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Algorithms for Distance Sensitivity Oracles and other Graph Problems on the PRAM

Data Structures and Algorithms 2026-01-01 v2

Abstract

The distance sensitivity oracle (DSO) problem asks us to preprocess a given graph G=(V,E)G=(V,E) in order to answer queries of the form d(x,y,e)d(x,y,e), which denotes the shortest path distance in GG from vertex xx to vertex yy when edge ee is removed. This is an important problem for network communication, and it has been extensively studied in the sequential settingand recently in the distributed CONGEST model. However, no prior DSO results tailored to the parallel setting were known. We present the first PRAM algorithms to construct DSOs in directed weighted graphs, that can answer a query in O(1)O(1) time with a single processor after preprocessing. We also present the first work-optimal PRAM algorithms for other graph problems that belong to the sequential O~(mn)\tilde{O}(mn) fine-grained complexity class: Replacement Paths, Second Simple Shortest Path, All Pairs Second Simple Shortest Paths and Minimum Weight Cycle.

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@article{arxiv.2512.23604,
  title  = {Algorithms for Distance Sensitivity Oracles and other Graph Problems on the PRAM},
  author = {Vignesh Manoharan and Vijaya Ramachandran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.23604},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Brief announcement appeared in SPAA 2025

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:44:36.093Z