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1999 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Well-Quasi-Orderings and the Robertson-Seymour Theorems

Authors : R. G. Downey, M. R. Fellows

Published in: Parameterized Complexity

Publisher: Springer New York

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As we will see, well-quasi-orderings (WQO’s) provide a powerful engine for demonstrating that classes of problems are FPT. In this section, we will look at the rudiments of the theory of WQO’s, and in subsequent sections, we will examine applications to combinatorial problems.

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Title
Well-Quasi-Orderings and the Robertson-Seymour Theorems
Authors
R. G. Downey
M. R. Fellows
Copyright Year
1999
Publisher
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0515-9_7