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Bidimensionality and EPTAS Bidimensionality and EPTAS Fedor V. Fomin∗ Daniel Lokshtanovyz Venkatesh Ramanx Saket Saurabhx Abstract 1 Introduction Bidimensionality theory appears to be a powerful framework While most interesting graph problems remain NP com- for the development of meta-algorithmic techniques. It was plete even when restricted to planar graphs, the restric- introduced by Demaine et al. [J. ACM 2005 ] as a tool tion of a problem to planar graphs is usually consider- to obtain sub-exponential time parameterized algorithms ably more tractable algorithmically than the problem on for problems on H-minor free graphs. Demaine and Haji- general graphs. Over the last four decades, it has been aghayi [SODA 2005 ] extended the theory to obtain polyno- proved that many graph problems on planar graphs mial time approximation schemes (PTASs) for bidimensional admit subexponential time algorithms [18, 25, 33], problems, and subsequently improved these results to EP- subexponential time parameterized algorithms [1, 26], TASs. Fomin et. al [SODA 2010 ] established a third meta- (Efficient) Polynomial Time Approximation Schemes algorithmic direction for bidimensionality theory by relating ((E)PTAS) [4, 28, 11, 20, 27, 29] and linear ker- it to the existence of linear kernels for parameterized prob- nels [2, 5, 8]. Amazingly, the emerging theory of Bidi- lems. In this paper we revisit bidimensionality theory from mensionality developed by Demaine et al. [15, 16, 13] is the perspective of approximation algorithms and redesign able to simultaneously explain the tractability of these the framework for obtaining EPTASs to be more powerful, problems within the paradigms of parameterized algo- easier to apply and easier to understand. rithms [13], approximation [14] and kernelization [24]. One of the important conditions required in the framework The theory is built on cornerstone theorems from Graph developed by Demaine and Hajiaghayi [SODA 2005 ] is that Minors Theory of Robertson and Seymour, and allows to obtain an EPTAS for a graph optimization problem Π, we not only to explain the tractability of many problems, have to know a constant-factor approximation algorithm for but also to generalize the results from planar graphs and Π. Our approach eliminates this strong requirement, which graphs of bounded genus to graphs excluding a fixed makes it amenable to more problems. At the heart of our minor. Roughly speaking, a problem is bidimensional framework is a decomposition lemma which states that for if the solution value for the problem on a k × k-grid is \most" bidimensional problems, there is a polynomial time Ω(k2), and the contraction or removal of an edge does algorithm which given an H-minor-free graph G as input not increase solution value. Many natural problems and an > 0 outputs a vertex set X of size · OP T such are bidimensional, including Dominating Set, Feed- that the treewidth of G n X is O(1/). Here, OP T is the ob- back Vertex Set, Edge Dominating Set, Ver- jective function value of the problem in question This allows tex Cover, Connected Dominating Set, Cycle us to obtain EPTASs on (apex)-minor-free graphs for all Packing, Connected Vertex Cover, and Graph problems covered by the previous framework, as well as for Metric TSP. a wide range of packing problems, partial covering problems A PTAS is an algorithm which takes an instance and problems that are neither closed under taking minors, I of an optimization problem and a parameter > 0 nor contractions. To the best of our knowledge for many and, runs in time nO(f(1/)), produces a solution that of these problems including Cycle Packing, Vertex-H- is within a factor of being optimal. A PTAS with Packing, Maximum Leaf Spanning Tree, and Partial running time f(1/) · nO(1), is called efficient PTAS r-Dominating Set no EPTASs on planar graphs were pre- (EPTAS). Prior to bidimensionality [14], there were viously known. two main approaches to design (E)PTASs on planar graphs. The first one was based on the classical Lipton- Tarjan planar separator theorem [32]. The second, more widely used approach was given by Baker [4]. In the ∗Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway. Lipton-Tarjan based approach we split the input n- [email protected] vertex graph into two pieces of approximately equal size yDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University p of California, San Diego, USA. [email protected] using a separator of size O( n). Then we recursively xThe Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. approximate the problem on the two smaller instances fvraman|[email protected] and glue the approximate solutions at the separator. the input graph leaves a graph on which the problem This approach was only applicable to problems where can be solved optimally in polynomial time. The set X the size of the optimal solutions was at least a constant could be as large as O(n) which in some cases makes fraction of n. it difficult to bound the amount of interaction between The main idea in Baker's approach is to decompose the set X and the optimum solution. the planar graph into overlapping subgraphs of bounded In this paper we propose a framework which com- outerplanarity and then solve the problem optimally bines the best of both worlds|the generalized Lipton- in each of these subgraphs using dynamic program- Tarjan and generalized Baker's approaches. In particu- ming. Later Eppstein [20] generalized this approach lar, we show that for most bidimensional problems there to work for larger class of graphs, namely apex minor is a polynomial time algorithm that given a graph G free graphs. Khanna and Motwani [29] used Baker's ap- and an > 0 outputs a vertex set X of size · OP T proach in an attempt to syntactically characterize the such that the treewidth of G n X is O(1/). Because complexity class of problems admitting PTASs, estab- the size of X is bounded, the interaction between X lishing a family of problems on planar graphs to which and the optimum solution is bounded trivially. Since it applies. The same kind of approach is also used by X is only removed once, the difficulty faced by a re- Dawar et al. [11] to obtain EPTASs for every minimiza- cursive approach vanishes. In our framework to obtain tion problem definable in first-order logic on every class EPTASs, we demand that the problem in question is of graphs excluding a fixed minor. Baker's approach \reducible", which is nothing else than that the set X seemed to be limited to \local" graph problems{where can be removed from the graph, disturbing the optimum one is interested in finding a vertex/edge set satisfying solution by at most O( · OP T ). Finally, our algorithm a property that can be checked by looking at constant to compute X does not require an approximation algo- size neighborhood around each vertex. rithm for the problem in question, and relies only on Demaine and Hajiaghayi [14] used bidimensionality a sublinear treewidth bound. For most problems, such theory to strengthen and generalize both approaches. a bound can be obtained via bidimensionality, whereas In particular they strengthened the Lipton-Tarjan ap- for some problems that are not bidimensional, one can proach significantly by showing that for a magnitudep obtain the sublinear treewidth bound directly. This is of problems one can find a separator of size O( OP T ) where our framework differs significantly from the one that splits the optimum solution evenly into two pieces. proposed by Demaine and Hajiaghayi [14]. One of the Here OP T is the size of the optimum solution. This important condition required to obtain an EPTAS for allowed them to give EPTASs for several problems on a graph optimization problem Π using the framework planar graphs and more generally on apex-minor-free developed in [14] is to have a constant-factor approxi- graphs or H-minor free graphs. Two important prob- mation algorithm for Π. Thus our framework removes lems to which their approach applies are Feedback this stringent condition of demanding approximation al- vertex Set and Connected Dominating Set. Ear- gorithm, which makes it amenable to more problems. lier only a PTAS and no EPTAS for Feedback Ver- Our new framework allows to obtain EPTASs on tex Set on planar graphs was known [30]. In addition, (apex)-minor-free graphs for all problems covered by they also generalize Baker's approach by allowing more the previous framework, as well as for several packing interaction between the overlapping subgraphs. problems, partial covering problems and problems that Comparing the generalized versions of the two ap- are neither closed under taking minors nor contractions. proaches, it seems that each has its strengths and weak- For an example consider the Maximum Degree Pre- nesses. In the generalized Lipton-Tarjan approach of serving Spanning Tree problem where given a graph Demaine and Hajiaghayi [14] one splits the graph into G the objective is to find a spanning tree such that the two pieces recursively. To ensure that the repeated ap- number of vertices which have the same degree in the plication does not \increase" the approximation factor, tree as in the input graph is maximized. Maximum De- in each recursive step one needs to carefully reconstruct gree Preserving Spanning Tree is neither closed the solution from the smaller ones. Additionally, to under taking minors nor contractions, but one can still ensure that the separator splits the optimum solution apply our framework to obtain an EPTAS for this prob- evenly, the framework of Demaine and Hajiaghayi [14] lem. For another example, consider Cycle Packing, requires a constant factor approximation for the prob- where given a graph G the objective is to find the max- lem in question.
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