Ing. Jan Matyáš Křišťan

Článek

10.1016/j.disopt.2022.100756

Katedra teoretické informatiky

Consider a vertex-weighted graph G with a source s and a target t. TRACKING PATHS requires finding a minimum weight set of vertices (trackers) such that the sequence of trackers in each path from s to t is unique. In this work, we derive a factor 6-approximation algorithm for TRACKING PATHS in weighted graphs and a factor 4-approximation algorithm if the input is unweighted. This is the first constant factor approximation for this problem. While doing so, we also study approximation of the closely related r-FAULT TOLERANT FEEDBACK VERTEX SET problem. There, for a fixed integer r and a given vertex-weighted graph G, the task is to find a minimum weight set of vertices intersecting every cycle of G in at least r+1 vertices. We give a factor O(r) approximation algorithm for r-FAULT TOLERANT FEEDBACK VERTEX SET if r is a constant.

Článek

10.1016/j.ipl.2022.106315

Katedra teoretické informatiky

Given an undirected graph G = (V , E), vertices s,t ∈ V , and an integer k, Tracking Shortest Paths requires deciding whether there exists a set of k vertices T ⊆ V such that for any two distinct shortest paths between s and t, say P1 and P2, we have T ∩ V (P1) != T ∩ V (P2). In this paper, we give the first polynomial size kernel for the problem. Specifically we show the existence of a kernel with O(k2) vertices and edges in general graphs and a kernel with O(k) vertices and edges in planar graphs for the Tracking Paths in DAG problem. This problem admits a polynomial parameter transformation to Tracking Shortest Paths, and this implies a kernel with O(k4) vertices and edges for Tracking Shortest Paths in general graphs and a kernel with O(k2) vertices and edges in planar graphs. Based on the above we also give a single exponential algorithm for Tracking Shortest Paths in planar graphs.

Stať ve sborníku

10.1007/978-3-030-92702-8_2

Katedra teoretické informatiky

Consider a vertex-weighted graph G with a source s and a target t. Tracking Paths requires finding a minimum weight set of vertices (trackers) such that the sequence of trackers in each path from s to t is unique. In this work, we derive a factor 66-approximation algorithm for Tracking Paths in weighted graphs and a factor 4-approximation algorithm if the input is unweighted. This is the first constant factor approximation for this problem. While doing so, we also study approximation of the closely related r -Fault Tolerant Feedback Vertex Set problem. There, for a fixed integer r and a given vertex-weighted graph G, the task is to find a minimum weight set of vertices intersecting every cycle of G in at least r+1 vertices. We give a factor O(r^2) approximation algorithm for r -Fault Tolerant Feedback Vertex Set if r is a constant.

Stať ve sborníku

10.1007/978-3-030-30806-3_4

Katedra teoretické informatiky

Given a graph $G$, guards are placed on vertices of $G$. Then vertices are subject to an infinite sequence of attacks so that each attack must be defended by a guard moving from a neighboring vertex. The m-eternal domination number is the minimum number of guards such that the graph can be defended indefinitely. In this paper we study the m-eternal domination number of cactus graphs, that is, connected graphs where each edge lies in at most two cycles, and we consider three variants of the m-eternal domination number: first variant allows multiple guards to occupy a single vertex, second variant does not allow it, and in the third variant additional ``eviction'' attacks must be defended. We provide a new upper bound for the m-eternal domination number of cactus graphs, and for a subclass of cactus graphs called Christmas cactus graphs, where each vertex lies in at most two cycles, we prove that these three numbers are equal. Moreover, we present a linear-time algorithm for computing them.