even when restricted to graphs that are paths.