Exponential Speedup of Fixed-Parameter Algorithms on K3, 3-Minor-Free or K5-Minor-Free Graphs

  • Authors:
  • Erik D. Demaine;Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi;Dimitrios M. Thilikos

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ISAAC '02 Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We present a fixed-parameter algorithm that constructively solves the k-dominating set problem on graphs excluding one of K5 or K3, 3 as a minor in time O(416.5驴k nO(1)), which is an exponential factor faster than the previous O(2O(k) nO(1)). In fact, we present our algorithm for any H-minor-free graph where H is a single-crossing graph (can be drawn in the plane with at most one crossing) and obtain the algorithm for K3, 3 (K5)-minor-free graphs as a special case. As a consequence, we extend our results to several other problems such as vertex cover, edge dominating set, independent set, clique-transversal set, kernels in digraphs, feedback vertex set and a series of vertex removal problems. Our work generalizes and extends the recent result of exponential speedup in designing fixed-parameter algorithms on planar graphs by Alber et al. to other (nonplanar) classes of graphs.