Parameterized Directed k-Chinese Postman Problem and k Arc-Disjoint Cycles Problem on Euler Digraphs
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In the Directed k-Chinese Postman Problem (k-DCPP), we are given a connected weighted digraph G and asked to find k non-empty closed directed walks covering all arcs of G such that the total weight of the walks is minimum. Gutin, Muciaccia and Yeo (Theor. Comput. Sci. 513 (2013) 124–128) asked for the parameterized complexity of k-DCPP when k is the parameter. We prove that the k-DCPP is fixed-parameter tractable. We also consider a related problem of finding k arc-disjoint directed cycles in an Euler digraph, parameterized by k. Slivkins (ESA 2003) showed that this problem is W[1]-hard for general digraphs. Generalizing another result by Slivkins, we prove that the problem is fixed-parameter tractable for Euler digraphs. The corresponding problem on vertex-disjoint cycles in Euler digraphs remains W[1]-hard even for Euler digraphs.
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