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Theoretical Computer Science
Volume 351, Issue 3, 28 February 2006, Pages 407-424
Parameterized and Exact Computation
 
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Parameterized coloring problems on chordal graphsstar, open

Dániel MarxCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author

Department of Computer Science and Information Theory, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1521, Budapest, Hungary

Available online 25 October 2005.

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Abstract

In the precoloring extension problem (PREXT) a graph is given with some of the vertices having preassigned colors and it has to be decided whether this coloring can be extended to a proper coloring of the graph with the given number of colors. Two parameterized versions of the problem are studied in the paper: either the number of precolored vertices or the number of colors used in the precoloring is restricted to be at most k. We show that for chordal graphs these problems are polynomial-time solvable for every fixed k, but W[1]-hard if k is the parameter. For a graph class View the MathML source, let View the MathML source (resp., View the MathML source) denote those graphs that can be made to be a member of View the MathML source by deleting at most k edges (resp., vertices). We investigate the connection between PREXT in View the MathML source (with the two parameters defined above) and the coloring of View the MathML source, View the MathML source graphs (with k being the parameter). Answering an open question of Leizhen Cai [Parameterized complexity of vertex colouring, Discrete Appl. Math. 127 (2003) 415–429], we show that coloring chordal+ke graphs is fixed-parameter tractable.

Keywords: Coloring; Precoloring extension; Parameterized complexity; Chordal graphs; Interval graphs


Theoretical Computer Science
Volume 351, Issue 3, 28 February 2006, Pages 407-424
Parameterized and Exact Computation
 
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