Abstract
Patterned self-assembly tile set synthesis (Pats) is the problem of finding a minimal tile set which uniquely self-assembles into a given pattern. Czeizler and Popa proved the NP-completeness of Pats and Seki showed that the Pats problem is already NP-complete for patterns with 60 colors. In search for the minimal number of colors such that Pats remains NP-complete, we introduce multiple bound Pats (mbPats) where we allow bounds for the numbers of tile types of each color. We show that mbPats is NP-complete for patterns with just three colors and, as a byproduct of this result, we also obtain a novel proof for the NP-completeness of pats which is more concise than the previous proofs.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | DNA Computing and Molecular Programming - 19th International Conference, DNA 2013, Proceedings |
Pages | 105-117 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Volume | 8141 LNCS |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming - Arizona State University, Tempe, United States Duration: 22 Sep 2013 → 27 Sep 2013 Conference number: 19 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 8141 LNCS |
ISSN (Print) | 03029743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 16113349 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming |
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Abbreviated title | DNA |
Country | United States |
City | Tempe |
Period | 22/09/2013 → 27/09/2013 |