NIST

feedback vertex set

(definition)

Definition: The smallest set of vertices whose deletion results in an acyclic graph.

See also feedback edge set.

Author: PEB

Implementation

Steven Skiena's Stony Brook Algorithm Repository (C)
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Entry modified 26 July 2021.
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Paul E. Black, "feedback vertex set", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 26 July 2021. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/feedbackVertexSet.html