{"paper":{"title":"A faster FPT Algorithm and a smaller Kernel for Block Graph Vertex Deletion","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cs.DS","authors_text":"Akanksha Agrawal, Daniel Lokshtanov, Saket Saurabh, Sudeshna Kolay","submitted_at":"2015-10-28T01:37:26Z","abstract_excerpt":"A graph $G$ is called a \\emph{block graph} if each maximal $2$-connected component of $G$ is a clique. In this paper we study the Block Graph Vertex Deletion from the perspective of fixed parameter tractable (FPT) and kernelization algorithm. In particular, an input to Block Graph Vertex Deletion consists of a graph $G$ and a positive integer $k$ and the objective to check whether there exists a subset $S \\subseteq V(G)$ of size at most $k$ such that the graph induced on $V(G)\\setminus S$ is a block graph. In this paper we give an FPT algorithm with running time $4^kn^{O(1)}$ and a polynomial "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1510.08154","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}