Daniel Recoskie

Bio: Daniel Recoskie is an academic researcher from University of Guelph. The author has contributed to research in topics: 1-planar graph & Partial k-tree. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 57 citations.

Snakes, coils, and single-track circuit codes with spread $$k$$k

Abstract: The snake-in-the-box problem is concerned with finding a longest induced path in a hypercube $$Q_n$$Qn. Similarly, the coil-in-the-box problem is concerned with finding a longest induced cycle in $$Q_n$$Qn. We consider a generalization of these problems that considers paths and cycles where each pair of vertices at distance at least $$k$$k in the path or cycle are also at distance at least $$k$$k in $$Q_n$$Qn. We call these paths $$k$$k-snakes and the cycles $$k$$k-coils. The $$k$$k-coils have also been called circuit codes. By optimizing an exhaustive search algorithm, we find 13 new longest $$k$$k-coils, 21 new longest $$k$$k-snakes and verify that some of them are optimal. By optimizing an algorithm by Paterson and Tuliani to find single-track circuit codes, we additionally find another 8 new longest $$k$$k-coils. Using these $$k$$k-coils with some basic backtracking, we find 18 new longest $$k$$k-snakes.

A Survey on the Computational Complexity of Coloring Graphs with Forbidden Subgraphs

Abstract: For a positive integer k, a k-coloring of a graph inline image is a mapping inline image such that inline image whenever inline image. The COLORING problem is to decide, for a given G and k, whether a k-coloring of G exists. If k is fixed (i.e., it is not part of the input), we have the decision problem k-COLORING instead. We survey known results on the computational complexity of COLORING and k-COLORING for graph classes that are characterized by one or two forbidden induced subgraphs. We also consider a number of variants: for example, where the problem is to extend a partial coloring, or where lists of permissible colors are given for each vertex.

A Survey on the Computational Complexity of Colouring Graphs with Forbidden Subgraphs

Abstract: For a positive integer $k$, a $k$-colouring of a graph $G=(V,E)$ is a mapping $c: V\rightarrow\{1,2,...,k\}$ such that $c(u) eq c(v)$ whenever $uv\in E$. The Colouring problem is to decide, for a given $G$ and $k$, whether a $k$-colouring of $G$ exists. If $k$ is fixed (that is, it is not part of the input), we have the decision problem $k$-Colouring instead. We survey known results on the computational complexity of Colouring and $k$-Colouring for graph classes that are characterized by one or two forbidden induced subgraphs. We also consider a number of variants: for example, where the problem is to extend a partial colouring, or where lists of permissible colours are given for each vertex.

Exhaustive generation of k-critical H-free graphs

Abstract: We describe an algorithm for generating all k-critical H-free graphs, based on a method of Hoang et al. (A graph G is k-critical H-free if G is H-free, k-chromatic, and every H-free proper subgraph of G is (k−1)-colorable). Using this algorithm, we prove that there are only finitely many 4-critical (P7,Ck)-free graphs, for both k=4 and k=5. We also show that there are only finitely many 4-critical (P8,C4)-free graphs. For each of these cases we also give the complete lists of critical graphs and vertex-critical graphs. These results generalize previous work by Hell and Huang, and yield certifying algorithms for the 3-colorability problem in the respective classes. In addition, we prove a number of characterizations for 4-critical H-free graphs when H is disconnected. Moreover, we prove that for every t, the class of 4-critical planar Pt-free graphs is finite. We also determine all 52 4-critical planar P7-free graphs. We also prove that every P11-free graph of girth at least five is 3-colorable, and show that this is best possible by determining the smallest 4-chromatic P12-free graph of girth at least five. Moreover, we show that every P14-free graph of girth at least six and every P17-free graph of girth at least seven is 3-colorable. This strengthens results of Golovach et al.

A new approach to the Snake-In-The-Box problem

Abstract: The "Snake-In-The-Box" problem, first described more than 50 years ago, is a hard combinatorial search problem whose solutions have many practical applications. Until recently, techniques based on Evolutionary Computation have been considered the state-of-the-art for solving this deterministic maximization problem, and held most significant records. This paper reviews the problem and prior solution techniques, then presents a new technique, based on Monte-Carlo Tree Search, which finds significantly better solutions than prior techniques, is considerably faster, and requires no tuning.