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Given a digraph $D=(V,A)$ and a positive integer $k$, an arc set $F\subseteq A$ is called a $k$-arborescence if it is the disjoint union of $k$ spanning arborescences. The problem of finding a minimum cost $k$-arborescence is known to be polynomial-time solvable using matroid intersection. In this paper we study the following problem: find a minimum cardinality subset of arcs that contains at least one arc from every minimum cost $k$-arborescence. For $k=1$, the problem was solved in [A. Bernáth, G. Pap , Blocking optimal arborescences, IPCO 2013]. In this paper we give an algorithm for general $k$ that has polynomial running time if $k$ is fixed.
Bibtex entry:
| AUTHOR | = | {Bern{\'a}th, Attila and Kir{\'a}ly, Tam{\'a}s}, |
| TITLE | = | {Blocking optimal k-arborescences}, |
| NOTE | = | {{\tt egres.elte.hu}}, |
| INSTITUTION | = | {Egerv{\'a}ry Research Group, Budapest}, |
| YEAR | = | {2015}, |
| NUMBER | = | {TR-2015-09} |