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This paper deals with the feedback vertex set ( FVS ) problem for various digraphs. It was proved that the FVS problem is NP- complete for general digraphs and remains NP-complete for digraphs having no in-degree or out-degree exceeding 2, and for planar digraphs having no in-degree or out-degree exceeding 3. In this paper, we shall show that the FVS problem remains NP- complete even for digrpahs in which no vertex has total in- degree and out-degree more than 3, for planar (or planar bipartite) digraphs having no in-degree or out-degree exceeding 2. Moreover, we shall also show that the FVS problem is solvable in polynomial time for digraphs in which no vertex has total in-degree and out-degree more than 2, and for planar digraphs in which no vertex total has total in-degree and out- degree more than 3.
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