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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.41
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-65013
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2016/6501/
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Ganian, Robert ; Narayanaswamy, N. S. ; Ordyniak, Sebastian ; Rahul, C. S. ; Ramanujan, M. S.

On the Complexity Landscape of Connected f-Factor Problems

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Abstract

Given an n-vertex graph G and a function f:V(G) -> {0, ..., n-1}, an f-factor is a subgraph H of G such that deg_H(v)=f(v) for every vertex v in V(G); we say that H is a connected f-factor if, in addition, the subgraph H is connected. A classical result of Tutte (1954) is the polynomial time algorithm to check whether a given graph has a specified f-factor. However, checking for the presence of a connected f-factor is easily seen to generalize Hamiltonian Cycle and hence is NP-complete. In fact, the Connected f-Factor problem remains NP-complete even when f(v) is at least n^epsilon for each vertex v and epsilon<1; on the other side of the spectrum, the problem was known to be polynomial-time solvable when f(v) is at least n/3 for every vertex v.

In this paper, we extend this line of work and obtain new complexity results based on restricting the function f. In particular, we show that when f(v) is required to be at least n/(log n)^c, the problem can be solved in quasi-polynomial time in general and in randomized polynomial time if c <= 1. We also show that when c>1, the problem is NP-intermediate.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{ganian_et_al:LIPIcs:2016:6501,
  author =	{Robert Ganian and N. S. Narayanaswamy and Sebastian Ordyniak and C. S. Rahul and M. S. Ramanujan},
  title =	{{On the Complexity Landscape of  Connected f-Factor Problems}},
  booktitle =	{41st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2016)},
  pages =	{41:1--41:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-016-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{58},
  editor =	{Piotr Faliszewski and Anca Muscholl and Rolf Niedermeier},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2016/6501},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-65013},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2016.41},
  annote =	{Keywords: f-factors, connected f-factors, quasi-polynomial time algorithms, randomized algorithms}
}

Keywords: f-factors, connected f-factors, quasi-polynomial time algorithms, randomized algorithms
Collection: 41st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2016)
Issue Date: 2016
Date of publication: 19.08.2016

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