Fixed-parameter algorithms for graph constraint logic

DOI10.1016/J.TCS.2023.113863arXiv2011.10385OpenAlexW3115261401MaRDI QIDQ6041672FDOQ6041672

Authors: Tatsuhiko Hatanaka, Felix Hommelsheim, Takehiro Ito, Yusuke Kobayashi, Moritz Mühlenthaler, Akira Suzuki 

Publication date: 12 May 2023

Published in: Theoretical Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Non-deterministic constraint logic (NCL) is a simple model of computation based on orientations of a constraint graph with edge weights and vertex demands. NCL captures PSPACExspace and has been a useful tool for proving algorithmic hardness of many puzzles, games, and reconfiguration problems. In particular, its usefulness stems from the fact that it remains PSPACE-complete even under severe restrictions of the weights (e.g., only edge-weights one and two are needed) and the structure of the constraint graph (e.g., planar extsc{and/or}xspace graphs of bounded bandwidth). While such restrictions on the structure of constraint graphs do not seem to limit the expressiveness of NCL, the building blocks of the constraint graphs cannot be limited without losing expressiveness: We consider as parameters the number of weight-one edges and the number of weight-two edges of a constraint graph, as well as the number of extsc{and}xspace or extsc{or}xspace vertices of an extsc{and/or}xspace constraint graph. We show that NCL is fixed-parameter tractable (FPT) for any of these parameters. In particular, for NCL parameterized by the number of weight-one edges or the number of extsc{and}xspace vertices, we obtain a linear kernel. It follows that, in a sense, NCL as introduced by Hearn and Demaine is defined in the most economical way for the purpose of capturing PSPACE.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.10385

zbMATH Keywords

fixed-parameter algorithmscombinatorial reconfigurationnon-deterministic constraint logic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theory of computing (68Qxx)

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