1. Induced minor models : Structural properties and algorithmic consequencesNicolas Bousquet, Clément Jean Dallard, Maël Dumas, Claire Hilaire, Martin Milanič, Anthony Perez, Nicolas Trotignon, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: A graph H is an induced minor of G if there exists an induced minor model of H in G, that is, a collection of pairwise disjoint subsets of vertices of G labeled by the vertices of H, each inducing a connected subgraph in G, such that two vertices of H are adjacent if and only if there is an edge in G between the corresponding subsets. In this paper, we investigate structural properties of induced minor models, including bounds on treewidth and chromatic number of the subgraphs induced by minimal induced minor models. As algorithmic applications of our structural results, we make use of recent developments regarding tree-independence number to show that if H is the 4-wheel, the 5-vertex complete graph minus an edge, or a complete bipartite graph K2,q , then there is a polynomial-time algorithm to find in a given graph G an induced minor model of H in G, if there is one. We also develop an alternative polynomial-time algorithm for recognizing graphs that do not contain K2,3 as an induced minor, which revolves around the idea of detecting the induced subgraphs whose presence is forced when the input graph contains K2,3 as an induced minor. It turns out that all these induced subgraphs are Truemper configurations.
Keywords: induced minor, treewidth, chromatic number, tree-independence number, Truemper configuration
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2. On {k}-Roman graphsKenny Bešter Štorgel, Nina Chiarelli, Lara Fernández, J. Pascal Gollin, Claire Hilaire, Valeria Alejandra Leoni, Martin Milanič, 2025, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: For a positive integer k, a {k}-Roman dominating function of a graph G = (V, E) is a function f : V → {0, 1, . . . , k} satisfying f (N(v)) ≥ k for each vertex v ∈ V with f (v) = 0. Every graph G satisfies γ{Rk}(G) ≤ kγ(G), where γ{Rk}(G) denotes the minimum weight of a {k}-Roman dominating function of G and γ(G) is the domination number of G. In this work we study graphs for which the equality is reached, called {k}-Roman graphs. This extends the concept of {k}-Roman trees studied by Wang et al. in 2021 to gen- eral graphs. We prove that for every k ≥ 3, the problem of recognizing {k}-Roman graphs is NP-hard, even when restricted to split graphs. We provide partial answers to the question of which split graphs are {2}-Roman: we characterize {2}-Roman split graphs that can be decomposed with respect to the split join operation into two smaller split graphs and classify the {k}-Roman property within two specific families of split graphs that are prime with respect to the split join operation: suns and their complements.
Keywords: graph domination, {k}-Roman domination, {k}-Roman graph, split graph, split join, NP-completeness
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3. On relationships between treewidth, clique number, tree-independence number, and induced minors : master’s thesisÐorđe Vasić, 2025, master's thesis Keywords: treewidth, clique number, tree-independence number, induced minor, hered itary graph class, bipartite chain graph
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4. On the proper interval completion problem within some chordal subclassesFrançois Dross, Claire Hilaire, Ivo Koch, Valeria Alejandra Leoni, Nina Pardal, María Inés Lopez Pujato, Vinicius Fernandes dos Santos, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: Given a property (graph class) Π, a graph G, and an integer k, the Π-completion problem consists of deciding whether we can turn G into a graph with the property Π by adding at most k edges to G. The Π-completion problem is known to be NP-hard for general graphs when Π is the property of being a proper interval graph (PIG). In this work, we study the PIG-completion problem within different subclasses of chordal graphs. We show that the problem remains NP-complete even when restricted to split graphs. We then turn our attention to positive results and present polynomial time algorithms to solve the PIG-completion problem when the input is restricted to caterpillar and threshold graphs. We also present an efficient algorithm for the minimum co-bipartite-completion for quasi-threshold graphs, which provides a lower bound for the PIG-completion problem within this graph class.
Keywords: proper interval completion, split graph, threshold graph, quasi-threshold graph, caterpillar
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