Finding Secluded Places of Special Interest in Graphs. van Bevern, R., Fluschnik, T., Mertzios, G. B., Molter, H., Sorge, M., & Suchý, O. In Guo, J. & Hermelin, D., editors, IPEC 2016, volume 63, of Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), pages 5:1–5:16. Schloss Dagstuhl–Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, 2017.
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Finding a vertex subset in a graph that satisfies a certain property is one of the most-studied topics in algorithmic graph theory. The focus herein is often on minimizing or maximizing the size of the solution, that is, the size of the desired vertex set. In several applications, however, we also want to limit the "exposure" of the solution to the rest of the graph. This is the case, for example, when the solution represents persons that ought to deal with sensitive information or a segregated community. In this work, we thus explore the (parameterized) complexity of finding such secluded vertex subsets for a wide variety of properties that they shall fulfill. More precisely, we study the constraint that the (open or closed) neighborhood of the solution shall be bounded by a parameter and the influence of this constraint on the complexity of minimizing separators, feedback vertex sets, F-free vertex deletion sets, dominating sets, and the maximization of independent sets.
@incollection{BFM+17,
  author =	 {René van Bevern and Till Fluschnik and George
                  B. Mertzios and Hendrik Molter and Manuel Sorge and
                  Ondřej Suchý},
  title =	 {Finding Secluded Places of Special Interest in
                  Graphs},
  date =	 {2017-02-10},
  booktitle =	 {IPEC 2016},
  editor =	 {Jiong Guo and Danny Hermelin},
  abstract =	 {Finding a vertex subset in a graph that satisfies a
                  certain property is one of the most-studied topics
                  in algorithmic graph theory. The focus herein is
                  often on minimizing or maximizing the size of the
                  solution, that is, the size of the desired vertex
                  set. In several applications, however, we also want
                  to limit the "exposure" of the solution to the rest
                  of the graph. This is the case, for example, when
                  the solution represents persons that ought to deal
                  with sensitive information or a segregated
                  community. In this work, we thus explore the
                  (parameterized) complexity of finding such secluded
                  vertex subsets for a wide variety of properties that
                  they shall fulfill. More precisely, we study the
                  constraint that the (open or closed) neighborhood of
                  the solution shall be bounded by a parameter and the
                  influence of this constraint on the complexity of
                  minimizing separators, feedback vertex sets, F-free
                  vertex deletion sets, dominating sets, and the
                  maximization of independent sets.},
  pages =	 {5:1--5:16},
  series =	 {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics
                  (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	 {978-3-95977-023-1},
  ISSN =	 {1868-8969},
  year =	 {2017},
  volume =	 {63},
  publisher =	 {Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  doi =		 {10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2016.5},
}

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