A Strongly Polynomial-Time Algorithm for Weighted General Factors with Three Feasible Degrees

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Main Authors: Shao, Shuai, Živný, Stanislav
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Živný, Stanislav
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Živný, Stanislav
contents General factors are a generalization of matchings. Given a graph $G$ with a set $π(v)$ of feasible degrees, called a degree constraint, for each vertex $v$ of $G$, the general factor problem is to find a (spanning) subgraph $F$ of $G$ such that $\text{deg}_F(x) \in π(v)$ for every $v$ of $G$. When all degree constraints are symmetric $Δ$-matroids, the problem is solvable in polynomial time. The weighted general factor problem is to find a general factor of the maximum total weight in an edge-weighted graph. In this paper, we present the first strongly polynomial-time algorithm for a type of weighted general factor problems with real-valued edge weights that is provably not reducible to the weighted matching problem by gadget constructions.
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spellingShingle A Strongly Polynomial-Time Algorithm for Weighted General Factors with Three Feasible Degrees
Shao, Shuai
Živný, Stanislav
Discrete Mathematics
Computational Complexity
Data Structures and Algorithms
General factors are a generalization of matchings. Given a graph $G$ with a set $π(v)$ of feasible degrees, called a degree constraint, for each vertex $v$ of $G$, the general factor problem is to find a (spanning) subgraph $F$ of $G$ such that $\text{deg}_F(x) \in π(v)$ for every $v$ of $G$. When all degree constraints are symmetric $Δ$-matroids, the problem is solvable in polynomial time. The weighted general factor problem is to find a general factor of the maximum total weight in an edge-weighted graph. In this paper, we present the first strongly polynomial-time algorithm for a type of weighted general factor problems with real-valued edge weights that is provably not reducible to the weighted matching problem by gadget constructions.
title A Strongly Polynomial-Time Algorithm for Weighted General Factors with Three Feasible Degrees
topic Discrete Mathematics
Computational Complexity
Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11761