FO Model Checking of Interval GraphsArticleAuthors: Robert Ganian

; Petr Hlineny

; Daniel Kral

; Jan Obdrzalek ; Jarett Schwartz ; Jakub Teska
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Robert Ganian;Petr Hlineny;Daniel Kral;Jan Obdrzalek;Jarett Schwartz;Jakub Teska
We study the computational complexity of the FO model checking problem on interval graphs, i.e., intersection graphs of intervals on the real line. The main positive result is that FO model checking and successor-invariant FO model checking can be solved in time O(n log n) for n-vertex interval graphs with representations containing only intervals with lengths from a prescribed finite set. We complement this result by showing that the same is not true if the lengths are restricted to any set that is dense in an open subset, e.g., in the set $(1, 1 + \varepsilon)$.
Comment: Paper as accepted to the LMCS journal. An extended abstract of an earlier version of this paper has appeared at ICALP'13. Main changes to the previous version are mostly small improvements in presentation
Volume: Volume 11, Issue 4
Published on: December 14, 2015
Imported on: March 3, 2015
Keywords: Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics, Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science
Funding:
Source : OpenAIRE Graph- The Parameterized Complexity of Reasoning Problems; Funder: European Commission; Code: 239962
- Classes of combinatorial objects: from structure to algorithms; Funder: European Commission; Code: 259385
- Exploiting New Types of Structure for Fixed Parameter Tractability (X-TRACT); Funder: European Commission; Code: P 26696