Dynamic programming and planarity: Improved tree-decomposition based algorithms

Dynamic programming and planarity: Improved tree-decomposition based algorithms

Westudy some structural properties for tree-decompositions of 2-connected planar graphs that we use to improve upon the runtime of tree-decomposition based dynamic programming approaches for several NP-hard planar graph problems. E.g., we derive the fastest algorithm for Planar Dominating Set of runtime 3tw · nO(1), when we take the width tw of a given tree-decomposition as the measure for the ...

How to Use Planarity Efficiently: New Tree-Decomposition Based Algorithms

We prove new structural properties for tree-decompositions of planar graphs that we use to improve upon the runtime of tree-decomposition based dynamic programming approaches for several NP-hard planar graph problems. We give for example the fastest algorithm for Planar Dominating Set of runtime 3 · n, when we take the treewidth tw as the measure for the exponential worst case behavior. We also...

Evaluating Tree-Decomposition Based Algorithms for Answer Set Programming

A promising approach to tackle intractable problems is given by a combination of decomposition methods with dynamic algorithms. One such decomposition concept is tree decomposition. However, several heuristics for obtaining a tree decomposition exist and, moreover, also the subsequent dynamic algorithm can be laid out differently. In this paper, we provide an experimental evaluation of this com...

Improved Tree Decomposition Based Algorithms for Domination-like Problems

Improved Tree Decomposition Based Algorithms for Domination-like Problems