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JCT
2008
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13 years 5 months ago
Minimally non-Pfaffian graphs
We consider the question of characterizing Pfaffian graphs. We exhibit an infinite family of non-Pfaffian graphs minimal with respect to the matching minor relation. This is in sha...
Serguei Norine, Robin Thomas
SODA
2010
ACM
261views Algorithms» more  SODA 2010»
14 years 3 months ago
Bidimensionality and Kernels
Bidimensionality theory appears to be a powerful framework in the development of meta-algorithmic techniques. It was introduced by Demaine et al. [J. ACM 2005 ] as a tool to obtai...
Fedor V. Fomin, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh, ...
FOCS
1992
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Quadratic Dynamical Systems (Preliminary Version)
The main purpose of this paper is to promote the study of computational aspects, primarily the convergence rate, of nonlinear dynamical systems from a combinatorial perspective. W...
Yuri Rabinovich, Alistair Sinclair, Avi Wigderson
PODS
2004
ACM
139views Database» more  PODS 2004»
14 years 5 months ago
On Preservation under Homomorphisms and Unions of Conjunctive Queries
Unions of conjunctive queries, also known as select-project-join-union queries, are the most frequently asked queries in relational database systems. These queries are definable b...
Albert Atserias, Anuj Dawar, Phokion G. Kolaitis