
The $P_2$-packing problem asks for whether a graph contains $k$ vertex-disjoint paths each of length two. We continue the study of its kernelization algorithms, and develop a $5k$-vertex kernel.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, P2-packing, crown decomposition, kernelization algorithm, Parameterized complexity, tractability and kernelization, Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.), Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science, Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects), Computer Science - Data Structures and Algorithms, packing, Kernelization algorithm, Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS), Crown decomposition
FOS: Computer and information sciences, P2-packing, crown decomposition, kernelization algorithm, Parameterized complexity, tractability and kernelization, Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.), Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science, Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects), Computer Science - Data Structures and Algorithms, packing, Kernelization algorithm, Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS), Crown decomposition
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