Bandwidth and distortion revisited

  • Authors:
  • Marek Cygan;Marcin Pilipczuk

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper we merge recent developments on exact algorithms for finding an ordering of vertices of a given graph that minimizes bandwidth (the Bandwidth problem) and for finding an embedding of a given graph into a line that minimizes distortion (the Distortion problem). For both problems we develop algorithms that work in O(9.363^n) time and polynomial space. For Bandwidth, this improves O^*(10^n) algorithm by Feige and Kilian from 2000, for Distortion this is the first polynomial space exact algorithm that works in O(c^n) time we are aware of. As a byproduct, we enhance the O(5^n^+^o^(^n^))-time and O^*(2^n)-space algorithm for Distortion by Fomin et al. to an algorithm working in O(4.383^n)-time and space.