Blocking optimal k-arborescences

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Abstract: Given a digraph D=(V,A) and a positive integer k, an arc set FsubseteqA is called a extbf{k-arborescence} if it is the disjoint union of k spanning arborescences. The problem of finding a minimum cost k-arborescence is known to be polynomial-time solvable using matroid intersection. In this paper we study the following problem: find a minimum cardinality subset of arcs that contains at least one arc from every minimum cost k-arborescence. For k=1, the problem was solved in [A. Bern'ath, G. Pap , Blocking optimal arborescences, IPCO 2013]. In this paper we give an algorithm for general k that has polynomial running time if k is fixed.









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