Michael R. Fellows

Orcid: 0000-0002-6148-9212

Affiliations:
  • University of Bergen, Department of Informatics, Norway
  • Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia (former)
  • University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia (former)
  • University of Victoria, Department of Computer Science, BC, Canada (former)
  • University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA (former)
  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA (former)
  • University of California, San Diego, CA, USA (PhD 1985)


According to our database1, Michael R. Fellows authored at least 202 papers between 1987 and 2023.

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2023
Recent Trends in Graph Decomposition (Dagstuhl Seminar 23331).
Dagstuhl Reports, 2023

Open Problems in (Hyper)Graph Decomposition.
CoRR, 2023

On Solution Discovery via Reconfiguration.
Proceedings of the ECAI 2023 - 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 30 - October 4, 2023, Kraków, Poland, 2023

On the Parameterized Complexity of the Structure of Lineal Topologies (Depth-First Spanning Trees) of Finite Graphs: The Number of Leaves.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Complexity - 13th International Conference, 2023

2022
Diversity of solutions: An exploration through the lens of fixed-parameter tractability theory.
Artif. Intell., 2022

2021
Parameterized String Equations.
CoRR, 2021

2020
Collaborating with Hans: Some Remaining Wonderments.
Proceedings of the Treewidth, Kernels, and Algorithms, 2020

2019
Diversity in Combinatorial Optimization.
CoRR, 2019

2018
A brief history of Edward K. Blum and the Journal of Computer and System Sciences.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2018

Parameterized approximation via fidelity preserving transformations.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2018

Algorithms, kernels and lower bounds for the Flood-It game parameterized by the vertex cover number.
Discret. Appl. Math., 2018

A Survey on the Complexity of Flood-Filling Games.
Proceedings of the Adventures Between Lower Bounds and Higher Altitudes, 2018

What Is Known About Vertex Cover Kernelization?
Proceedings of the Adventures Between Lower Bounds and Higher Altitudes, 2018

2017
Surfing with Rod.
Proceedings of the Computability and Complexity, 2017

2016
Tractable Parameterizations for the Minimum Linear Arrangement Problem.
ACM Trans. Comput. Theory, 2016

Are you Interested in Theoretical Computer Science? (How Not???) I Have Some Advice for You.
Bull. EATCS, 2016

2015
Tractability and hardness of flood-filling games on trees.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2015

On the parameterized complexity of dynamic problems.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2015

Control complexity in Bucklin and fallback voting: An experimental analysis.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2015

Control complexity in Bucklin and fallback voting: A theoretical analysis.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2015

The Flood-It game parameterized by the vertex cover number.
Electron. Notes Discret. Math., 2015

Myhill-Nerode Methods for Hypergraphs.
Algorithmica, 2015

2014
FPT is characterized by useful obstruction sets: Connecting algorithms, kernels, and quasi-orders.
ACM Trans. Comput. Theory, 2014

Satisfying more than half of a system of linear equations over GF(2): A multivariate approach.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2014

Parameterized complexity of firefighting.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2014

On the Parameterized Complexity of Dynamic Problems with Connectivity Constraints.
Proceedings of the Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, 2014

2013
Fundamentals of Parameterized Complexity.
Texts in Computer Science, Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4471-5559-1, 2013

Distortion is Fixed Parameter Tractable.
ACM Trans. Comput. Theory, 2013

Constraint satisfaction problems: Convexity makes AllDifferent constraints tractable.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2013

Towards fully multivariate algorithmics: Parameter ecology and the deconstruction of computational complexity.
Eur. J. Comb., 2013

FPT Is Characterized by Useful Obstruction Sets.
Proceedings of the Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, 2013

Myhill-Nerode Methods for Hypergraphs.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Computation - 24th International Symposium, 2013

2012
Parameterizing by the Number of Numbers.
Theory Comput. Syst., 2012

Local search: Is brute-force avoidable?
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2012

Data Reduction and Problem Kernels (Dagstuhl Seminar 12241).
Dagstuhl Reports, 2012

How applying Myhill-Nerode methods to hypergraphs helps mastering the Art of Trellis Decoding
CoRR, 2012

Well Quasi Orders in Subclasses of Bounded Treewidth Graphs and Their Algorithmic Applications.
Algorithmica, 2012

The Parameterized Complexity of Stabbing Rectangles.
Algorithmica, 2012

Train Marshalling Is Fixed Parameter Tractable.
Proceedings of the Fun with Algorithms - 6th International Conference, 2012

The Parameterized Complexity of Abduction.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2012

2011
A Complexity Dichotomy for Finding Disjoint Solutions of Vertex Deletion Problems.
ACM Trans. Comput. Theory, 2011

Haplotype Inference Constrained by Plausible Haplotype Data.
IEEE ACM Trans. Comput. Biol. Bioinform., 2011

Parameterized Algorithmics for Finding Connected Motifs in Biological Networks.
IEEE ACM Trans. Comput. Biol. Bioinform., 2011

A generalization of Nemhauser and Trotterʼs local optimization theorem.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2011

Upper and lower bounds for finding connected motifs in vertex-colored graphs.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2011

On the complexity of some colorful problems parameterized by treewidth.
Inf. Comput., 2011

Graph-based data clustering with overlaps.
Discret. Optim., 2011

Special Issue on Parameterized Complexity of Discrete Optimization.
Discret. Optim., 2011

Facility location problems: A parameterized view.
Discret. Appl. Math., 2011

Control Complexity in Bucklin and Fallback Voting
CoRR, 2011

Quadratic Kernelization for Convex Recoloring of Trees.
Algorithmica, 2011

Parameterized Complexity of the Firefighter Problem.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Computation - 22nd International Symposium, 2011

Simultaneously Satisfying Linear Equations Over F_2: MaxLin2 and Max-r-Lin2 Parameterized Above Average.
Proceedings of the IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, 2011

Recent Developments in the Theory of Pre-processing.
Proceedings of the Frontiers in Algorithmics and Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, 2011

Multivariate Complexity Theory.
Proceedings of the Computer Science, The Hardware, Software and Heart of It, 2011

2010
Clustering with partial information.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2010

W-Hierarchies Defined by Symmetric Gates.
Theory Comput. Syst., 2010

The parameterized complexity of some minimum label problems.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2010

Parameterized Control Complexity in Fallback Voting
CoRR, 2010

Milling a Graph with Turn Costs: A Parameterized Complexity Perspective.
Proceedings of the Graph Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, 2010

Determining the Winner of a Dodgson Election is Hard.
Proceedings of the IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, 2010

A Linear Kernel for Co-Path/Cycle Packing.
Proceedings of the Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, 2010

2009
On the parameterized complexity of multiple-interval graph problems.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2009

Fixed-parameter algorithms for Kemeny rankings.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2009

Clique-Width is NP-Complete.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 2009

The Complexity Ecology of Parameters: An Illustration Using Bounded Max Leaf Number.
Theory Comput. Syst., 2009

Derivation of algorithms for cutwidth and related graph layout parameters.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2009

On problems without polynomial kernels.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2009

Abstract Milling with Turn Costs
CoRR, 2009

Parameterized Complexity of Stabbing Rectangles and Squares in the Plane.
Proceedings of the WALCOM: Algorithms and Computation, Third International Workshop, 2009

A Generalization of Nemhauser and Trotter's Local Optimization Theorem.
Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, 2009

Well-Quasi-Orders in Subclasses of Bounded Treewidth Graphs.
Proceedings of the Parameterized and Exact Computation, 4th International Workshop, 2009

What Makes Equitable Connected Partition Easy.
Proceedings of the Parameterized and Exact Computation, 4th International Workshop, 2009

Towards Fully Multivariate Algorithmics: Some New Results and Directions in Parameter Ecology.
Proceedings of the Combinatorial Algorithms, 20th International Workshop, 2009

How similarity helps to efficiently compute Kemeny rankings.
Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009), 2009

2008
Parameterized approximation of dominating set problems.
Inf. Process. Lett., 2008

Parameterized Low-distortion Embeddings - Graph metrics into lines and trees
CoRR, 2008

The Computer Journal Special Issue on Parameterized Complexity: Foreword by the Guest Editors.
Comput. J., 2008

Faster Fixed-Parameter Tractable Algorithms for Matching and Packing Problems.
Algorithmica, 2008

On the Parameterized Complexity of Layered Graph Drawing.
Algorithmica, 2008

A Purely Democratic Characterization of W[1].
Proceedings of the Parameterized and Exact Computation, Third International Workshop, 2008

Leaf Powers and Their Properties: Using the Trees.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Computation, 19th International Symposium, 2008

Graph Layout Problems Parameterized by Vertex Cover.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Computation, 19th International Symposium, 2008

On Problems without Polynomial Kernels (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the Automata, Languages and Programming, 35th International Colloquium, 2008

Parameterized Algorithms and Hardness Results for Some Graph Motif Problems.
Proceedings of the Combinatorial Pattern Matching, 19th Annual Symposium, 2008

Fixed-Parameter Algorithms for Kemeny Scores.
Proceedings of the Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, 2008

2007
An O(2<sup>O(k)</sup>n<sup>3</sup>) FPT Algorithm for the Undirected Feedback Vertex Set Problem.
Theory Comput. Syst., 2007

The Complexity of Polynomial-Time Approximation.
Theory Comput. Syst., 2007

Crown Structures for Vertex Cover Kernelization.
Theory Comput. Syst., 2007

Sharp Tractability Borderlines for Finding Connected Motifs in Vertex-Colored Graphs.
Proceedings of the Automata, Languages and Programming, 34th International Colloquium, 2007

Efficient Parameterized Preprocessing for Cluster Editing.
Proceedings of the Fundamentals of Computation Theory, 16th International Symposium, 2007

Connected Coloring Completion for General Graphs: Algorithms and Complexity.
Proceedings of the Computing and Combinatorics, 13th Annual International Conference, 2007

The Complexity Ecology of Parameters: An Illustration Using Bounded Max Leaf Number.
Proceedings of the Computation and Logic in the Real World, 2007

2006
On finding short resolution refutations and small unsatisfiable subsets.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2006

On The Parameterized Intractability Of Motif Search Problems.
Comb., 2006

A Fixed-Parameter Approach to 2-Layer Planarization.
Algorithmica, 2006

Clique-width minimization is NP-hard.
Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2006

NONBLOCKER: Parameterized Algorithmics for minimum dominating set.
Proceedings of the SOFSEM 2006: Theory and Practice of Computer Science, 2006

The Lost Continent of Polynomial Time: Preprocessing and Kernelization.
Proceedings of the Parameterized and Exact Computation, Second International Workshop, 2006

Parameterized Approximation Problems.
Proceedings of the Parameterized and Exact Computation, Second International Workshop, 2006

The Undirected Feedback Vertex Set Problem Has a Poly(<i>k</i>) Kernel.
Proceedings of the Parameterized and Exact Computation, Second International Workshop, 2006

Kernelization for Convex Recoloring.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Complexity in Durham 2006, 2006

2005
A refined search tree technique for Dominating Set on planar graphs.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2005

Tight lower bounds for certain parameterized NP-hard problems.
Inf. Comput., 2005

Proving NP-hardness for clique-width II: non-approximability of clique-width
Electron. Colloquium Comput. Complex., 2005

Proving NP-hardness for clique-width I: non-approximability of sequential clique-width
Electron. Colloquium Comput. Complex., 2005

FPT is P-Time Extremal Structure I.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Complexity in Durham 2005, 2005

2004
The dominating set problem is fixed parameter tractable for graphs of bounded genus.
J. Algorithms, 2004

Polynomial-time data reduction for dominating set.
J. ACM, 2004

Finding k Disjoint Triangles in an Arbitrary Graph.
Proceedings of the Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, 2004

Linear Kernels in Linear Time, or How to Save k Colors in O(n<sup>2</sup>) Steps.
Proceedings of the Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, 2004

Greedy Localization, Iterative Compression, Modeled Crown Reductions: New FPT Techniques, an Improved Algorithm for Set Splitting, and a Novel 2k Kernelization for Vertex Cover.
Proceedings of the Parameterized and Exact Computation, First International Workshop, 2004

A Survey of FPT Algorithm Design Techniques with an Emphasis on Recent Advances and Connections to Practical Computing.
Proceedings of the Algorithms, 2004

Kernelization Algorithms for the Vertex Cover Problem: Theory and Experiments.
Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments and the First Workshop on Analytic Algorithmics and Combinatorics, 2004

2003
On the parametric complexity of schedules to minimize tardy tasks.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2003

Foreword from the guest editors.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 2003

Analogs & duals of the MAST problem for sequences & trees.
J. Algorithms, 2003

Cutting Up is Hard to Do: the Parameterized Complexity of k-Cut and Related Problems.
Proceedings of the Computing: the Australasian Theory Symposiumm, 2003

Explaining cryptographic systems.
Comput. Educ., 2003

Blow-Ups, Win/Win's, and Crown Rules: Some New Directions in FPT.
Proceedings of the Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, 2003

An FPT Algorithm for Set Splitting.
Proceedings of the Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, 2003

New Directions and New Challenges in Algorithm Design and Complexity, Parameterized.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Data Structures, 8th International Workshop, 2003

Starting with Nondeterminism: The Systematic Derivation of Linear-Time Graph Layout Algorithms.
Proceedings of the Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2003, 2003

2002
Parameterized Complexity: The Main Ideas and Connections to Practical Computing.
Proceedings of the Computing: the Australasian Theory Symposium, 2002

Efficient Data Reduction for DOMINATING SET: A Linear Problem Kernel for the Planar Case.
Proceedings of the Algorithm Theory, 2002

On the Parameterized Intractability of CLOSEST SUBSTRINGsize and Related Problems.
Proceedings of the STACS 2002, 19th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, Antibes, 2002

Computer Science Unplugged - an enrichment and extension programme for primary-aged children.
csunplugged.org, 2002

2001
Forbidden minors to graphs with small feedback sets.
Discret. Math., 2001

Index sets and parametric reductions.
Arch. Math. Log., 2001

Parameterized Complexity: The Main Ideas and Some Research Frontiers.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Computation, 12th International Symposium, 2001

A Fixed-Parameter Approach to Two-Layer Planarization.
Proceedings of the Graph Drawing, 9th International Symposium, 2001


2000
On computing graph minor obstruction sets.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2000

The hardness of perfect phylogeny, feasible register assignment and other problems on thin colored graphs.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 2000

The complexity of irredundant sets parameterized by size.
Discret. Appl. Math., 2000

Coordinatized Kernels and Catalytic Reductions: An Improved FPT Algorithm for Max Leaf Spanning Tree and Other Problems.
Proceedings of the Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, 2000

1999
Parameterized Complexity
Monographs in Computer Science, Springer, ISBN: 038794883X, 1999

The Parametrized Complexity of Some Fundamental Problems in Coding Theory.
SIAM J. Comput., 1999

Computational Tractability: The View From Mars.
Bull. EATCS, 1999

1998
Parameterized Circuit Complexity and the W Hierarchy.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 1998

Threshold Dominating Sets and an Improved Characterization of <i>W</i>[2].
Theor. Comput. Sci., 1998

Constructions of large planar networks with given degree and diameter.
Networks, 1998

An Improved Fixed-Parameter Algorithm for Vertex Cover.
Inf. Process. Lett., 1998

On the Multiple Gene Duplication Problem.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Computation, 9th International Symposium, 1998

Analogs and Duals of the MAST Problem for Sequences and Trees.
Proceedings of the Algorithms, 1998

1997
A Note on the Computability of Graph Minor Obstruction Sets for Monadic Second Order Ideals.
J. Univers. Comput. Sci., 1997

Advice Classes of Parameterized Tractability.
Ann. Pure Appl. Log., 1997

On the parameterized complexity of short computation and factorization.
Arch. Math. Log., 1997

Parameterized complexity: A framework for systematically confronting computational intractability.
Proceedings of the Contemporary Trends in Discrete Mathematics: From DIMACS and DIMATIA to the Future, 1997

1996
Vertex transversals that dominate.
J. Graph Theory, 1996

A Simple Linear-Time Algorithm for Finding Path-Decompositions of Small Width.
Inf. Process. Lett., 1996

Sparse Parameterized Problems.
Ann. Pure Appl. Log., 1996

The Parameterized Complexity of Relational Database Queries and an Improved Characterization of W[1].
Proceedings of the First Conference of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 1996

Descriptive complexity and the <i>W</i> hierarchy.
Proceedings of the Proof Complexity and Feasible Arithmetics, 1996

Finite-State Computability of Annotations of Strings and Trees.
Proceedings of the Combinatorial Pattern Matching, 7th Annual Symposium, 1996

1995
Fixed-Parameter Tractability and Completeness II: On Completeness for W[1].
Theor. Comput. Sci., 1995

The Parameterized Complexity of Sequence Alignment and Consensus.
Theor. Comput. Sci., 1995

Fixed-Parameter Tractability and Completeness I: Basic Results.
SIAM J. Comput., 1995

W[2]-hardness of precedence constrained K-processor scheduling.
Oper. Res. Lett., 1995

On the Structure of Parameterized Problems in NP.
Inf. Comput., 1995

Large Planar Graphs with Given Diameter and Maximum Degree.
Discret. Appl. Math., 1995

Parameterized complexity analysis in computational biology.
Comput. Appl. Biosci., 1995

Fixed-Parameter Tractability and Completeness IV: On Completeness for W[P] and PSPACE Analogues.
Ann. Pure Appl. Log., 1995

The Complexity of Induced Minors and Related Problems.
Algorithmica, 1995

Obstructions to Within a Few Vertices or Edges of Acyclic.
Proceedings of the Algorithms and Data Structures, 4th International Workshop, 1995

1994
The Private Neighbor Cube.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 1994

On Search, Decision, and the Efficiency of Polynomial-Time Algorithms.
J. Comput. Syst. Sci., 1994

Beyond NP-completeness for problems of bounded width: hardness for the W hierarchy.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 1994

On the Structure of Parameterized Problems in NP (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the STACS 94, 1994

The Parameterized Complexity of Some Problems in Logic and Linguistics.
Proceedings of the Logical Foundations of Computer Science, Third International Symposium, 1994

1993
Fixed-Parameter Intractability II (Extended Abstract).
Proceedings of the STACS 93, 1993

DNA Physical Mapping: Three Ways Difficult.
Proceedings of the Algorithms - ESA '93, First Annual European Symposium, Bad Honnef, Germany, September 30, 1993

Parameterized Learning Complexity.
Proceedings of the Sixth Annual ACM Conference on Computational Learning Theory, 1993

Fixed-Parameter Complexity and Cryptography.
Proceedings of the Applied Algebra, 1993

1992
Small Diameter Symmetric Networks from Linear Groups.
IEEE Trans. Computers, 1992

On Well-Partial-Order Theory and its Application to Combinatorial Problems of VLSI Design.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 1992

Self-Witnessing Polynomial-Time Complexity and Prime Factorization.
Des. Codes Cryptogr., 1992

Parallel Self-Reducibility.
Proceedings of the Computing and Information, 1992

Two Strikes Against Perfect Phylogeny.
Proceedings of the Automata, Languages and Programming, 19th International Colloquium, 1992

Implementing the Standards: Let's Focus on the First Four.
Proceedings of the Discrete Mathematics in the Schools, 1992

Fixed Parameter Tractability and Completeness.
Proceedings of the Complexity Theory: Current Research, 1992

Kid Krypto.
Proceedings of the Advances in Cryptology, 1992

Fixed-Parameter Intractability.
Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Structure in Complexity Theory Conference, 1992

1991
Fast search algorithms for layout permutation problems.
Integr., 1991

Constructive complexity.
Discret. Appl. Math., 1991

Perfect domination.
Australas. J Comb., 1991

On the complexity and combinatorics of covering finite complexes.
Australas. J Comb., 1991

Induced minors and related problems.
Proceedings of the Graph Structure Theory, 1991

Finite automata, bounded treewidth, and well-quasiordering.
Proceedings of the Graph Structure Theory, 1991

Constructivity Issues in Graph Algorithms.
Proceedings of the Constructivity in Computer Science, 1991

Algebraic Constructions of Efficient Broadcast Networks.
Proceedings of the Applied Algebra, 1991

1990
Transversals of Vertex Partitions in Graphs.
SIAM J. Discret. Math., 1990

1989
Radius and diameter in Manhattan lattices.
Discret. Math., 1989

On Search, Decision and the Efficiency of Polynomial-Time Algorithms (Extended Abstract)
Proceedings of the 21st Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 1989

An Analogue of the Myhill-Nerode Theorem and Its Use in Computing Finite-Basis Characterizations (Extended Abstract)
Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, 30 October, 1989

On the Complexity of Fixed Parameter Problems (Extended Abstract)
Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, 30 October, 1989

Finite-Basis Theorems and a Computation-Integrated Approach to Obstruction Set Isolation.
Proceedings of the Computers and Mathematics, 1989

1988
Processor Utilization in a Linearly Connected Parallel Processing System.
IEEE Trans. Computers, 1988

Nonconstructive tools for proving polynomial-time decidability.
J. ACM, 1988

On Finding Optimal and Near-Optimal Lineal Spanning Trees.
Algorithmica, 1988

Fast Self-Reduction Algorithms for Combinatorical Problems of VLSI-Design.
Proceedings of the VLSI Algorithms and Architectures, 3rd Aegean Workshop on Computing, 1988

1987
Nonconstructive Advances in Polynomial-Time Complexity.
Inf. Process. Lett., 1987


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