feedback vertex set

(definition)

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

See also feedback edge set.

Author: PEB

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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "feedback vertex set", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/feedbackVertexSet.html