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The aim of the paper is to examine the computational complexity and algorithmics of enumeration, the task to output all solutions of a given problem, from the point of view of parameterized complexity. First we define formally different notions of efficient enumeration in the context of parameterized complexity. Second we show how different algorithmic paradigms can be used in order to get parameter-efficient enumeration algorithms in a number of examples. These paradigms use well-known principles from the design of parameterized decision as well as enumeration techniques, like for instance kernelization and self-reducibility. The concept of kernelization, in particular, leads to a characterization of fixed-parameter tractable enumeration problems.
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Creignou, N., Meier, A., Müller, JS., Schmidt, J., Vollmer, H. (2013). Paradigms for Parameterized Enumeration. In: Chatterjee, K., Sgall, J. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2013. MFCS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8087. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40313-2_27
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