A general data reduction scheme for domination in graphs

  • Authors:
  • Jochen Alber;Britta Dorn;Rolf Niedermeier

  • Affiliations:
  • Power System Applications & Consulting, DIgSILENT GmbH, Gomaringen, Germany;Mathematisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany;Institut für Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany

  • Venue:
  • SOFSEM'06 Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Data reduction by polynomial-time preprocessing is a core concept of (parameterized) complexity analysis in solving NP-hard problems. Its practical usefulness is confirmed by experimental work. Here, generalizing and extending previous work, we present a set of data reduction preprocessing rules on the way to compute optimal dominating sets in graphs. In this way, we arrive at the novel notion of “data reduction schemes.” In addition, we obtain data reduction results for domination in directed graphs that allow to prove a linear-size problem kernel for Directed Dominating Set in planar graphs.