Algorithms and complexity for metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs
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1 Algorithms and complexity for metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs Florent Foucaud Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France joint work with: George B. Mertzios (Durham University, United Kingdom) Reza Naserasr (Université Paris-Sud, France) Aline Parreau (Université Lyon 1, France) Petru Valicov (Université Aix-Marseille, France) June 2015
2 Location-domination De nition - Locating-dominating set (Slater, 1980's) D V (G ) locating-dominating set of G : for every u u 6= v V, [ ] D 6= 0/ N v (domination). of V (G ) \ D, N (u ) D 6= N (v ) D (location). Motivation: fault-detection in networks. The set D of grey processors is a set of fault-detectors.! {a,b} {a,c} a c b! {b,c} Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 2 / 16
3 Location-domination Denition - Locating-dominating set (Slater, 1980's) D V (G) locating-dominating set of G: for every u V, N[v] D /0 (domination). u v of V (G) \ D, N(u) D N(v) D (location). Notation. location-domination number LD(G): smallest size of a locating-dominating set of G Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 2 / 16
4 Location-domination Denition - Locating-dominating set (Slater, 1980's) D V (G) locating-dominating set of G: for every u V, N[v] D /0 (domination). u v of V (G) \ D, N(u) D N(v) D (location). Notation. location-domination number LD(G): smallest size of a locating-dominating set of G Domination number: γ(p n ) = n 3 Location-domination number: LD(P n ) = 2n 5 Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 2 / 16
5 Location-domination Denition - Locating-dominating set (Slater, 1980's) D V (G) locating-dominating set of G: for every u V, N[v] D /0 (domination). u v of V (G) \ D, N(u) D N(v) D (location). Notation. location-domination number LD(G): smallest size of a locating-dominating set of G Notion related to test covers in hypergraphs (also known as separating systems, distinguishing transversals...) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 2 / 16
6 Remarks Theorem (Slater, 1980's) G graph of order n, LD(G) = k. Then n 2 k + k 1, i.e. LD(G) = Ω(log n). Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 3 / 16
7 Remarks Theorem (Slater, 1980's) G graph of order n, LD(G) = k. Then n 2 k + k 1, i.e. LD(G) = Ω(log n). Tight example (k = 4): Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 3 / 16
8 Remarks Theorem (Slater, 1980's) G graph of order n, LD(G) = k. Then n 2 k + k 1, i.e. LD(G) = Ω(log n). Tight example (k = 4): Graphs G with large LD(G): Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 3 / 16
9 Complexity of LOCATING-DOMINATING SET LOCATING-DOMINATING SET INPUT: Graph G, integer k. QUESTION: Is there a locating-dominating set of G of size k? polynomial for: graphs of bounded cliquewidth via MSOL (Courcelle's theorem) chain graphs (Fernau, Heggernes, van't Hof, Meister, Saei, 2015) NP-complete for: bipartite graphs (Charon, Hudry, Lobstein, 2003) planar bipartite unit disk graphs (Müller & Sereni, 2009) planar graphs, arbitrary girth (Auger, 2010) planar bipartite subcubic graphs (F. 2013) co-bipartite graphs, split graphs (F. 2013) line graphs (F., Gravier, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov, 2013) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 4 / 16
10 Complexity of LOCATING-DOMINATING SET LOCATING-DOMINATING SET INPUT: Graph G, integer k. QUESTION: Is there a locating-dominating set of G of size k? Trivially FPT for parameter k because n 2 k + k 1: whole graph is kernel. n O(k) = 2 ko(k) -time brute-force algorithm Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 4 / 16
11 Interval and permutation graphs Denition - Interval graph Intersection graph of intervals of the real line. I3 1 3 I2 I5 I1 I Denition - Permutation graph Given two parallel lines A and B: intersection graph of segments joining A and B. Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 5 / 16
12 Complexity - Interval and permutation graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) LOCATING-DOMINATING SET is NP-complete for graphs that are both interval and permutation. Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 6 / 16
13 Complexity - Interval and permutation graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) LOCATING-DOMINATING SET is NP-complete for graphs that are both interval and permutation. Reduction from 3-DIMENSIONAL MATCHING: INPUT: A, B, C sets and T A B C triples QUESTION: is there a perfect 3-dimensional matching M T, i.e., each element of A B C appears exactly once in M? Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 6 / 16
14 Complexity - Interval and permutation graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) LOCATING-DOMINATING SET is NP-complete for graphs that are both interval and permutation. Reduction from 3-DIMENSIONAL MATCHING: INPUT: A, B, C sets and T A B C triples QUESTION: is there a perfect 3-dimensional matching M T, i.e., each element of A B C appears exactly once in M? Main idea: an interval can separate pairs of intervals far away from each other (without aecting what lies in between) x 1 x 2 y 1 y 2 Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 6 / 16
15 Complexity - gadgets Dominating gadget: ensure all intervals are dominated and most, separated. P Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 7 / 16
16 Complexity - transmitters Transmitter gadget: to separate {uv 1,uv 2 } and {vw 1,vw 2 }, either: 1. take only v into solution, or 2. take both u,w and separate pairs {x 1,x 2 }, {y 1,y 2 }, {z 1,z 2 } for free. x 1 x 2 u y 1 y 2 z 1 z 2 P(u) uv 1 P(uv) uv 2 P(v) v vw 1 P(vw) vw 2 w P(w) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 8 / 16
17 Complexity - transmitters Transmitter gadget: to separate {uv 1,uv 2 } and {vw 1,vw 2 }, either: 1. take only v into solution, or 2. take both u,w and separate pairs {x 1,x 2 }, {y 1,y 2 }, {z 1,z 2 } for free. x 1 x 2 u y 1 y 2 z 1 z 2 P(u) uv 1 P(uv) uv 2 P(v) v vw 1 P(vw) vw 2 w P(w) x 1 x 2 y 1 y 2 z 1 z 2 Tr({x 1,x 2}, {y 1,y 2}, {z 1,z 2}) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 8 / 16
18 Complexity - reduction 3DM instance on 3n elements, m triples. 3-dimensional matching LD(G) 94m + 10n Tr(s,a) Tr(q,r,c) Tr(p,r,b) p q r s... P(p) P(q) P(r) P(s) P(a) P(b) P(c) Tr(p,q) Tr(r,s) triple gadget for triple {a, b, c} three element gadgets for a, b and c Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 9 / 16
19 Complexity of LOCATING-DOMINATING SET perfect claw-free NP-complete comparability chordal quasi-line co-comparability bipartite split line planar bipartite permutation co-bipartite interval line of bipartite polynomial bounded cliquewidth bounded treewidth bipartite permutation unit interval OPEN trees cographs chain Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 10 / 16
20 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. Motivation (GPS system): position determined by distances to 4 satellites Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
21 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. w Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
22 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. w Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
23 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. w Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
24 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. w Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
25 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. w Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
26 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. w Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
27 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. MD(G): metric dimension of G, minimum size of a resolving set of G. Remark: MD(G) LD(G). Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
28 Metric dimension Now, w V (G) separates {u,v} if dist(w,u) dist(w,v) Denition - Resolving set (Slater, Harary & Melter, 1976) R V (G) resolving set of G: u v in V (G), there exists w R that separates {u,v}. MD(G): metric dimension of G, minimum size of a resolving set of G. Remark: MD(G) LD(G). MD(G) = 1 G is a path Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 11 / 16
29 Complexity of METRIC DIMENSION METRIC DIMENSION INPUT: Graph G, integer k. QUESTION: Is there a resolving set of G of size k? polynomial for: trees (simple leg rule: Slater, 1975) outerplanar graphs (Díaz, van Leeuwen, Pottonen, Serna, 2012) bounded cyclomatic number (Epstein, Levin, Woeginger, 2012) cographs (Epstein, Levin, Woeginger, 2012) chain graphs (Fernau, Heggernes, van't Hof, Meister, Saei, 2015) NP-complete for: general graphs (Garey & Johnson, 1979) planar graphs (Díaz, van Leeuwen, Pottonen, Serna, 2012) bipartite, co-bipartite, line, split graphs (Epstein, Levin, Woeginger, 2012) Gabriel unit disk graphs (Homann & Wanke, 2012) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 12 / 16
30 Complexity of METRIC DIMENSION METRIC DIMENSION INPUT: Graph G, integer k. QUESTION: Is there a resolving set of G of size k? W[2]-hard for parameter k, even for bipartite subcubic graphs (Hartung & Nichterlein, 2013) Trivially FPT when diameter D = f (k) since n D k + k: whole graph is kernel (example: split graphs, co-bipartite graphs) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 12 / 16
31 Interval and permutation graphs G graph of diameter 2. S resolving set of G. Every vertex in V (G) \ S is distiguished by its neighborhood within S Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 13 / 16
32 Interval and permutation graphs G graph of diameter 2. S resolving set of G. Every vertex in V (G) \ S is distiguished by its neighborhood within S Almost equivalent to locating-dominating sets! Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 13 / 16
33 Interval and permutation graphs G graph of diameter 2. S resolving set of G. Every vertex in V (G) \ S is distiguished by its neighborhood within S Almost equivalent to locating-dominating sets! Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) LOCATING-DOMINATING SET is NP-complete for graphs that are both interval and permutation. Reduction from LOCATING-DOMINATING SET to METRIC DIMENSION: G MD(G) = LD(G) + 2 Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) METRIC DIMENSION is NP-complete for graphs that are both interval and permutation (and have diameter 2). Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 13 / 16
34 Complexity of METRIC DIMENSION perfect claw-free NP-complete planar comparability chordal quasi-line co-comparability split line bipartite permutation co-bipartite interval line of bipartite bounded treewidth bounded cliquewidth unit interval bounded pathwidth bounded distance to forest (FVS) bipartite permutation OPEN series-parallel bounded distance to linear forest bounded vertex cover cographs chain outerplanar bounded cyclomatic number polynomial trees Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 14 / 16
35 FPT algorithm for METRIC DIMENSION on interval graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) METRIC DIMENSION can be solved in time 2 O(k4 ) n on interval graphs. (Recall: METRIC DIMENSION W[2]-hard for parameter k) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 15 / 16
36 FPT algorithm for METRIC DIMENSION on interval graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) METRIC DIMENSION can be solved in time 2 O(k4 ) n on interval graphs. Main idea: use dynamic programming on a path-decomposition of G 4 each bag has size O(k 2 ). it suces to separate vertices at distance 2 in G transmission lemma for separation constraints Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 15 / 16
37 FPT algorithm for METRIC DIMENSION on interval graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) METRIC DIMENSION can be solved in time 2 O(k4 ) n on interval graphs. Main idea: use dynamic programming on a path-decomposition of G 4 each bag has size O(k 2 ). G 4 is an interval graph (with same left and right endpoint orders as G). Each bag of a path-decomposition of G 4 is a clique in G 4. Lemma: If H G has diameter D, then V (H) = O(D k 2 ). Note: in general graphs, V (H) = O(D k ) Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 15 / 16
38 FPT algorithm for METRIC DIMENSION on interval graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) METRIC DIMENSION can be solved in time 2 O(k4 ) n on interval graphs. Main idea: use dynamic programming on a path-decomposition of G 4 each bag has size O(k 2 ). it suces to separate vertices at distance 2 in G Denition (distance 2 resolving set): set that separates all pairs u, v with d(u,v) 2. Lemma: In an interval graph G, R V (G) is a resolving set if and only if R a distance 2 resolving set. Every pair to be separated will be present in some bag. Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 15 / 16
39 FPT algorithm for METRIC DIMENSION on interval graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) METRIC DIMENSION can be solved in time 2 O(k4 ) n on interval graphs. Main idea: use dynamic programming on a path-decomposition of G 4 each bag has size O(k 2 ). it suces to separate vertices at distance 2 in G transmission lemma for separation constraints Denition (rightmost path v,v 1,v 2,... of v): v v 1 v 3 v 4 v 2 Lemma: vertex x separates u,v if and only if (for some/all i) x separates u i, v i. Information about (non-)separation transmitted from bag to bag Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 15 / 16
40 FPT algorithm for METRIC DIMENSION on interval graphs Theorem (F., Mertzios, Naserasr, Parreau, Valicov) METRIC DIMENSION can be solved in time 2 O(k4 ) n on interval graphs. Main idea: use dynamic programming on a path-decomposition of G 4 each bag has size O(k 2 ). it suces to separate vertices at distance 2 in G transmission lemma for separation constraints Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 15 / 16
41 Open problems Complexity of LD+MD for unit interval + bipartite permutation? Complexity of MD for bounded treewidth? (open for TW 2) Parameterized complexity of MD (parameter k)? permutation, chordal, planar, line/claw-free... Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 16 / 16
42 Open problems Complexity of LD+MD for unit interval + bipartite permutation? Complexity of MD for bounded treewidth? (open for TW 2) Parameterized complexity of MD (parameter k)? permutation, chordal, planar, line/claw-free... THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION Florent Foucaud Metric dimension and location-domination on interval and permutation graphs 16 / 16
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