A 2k-vertex Kernel for Maximum Internal Spanning Tree
A 2k-vertex Kernel for Maximum Internal Spanning Tree
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10.1007/978-3-319-21840-3_41
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2014-12
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Wenjun Li;Jian-xin Wang;Jianer Chen;Yixin Cao
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Wenjun Li;Jian-xin Wang;Jianer Chen;Yixin Cao
We consider the parameterized version of the maximum internal spanning tree problem: given ann-vertex graph and a parameterk, does the graph have a spanning tree with at leastkinternal vertices? Fomin et al. [J. Comput. System Sci., 79:1–6] crafted a very ingenious reduction rule, and showed that a simple application of this rule is sufficient to yield a 3k-vertex kernel for this problem. Here we propose a novel way to use the same reduction rule, resulting in an improved 2k-vertex kernel. Our algorithm applies first a greedy procedure consisting of a sequence of local exchange operations, which ends with a local-optimal spanning tree, and then uses this special tree to find a reducible structure. As a corollary of our kernel, we obtain a-time deterministic algorithm, improving all previous algorithms for the problem.