Spanning Trees Minimizing Branching Costs
The Minimum Branch Vertices Spanning Tree problem aims to find a spanning tree $T$ in a given graph $G$ with the fewest branch vertices, defined as vertices with a degree three or more in $T$. This problem, known to be NP-hard, has attracted significant attention due to its importance in network des...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science Jg. 27:2; H. Discrete Algorithms |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
01.01.2025
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| ISSN: | 1365-8050, 1365-8050 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Minimum Branch Vertices Spanning Tree problem aims to find a spanning tree $T$ in a given graph $G$ with the fewest branch vertices, defined as vertices with a degree three or more in $T$. This problem, known to be NP-hard, has attracted significant attention due to its importance in network design and optimization. Extensive research has been conducted on the algorithmic and combinatorial aspects of this problem, with recent studies delving into its fixed-parameter tractability. In this paper, we focus primarily on the parameter modular-width. We demonstrate that finding a spanning tree with the minimum number of branch vertices is Fixed-Parameter Tractable (FPT) when considered with respect to modular-width. Additionally, in cases where each vertex in the input graph has an associated cost for serving as a branch vertex, we prove that the problem of finding a spanning tree with the minimum branch cost (i.e., minimizing the sum of the costs of branch vertices) is FPT with respect to neighborhood diversity. |
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| ISSN: | 1365-8050 1365-8050 |
| DOI: | 10.46298/dmtcs.13949 |