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Separator-based data reduction for signed graph balancing

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Separator-based data reduction for signed graph balancing
Abstract Polynomial-time data reduction is a classical approach to hard graph problems. Typically, particular small subgraphs are replaced by smaller gadgets. We generalize this approach to handle any small subgraph that has a small separator connecting it to the rest of the graph. The problem we study is the NP-hard BALANCED SUBGRAPH problem, which asks for a 2-coloring of a graph that minimizes the inconsistencies with given edge labels. It has applications in social networks, systems biology, and integrated circuit design. The data reduction scheme unifies and generalizes a number of previously known data reductions, and can be applied to a large number of graph problems where a coloring or a subset of the vertices is sought. To solve the instances that remain after reduction, we use a fixed-parameter algorithm based on iterative compression with a very effective heuristic speedup. Our implementation can solve biological real-world instances exactly for which previously only appro...
Falk Hüffner, Nadja Betzler, Rolf Niedermeier
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Type Journal
Year 2010
Where JCO
Authors Falk Hüffner, Nadja Betzler, Rolf Niedermeier
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