Kernel and fast algorithm for dense triplet inconsistency

S. Guillemot, M. Mnich

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Abstract

We study the parameterized complexity of inferring supertrees from sets of rooted triplets, an important problem in phylogenetics. For a set L of labels and a dense set T of triplets distinctly leaf-labeled by 3-subsets of L, we seek a tree distinctly leaf-labeled by L and containing all but at most k triplets from T as homeomorphic subtree. Our results are the first polynomial kernel for this problem, with O(k^2) labels, and a subexponential fixed-parameter algorithm running in time O(|L|^4)+2^{O(k^{1/3}logk)}.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)134-143
JournalTheoretical Computer Science
Volume494
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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