Faster Subtree Isomorphism

Faster subtree isomorphism

We study the subtree isomorphism problem: Given trees H and G, find a subtree of G which is isomorphic to H or decide that there is no such subtree. We give an O( k1:5 logkn)time algorithm for this problem, where k and n are the number of vertices in H and G respectively. This improves over the O(k1:5n) algorithms of Chung and Matula. We also give a randomized (Las Vegas) O(min(k1:45n; kn1:43))...

Faster Algorithms for the Maximum Common Subtree Isomorphism Problem

The maximum common subtree isomorphism problem asks for the largest possible isomorphism between subtrees of two given input trees. This problem is a natural restriction of the maximum common subgraph problem, which is NP-hard in general graphs. Confining to trees renders polynomial time algorithms possible and is of fundamental importance for approaches on more general graph classes. Various v...

Subtree Isomorphism Revisited

The Subtree Isomorphism problem asks whether a given tree is contained in another given tree. The problem is of fundamental importance and has been studied since the 1960s. For some variants, e.g., ordered trees, near-linear time algorithms are known, but for the general case truly subquadratic algorithms remain elusive. Our first result is a reduction from the Orthogonal Vectors problem to Sub...

On an Algorithm of Zemlyachenko for Subtree Isomorphism

On an Algorithm of Zemlyachenko for Subtree Isomorphism