A Framework for Exponential-Time-Hypothesis--Tight Algorithms and Lower Bounds in Geometric Intersection Graphs

de Berg, Mark and Bodlaender, Hans L. and Kisfaludi-Bak, Sándor and Marx, Dániel and van der Zanden, Tom C.
(2020) A Framework for Exponential-Time-Hypothesis--Tight Algorithms and Lower Bounds in Geometric Intersection Graphs.
SIAM Journal on Computing, 49 (6). pp. 1291-1331. ISSN 0097-5397

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Abstract

We give an algorithmic and lower bound framework that facilitates the construction of subexponential algorithms and matching conditional complexity bounds. It can be applied to intersection graphs of similarly-sized fat objects, yielding algorithms with running time $2^{O(n^{1-1/d})}$ for any fixed dimension $d\ge 2$ for many well-known graph problems, including Independent Set, $r$-Dominating Set for constant $r$, and Steiner Tree. For most problems, we get improved running times compared to prior work; in some cases, we give the first known subexponential algorithm in geometric intersection graphs. Additionally, most of the obtained algorithms are representation-agnostic, i.e., they work on the graph itself and do not require the geometric representation. Our algorithmic framework is based on a weighted separator theorem and various treewidth techniques. The lower bound framework is based on a constructive embedding of graphs into $d$-dimensional grids, and it allows us to derive matching $2^{\Omega(n^{1-1/d})}$ lower bounds under the exponential time hypothesis even in the much more restricted class of $d$-dimensional induced grid graphs.

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