Given an undirected and vertex weighted graph G = (V,E,w), the Weighted Feedback Vertex Problem (WFVP) consists of finding a subset F ⊆ V of vertices of minimum weight such that each cycle in G contains at least one vertex in F. The WFVP on general graphs is known to be NP-hard and to be polynomially solvable on some special classes of graphs (e.g., interval graphs, co-comparability graphs, diamond graphs). In this paper we introduce an extension of diamond graphs, namely the k-diamond graphs, and give a dynamic programming algorithm to solve WFVP in linear time on this class of graphs. Other than solving an open question, this algorithm allows an efficient exploration of a neighborhood structure that can be defined by using such a class of graphs. We used this neighborhood structure inside our Iterated Tabu Search heuristic. Our extensive experimental results show the effectiveness of this heuristic in improving the solution provided by a 2-approximate algorithm for the WFVP on general graphs.

A Tabu Search Heuristic Based on k-Diamonds for the Weighted Feedback Vertex Set Problem

PARLATO G
2011-01-01

Abstract

Given an undirected and vertex weighted graph G = (V,E,w), the Weighted Feedback Vertex Problem (WFVP) consists of finding a subset F ⊆ V of vertices of minimum weight such that each cycle in G contains at least one vertex in F. The WFVP on general graphs is known to be NP-hard and to be polynomially solvable on some special classes of graphs (e.g., interval graphs, co-comparability graphs, diamond graphs). In this paper we introduce an extension of diamond graphs, namely the k-diamond graphs, and give a dynamic programming algorithm to solve WFVP in linear time on this class of graphs. Other than solving an open question, this algorithm allows an efficient exploration of a neighborhood structure that can be defined by using such a class of graphs. We used this neighborhood structure inside our Iterated Tabu Search heuristic. Our extensive experimental results show the effectiveness of this heuristic in improving the solution provided by a 2-approximate algorithm for the WFVP on general graphs.
2011
978-3-642-21526-1
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