Bandwidth Parameterized by Cluster Vertex Deletion Number

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Main Authors: Gima, Tatsuya, Kim, Eun Jung, Köhler, Noleen, Melissinos, Nikolaos, Vasilakis, Manolis
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author Gima, Tatsuya
Kim, Eun Jung
Köhler, Noleen
Melissinos, Nikolaos
Vasilakis, Manolis
author_facet Gima, Tatsuya
Kim, Eun Jung
Köhler, Noleen
Melissinos, Nikolaos
Vasilakis, Manolis
contents Given a graph $G$ and an integer $b$, Bandwidth asks whether there exists a bijection $π$ from $V(G)$ to $\{1, \ldots, |V(G)|\}$ such that $\max_{\{u, v \} \in E(G)} | π(u) - π(v) | \leq b$. This is a classical NP-complete problem, known to remain NP-complete even on very restricted classes of graphs, such as trees of maximum degree 3 and caterpillars of hair length 3. In the realm of parameterized complexity, these results imply that the problem remains NP-hard on graphs of bounded pathwidth, while it is additionally known to be W[1]-hard when parameterized by the tree-depth of the input graph. In contrast, the problem does become FPT when parameterized by the vertex cover number. In this paper we make progress in understanding the parameterized (in)tractability of Bandwidth. We first show that it is FPT when parameterized by the cluster vertex deletion number cvd plus the clique number $ω$, thus significantly strengthening the previously mentioned result for vertex cover number. On the other hand, we show that Bandwidth is W[1]-hard when parameterized only by cvd. Our results develop and generalize some of the methods of argumentation of the previous results and narrow some of the complexity gaps.
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spellingShingle Bandwidth Parameterized by Cluster Vertex Deletion Number
Gima, Tatsuya
Kim, Eun Jung
Köhler, Noleen
Melissinos, Nikolaos
Vasilakis, Manolis
Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Complexity
Given a graph $G$ and an integer $b$, Bandwidth asks whether there exists a bijection $π$ from $V(G)$ to $\{1, \ldots, |V(G)|\}$ such that $\max_{\{u, v \} \in E(G)} | π(u) - π(v) | \leq b$. This is a classical NP-complete problem, known to remain NP-complete even on very restricted classes of graphs, such as trees of maximum degree 3 and caterpillars of hair length 3. In the realm of parameterized complexity, these results imply that the problem remains NP-hard on graphs of bounded pathwidth, while it is additionally known to be W[1]-hard when parameterized by the tree-depth of the input graph. In contrast, the problem does become FPT when parameterized by the vertex cover number. In this paper we make progress in understanding the parameterized (in)tractability of Bandwidth. We first show that it is FPT when parameterized by the cluster vertex deletion number cvd plus the clique number $ω$, thus significantly strengthening the previously mentioned result for vertex cover number. On the other hand, we show that Bandwidth is W[1]-hard when parameterized only by cvd. Our results develop and generalize some of the methods of argumentation of the previous results and narrow some of the complexity gaps.
title Bandwidth Parameterized by Cluster Vertex Deletion Number
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Complexity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.17204