Polynomial kernels for weighted problems

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DOI10.1007/978-3-662-48054-0_24zbMATH Open1353.68122arXiv1507.03439OpenAlexW2230017674MaRDI QIDQ340549FDOQ340549

Stefan Kratsch, Heiko Röglin, Matthias Mnich, Michael Etscheid

Publication date: 14 November 2016

Published in: Journal of Computer and System Sciences, Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2015 (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Kernelization is a formalization of efficient preprocessing for NP-hard problems using the framework of parameterized complexity. Among open problems in kernelization it has been asked many times whether there are deterministic polynomial kernelizations for Subset Sum and Knapsack when parameterized by the number n of items. We answer both questions affirmatively by using an algorithm for compressing numbers due to Frank and Tardos (Combinatorica 1987). This result had been first used by Marx and V'egh (ICALP 2013) in the context of kernelization. We further illustrate its applicability by giving polynomial kernels also for weighted versions of several well-studied parameterized problems. Furthermore, when parameterized by the different item sizes we obtain a polynomial kernelization for Subset Sum and an exponential kernelization for Knapsack. Finally, we also obtain kernelization results for polynomial integer programs.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03439




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