Feldmann, A.E. orcid.org/0000-0001-6229-5332 and Lampis, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-5791-0887 (2024) Parameterized algorithms for Steiner forest in bounded width graphs. In: Bringmann, K., Grohe, M., Puppis, G. and Svensson, O., (eds.) 51st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2024). International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP), 08-12 Jul 2024, Tallinn, Estonia. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, 297 . , 61:1-61:20. ISBN 978-3-95977-322-5
Abstract
In this paper we reassess the parameterized complexity and approximability of the well-studied Steiner Forest problem in several graph classes of bounded width. The problem takes an edge-weighted graph and pairs of vertices as input, and the aim is to find a minimum cost subgraph in which each given vertex pair lies in the same connected component. It is known that this problem is APX-hard in general, and NP-hard on graphs of treewidth 3, treedepth 4, and feedback vertex set size 2. However, Bateni, Hajiaghayi and Marx [JACM, 2011] gave an approximation scheme with a runtime of nO(k2/ε) on graphs of treewidth k. Our main result is a much faster efficient parameterized approximation scheme (EPAS) with a runtime of 2O(kε 2 log kε ) · nO(1). If k instead is the vertex cover number of the input graph, we show how to compute the optimum solution in 2O(k log k) · nO(1) time, and we also prove that this runtime dependence on k is asymptotically best possible, under ETH. Furthermore, if k is the size of a feedback edge set, then we obtain a faster 2O(k) · nO(1) time algorithm, which again cannot be improved under ETH.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Andreas Emil Feldmannand Michael Lamp is licensed under Creative Commons License CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode) |
Keywords: | Steiner Forest; Approximation Algorithms; FPT algorithms |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2024 15:34 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2024 15:43 |
Status: | Published |
Series Name: | Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2024.61 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219939 |