scholarly journals Incomplete Preferences in Single-Peaked Electorates

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 797-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zack Fitzsimmons ◽  
Martin Lackner
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Real World ◽  
Partial Orders ◽  
Preference Profile ◽  
Incomplete Preferences ◽  
Preference Aggregation ◽  
Incomplete Preference ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Single Peakedness ◽  
Np Complete

Incomplete preferences are likely to arise in real-world preference aggregation scenarios. This paper deals with determining whether an incomplete preference profile is single-peaked. This is valuable information since many intractable voting problems become tractable given singlepeaked preferences. We prove that the problem of recognizing single-peakedness is NP-complete for incomplete profiles consisting of partial orders. Despite this intractability result, we find several polynomial-time algorithms for reasonably restricted settings. In particular, we give polynomial-time recognition algorithms for weak orders, which can be viewed as preferences with indifference.

scholarly journals Polynomial Time Algorithms for Variants of Graph Matching on Partial k-Trees

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-181
Author(s):  
Takayuki Nagoya
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Graph Matching ◽  
Graph Isomorphism ◽  
Exact Algorithms ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Np Complete

AbstractIn this paper, we deal with two variants of graph matching, the graph isomorphism with restriction and the prefix set of graph isomorphism. The former problem is known to be NP-complete, whereas the latter problem is known to be GI-complete. We propose polynomial time exact algorithms for these problems on partial k-trees.

scholarly journals Solving Vertex Cover in Polynomial Time on Hyperbolic Random Graphs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Bläsius ◽  
Philipp Fischbeck ◽  
Tobias Friedrich ◽  
Maximilian Katzmann
Keyword(s):  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Real World ◽  
Degree Distribution ◽  
High Probability ◽  
Vertex Cover ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Np Complete

AbstractThe computational complexity of the VertexCover problem has been studied extensively. Most notably, it is NP-complete to find an optimal solution and typically NP-hard to find an approximation with reasonable factors. In contrast, recent experiments suggest that on many real-world networks the run time to solve VertexCover is way smaller than even the best known FPT-approaches can explain. We link these observations to two properties that are observed in many real-world networks, namely a heterogeneous degree distribution and high clustering. To formalize these properties and explain the observed behavior, we analyze how a branch-and-reduce algorithm performs on hyperbolic random graphs, which have become increasingly popular for modeling real-world networks. In fact, we are able to show that the VertexCover problem on hyperbolic random graphs can be solved in polynomial time, with high probability. The proof relies on interesting structural properties of hyperbolic random graphs. Since these predictions of the model are interesting in their own right, we conducted experiments on real-world networks showing that these properties are also observed in practice.

scholarly journals 3-Colorability of Pseudo-Triangulations

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (04) ◽  
pp. 283-298
Author(s):  
Oswin Aichholzer ◽  
Franz Aurenhammer ◽  
Thomas Hackl ◽  
Clemens Huemer ◽  
Alexander Pilz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Np Completeness ◽  
Complete Problem ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Complexity Results ◽  
The Family ◽  
General Plane ◽  
Np Complete

Deciding 3-colorability for general plane graphs is known to be an NP-complete problem. However, for certain families of graphs, like triangulations, polynomial time algorithms exist. We consider the family of pseudo-triangulations, which are a generalization of triangulations, and prove NP-completeness for this class. This result also holds if we bound their face degree to four, or exclusively consider pointed pseudo-triangulations with maximum face degree five. In contrast to these completeness results, we show that pointed pseudo-triangulations with maximum face degree four are always 3-colorable. An according 3-coloring can be found in linear time. Some complexity results relating to the rank of pseudo-triangulations are also given.

scholarly journals Some algorithmic results for finding compatible spanning circuits in edge-colored graphs

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1008-1019
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Guo ◽  
Hajo Broersma ◽  
Ruonan Li ◽  
Shenggui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Complete Graphs ◽  
Hamilton Cycles ◽  
Colored Graph ◽  
Colored Graphs ◽  
Complete Problem ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Np Complete ◽  
Euler Tours

Abstract A compatible spanning circuit in a (not necessarily properly) edge-colored graph G is a closed trail containing all vertices of G in which any two consecutively traversed edges have distinct colors. Sufficient conditions for the existence of extremal compatible spanning circuits (i.e., compatible Hamilton cycles and Euler tours), and polynomial-time algorithms for finding compatible Euler tours have been considered in previous literature. More recently, sufficient conditions for the existence of more general compatible spanning circuits in specific edge-colored graphs have been established. In this paper, we consider the existence of (more general) compatible spanning circuits from an algorithmic perspective. We first show that determining whether an edge-colored connected graph contains a compatible spanning circuit is an NP-complete problem. Next, we describe two polynomial-time algorithms for finding compatible spanning circuits in edge-colored complete graphs. These results in some sense give partial support to a conjecture on the existence of compatible Hamilton cycles in edge-colored complete graphs due to Bollobás and Erdős from the 1970s.

EDGE-DELETION GRAPH PROBLEMS WITH FIRST-ORDER EXPRESSIBLE SUBGRAPH PROPERTIES

1991 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 83-99
Author(s):  
V. ARVIND ◽  
S. BISWAS
Keyword(s):  
Normal Form ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Edge Deletion ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
First Order ◽  
Graph Problems ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Complete Problems ◽  
Np Complete ◽  
New Perspective

In this paper edge-deletion problems are studied with a new perspective. In general an edge-deletion problem is of the form: Given a graph G, does it have a subgraph H obtained by deleting zero or more edges such that H satisfies a polynomial-time verifiable property? This paper restricts attention to first-order expressible properties. If the property is expressed by π, which in prenex normal form is Q(Φ) where Q is the quantifier-prefix, then we prove results on the quantifier structure that characterize the complexity of the edge-deletion problem. In particular we give polynomial-time algorithms for problems for which Q is ‘simple’ and in other cases we encode certain NP-complete problems as edge-deletion problems, essentially using the quantifier structure of π. We also present evidence that Q alone cannot capture the complexity of the edge-deletion problem.

scholarly journals Hamiltonian Cycle in K1,r-Free Split Graphs — A Dichotomy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
P. Renjith ◽  
N. Sadagopan
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Hamiltonian Cycle ◽  
Hamiltonian Path ◽  
Np Hard ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Split Graphs ◽  
Np Complete ◽  
Cycle Path

For an optimization problem known to be NP-Hard, the dichotomy study investigates the reduction instances to determine the line separating polynomial-time solvable vs NP-Hard instances (easy vs hard instances). In this paper, we investigate the well-studied Hamiltonian cycle problem (HCYCLE), and present an interesting dichotomy result on split graphs. T. Akiyama et al. (1980) have shown that HCYCLE is NP-complete on planar bipartite graphs with maximum degree [Formula: see text]. We use this result to show that HCYCLE is NP-complete for [Formula: see text]-free split graphs. Further, we present polynomial-time algorithms for Hamiltonian cycle in [Formula: see text]-free and [Formula: see text]-free split graphs. We believe that the structural results presented in this paper can be used to show similar dichotomy result for Hamiltonian path problem and other variants of Hamiltonian cycle (path) problems.

scholarly journals POLYNOMIAL TIME ALGORITHMS FOR SOLVING NP-COMPLETE PROBLEMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (441) ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
B. Sinchev ◽  
◽  
A. B. Sinchev ◽  
Zh. Akzhanova ◽  
Y. Issekeshev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Complete Problems ◽  
Np Complete

TERM EQUATION SATISFIABILITY OVER FINITE ALGEBRAS

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (08) ◽  
pp. 1001-1020 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMASZ A. GORAZD ◽  
JACEK KRZACZKOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Finite Algebra ◽  
Satisfiability Problem ◽  
Finite Algebras ◽  
Maximal Clones ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Np Complete

We study the computational complexity of the satisfiability problem of an equation between terms over a finite algebra (TERM-SAT). We describe many classes of algebras where the complexity of TERM-SAT is determined by the clone of term operations. We classify the complexity for algebras generating maximal clones. Using this classification we describe many of algebras where TERM-SAT is NP-complete. We classify the situation for clones which are generated by an order or a permutation relation. We introduce the concept of semiaffine algebras and show polynomial-time algorithms which solve the satisfiability problem for them.

Eulerian Trails and Tours

2013 ◽  
pp. 81-95
Author(s):  
Mehdi Iranpoor ◽  
Davood Mohammaditabar
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Real World ◽  
Simple Graphs ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
Euler Tours

When L. Euler used a representation of vertices and edges to explain a legend about the existence of a route that someone could cross each bridge of Konigsberg city exactly once and go back to the origin, he actually developed the graph theory. This new theory was found useful in explaining many problems. Then, theorems about the existence of such Euler tours that cross each edge of a graph exactly once were introduced. These theorems show that there should be some conditions for a graph to posses such a tour which in simple graphs is to be connected and even. Also, other definitions and applications of Euler tours in cases where the tour is not closed or the graph is directed were developed. Euler tours have many real world applications, and therefore, some polynomial time algorithms are developed to find such tours in graphs.

scholarly journals The Complexity of Pattern Matching for $321$-Avoiding and Skew-Merged Permutations

2016 ◽  
Vol Vol. 18 no. 2, Permutation... (Permutation Patterns) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Albert ◽  
Marie-Louise Lackner ◽  
Martin Lackner ◽  
Vincent Vatter
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Matching ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Matching Problem ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithms ◽  
Permutation Pattern ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Np Complete

The Permutation Pattern Matching problem, asking whether a pattern permutation $\pi$ is contained in a permutation $\tau$, is known to be NP-complete. In this paper we present two polynomial time algorithms for special cases. The first algorithm is applicable if both $\pi$ and $\tau$ are $321$-avoiding; the second is applicable if $\pi$ and $\tau$ are skew-merged. Both algorithms have a runtime of $O(kn)$, where $k$ is the length of $\pi$ and $n$ the length of $\tau$.

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