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A refined search tree technique for dominating set on planar graphs. (English) Zbl 1101.68712
Summary: We establish a refined search tree technique for the parameterized DOMINATING SET problem on planar graphs. Here, we are given an undirected graph and we ask for a set of at most k vertices such that every other vertex has at least one neighbor in this set. We describe algorithms with running times $$O(8^{k}n)$$ and $$O(8^{k}k+n^{3})$$, where $$n$$ is the number of vertices in the graph, based on bounded search trees. We describe a set of polynomial time data-reduction rules for a more general ”annotated” problem on black/white graphs that asks for a set of $$k$$ vertices (black or white) that dominate all the black vertices. An intricate argument based on the Euler formula then establishes an efficient branching strategy for reduced inputs to this problem. In addition, we give a family examples showing that the bound of the branching theorem is optimal with respect to our reduction rules. Our final search tree algorithm is easy to implement; its analysis, however, is involved.

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 68R10 Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science
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