Parameterized complexity of metatheorems of fair deletion problems
Deletion problems are those where given a graph G and a graph property π, the goal is to find a subset of vertices (or edges) such that after its removal the graph G will satisfy the property π. Typically, we want to minimize the number of elements removed. In fair deletion problems we change the objective: we minimize the maximum number of deletions in a neighborhood of a single vertex.
We study the parameterized complexity of fair deletion metatheorems, where a graph property is expressed in a certain graph logic, with respect to several structural parameters of the graph.
The list of our results for the Vertex Deletion problem: The problem is W[1]-hard on tree-depth for any logic that can express the edgeless graph. The problem has an FPT algorithm for MSO1 logic on graphs with bounded neighborhood diversity, or bounded twin cover.
The list of our results for the Edge Deletion problem: The problem is W[1]-hard on tree-depth for First order logic. The problem has an FPT algorithm for MSO2 logic on graphs with bounded vertex cover.
This is joint work with Dušan Knop and Tomáš Toufar. Research partly supported by the CE-ITI grant project P202/12/G061 of GA ČR and by GAUK project 1784214.