Polynomial kernels for weighted problems

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Highlights:

• We use a technique by Frank and Tardos (Combinatorica 1987) to settle an open problem in kernelization.

• We present a polynomial kernelization for Knapsack parameterized by number of items.

• The method can be generally used to obtain polynomial kernels for weighted problems.

• We give kernels for e.g. Subset Sum, Weighted d-Hitting Set, and ILP with bounded variables.

摘要

•We use a technique by Frank and Tardos (Combinatorica 1987) to settle an open problem in kernelization.•We present a polynomial kernelization for Knapsack parameterized by number of items.•The method can be generally used to obtain polynomial kernels for weighted problems.•We give kernels for e.g. Subset Sum, Weighted d-Hitting Set, and ILP with bounded variables.

论文关键词:Kernelization for weighted parameterized problems,FPT,Knapsack,Subset Sum,Integer Linear Programming with bounded variables

论文评审过程:Received 4 January 2016, Accepted 19 June 2016, Available online 26 August 2016, Version of Record 14 November 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcss.2016.06.004