FPT Approximation using Treewidth: Capacitated Vertex Cover, Target Set Selection and Vector Dominating Set

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Main Authors: Chu, Huairui, Lin, Bingkai
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Published: 2023
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author Chu, Huairui
Lin, Bingkai
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Lin, Bingkai
contents Treewidth is a useful tool in designing graph algorithms. Although many NP-hard graph problems can be solved in linear time when the input graphs have small treewidth, there are problems which remain hard on graphs of bounded treewidth. In this paper, we consider three vertex selection problems that are W[1]-hard when parameterized by the treewidth of the input graph, namely the capacitated vertex cover problem, the target set selection problem and the vector dominating set problem. We provide two new methods to obtain FPT approximation algorithms for these problems. For the capacitated vertex cover problem and the vector dominating set problem, we obtain $(1+o(1))$-approximation FPT algorithms. For the target set selection problem, we give an FPT algorithm providing a tradeoff between its running time and the approximation ratio.
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spellingShingle FPT Approximation using Treewidth: Capacitated Vertex Cover, Target Set Selection and Vector Dominating Set
Chu, Huairui
Lin, Bingkai
Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Complexity
Treewidth is a useful tool in designing graph algorithms. Although many NP-hard graph problems can be solved in linear time when the input graphs have small treewidth, there are problems which remain hard on graphs of bounded treewidth. In this paper, we consider three vertex selection problems that are W[1]-hard when parameterized by the treewidth of the input graph, namely the capacitated vertex cover problem, the target set selection problem and the vector dominating set problem. We provide two new methods to obtain FPT approximation algorithms for these problems. For the capacitated vertex cover problem and the vector dominating set problem, we obtain $(1+o(1))$-approximation FPT algorithms. For the target set selection problem, we give an FPT algorithm providing a tradeoff between its running time and the approximation ratio.
title FPT Approximation using Treewidth: Capacitated Vertex Cover, Target Set Selection and Vector Dominating Set
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Complexity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.11944