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The minimum degree spanning tree (MDST) problem requires the construction of a spanning tree $T$ for graph $G=(V,E)$ with $n$ vertices, such that the maximum degree $d$ of $T$ is the smallest among all spanning trees of $G$. In this paper,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Michael Dinitz , Magnús M. Halldórsson , Calvin Newport

We deal with the problem of maintaining a shortest-path tree rooted at some process r in a network that may be disconnected after topological changes. The goal is then to maintain a shortest-path tree rooted at r in its connected component,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-12-01 Stéphane Devismes , David Ilcinkas , Colette Johnen

The most common strategy for enabling a process in a distributed system to broadcast a message is one-to-all communication. However, this approach is not scalable, as it places a heavy load on the sender. This work presents an autonomic…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Luiz A. Rodrigues , Elias P. Duarte , Luciana Arantes

The minimum spanning tree (MST) is a combinatorial optimization problem: given a connected graph with a real weight ("cost") on each edge, find the spanning tree that minimizes the sum of the total cost of the occupied edges. We consider…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-02-26 T. S. Jackson , N. Read

A complete understanding of real networks requires us to understand the consequences of the uneven interaction strengths between a system's components. Here we use the minimum spanning tree (MST) to explore the effect of weight assignment…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 P. J. Macdonald , E. Almaas , A. -L. Barabasi

In this article, we study the Euclidean minimum spanning tree problem in an imprecise setup. The problem is known as the \emph{Minimum Spanning Tree Problem with Neighborhoods} in the literature. We study the problem where the neighborhoods…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Sanjana Dey , Ramesh K. Jallu , Subhas C. Nandy

This paper proposes a decentralized design approach of consensus protocols of multi-agent systems via a directed-spanning-tree(DST)-based linear transformation and the corresponding minimal communication links. First, the consensus problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Yangzhou Chen , Lanhao Zhao

Self-stabilization is a general paradigm to provide forward recovery capabilities to distributed systems and networks. Intuitively, a protocol is self-stabilizing if it is able to recover without external intervention from any catastrophic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-11-25 Stéphane Devismes , Toshimitsu Masuzawa , Sébastien Tixeuil

Building a spanning tree, minimum spanning tree (MST), and BFS tree in a distributed network are fundamental problems which are still not fully understood in terms of time and communication cost. x The first work to succeed in computing a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Ali Mashreghi , Valerie King

Motivated by applications in clustering and synthetic data generation, we consider the problem of releasing a minimum spanning tree (MST) under edge-weight differential privacy constraints where a graph topology $G=(V,E)$ with $n$ vertices…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Rasmus Pagh , Lukas Retschmeier

Processing graphs with temporal information (the temporal graphs) has become increasingly important in the real world. In this paper, we study efficient solutions to temporal graph applications using new algorithms for Incremental Minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Xiangyun Ding , Yan Gu , Yihan Sun

Finding a minimum spanning tree (MST) for $n$ points in an arbitrary metric space is a fundamental primitive for hierarchical clustering and many other ML tasks, but this takes $\Omega(n^2)$ time to even approximate. We introduce a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Nate Veldt , Thomas Stanley , Benjamin W. Priest , Trevor Steil , Keita Iwabuchi , T. S. Jayram , Geoffrey Sanders

This paper presents a randomized Las Vegas distributed algorithm that constructs a minimum spanning tree (MST) in weighted networks with optimal (up to polylogarithmic factors) time and message complexity. This algorithm runs in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Gopal Pandurangan , Peter Robinson , Michele Scquizzato

We analyze a new general representation for the Minimum Weight Steiner Tree (MST) problem which translates the topological connectivity constraint into a set of local conditions which can be analyzed by the so called cavity equations…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-01-14 M. Bayati , A. Braunstein , R. Zecchina

Minimum spanning trees (MSTs) provide a convenient representation of datasets in numerous pattern recognition activities. Moreover, they are relatively fast to compute. In this paper, we quantify the extent to which they are meaningful in…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-16 Marek Gagolewski , Anna Cena , Maciej Bartoszuk , Łukasz Brzozowski

Nodes in route-restricted overlays have an immutable set of neighbors, explicitly specified by their users. Popular examples include payment networks such as the Lightning network as well as social overlays such as the Dark Freenet. Routing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-12 Martin Byrenheid , Stefanie Roos , Thorsten Strufe

In this paper, we formalize design patterns, commonly used in the self-stabilizing area, to obtain general statements regarding both correctness and time complexity guarantees. Precisely, we study a general class of algorithms designed for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-08 Karine Altisen , Stéphane Devismes , Anaïs Durand

Given a connected, undirected graph whose edges are labelled (or coloured), the minimum labelling spanning tree (MLST) problem seeks a spanning tree whose edges have the smallest number of distinct labels (or colours). In recent work, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-05 Sergio Consoli , Nenad Mladenovic , Jose Andres Moreno-Perez

This paper introduces the notion of distributed verification without preprocessing. It focuses on the Minimum-weight Spanning Tree (MST) verification problem and establishes tight upper and lower bounds for the time and message complexities…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-12-16 Liah Kor , Amos Korman , David Peleg

Algorithms for dynamically maintaining minimum spanning trees (MSTs) have received much attention in both the parallel and sequential settings. While previous work has given optimal algorithms for dense graphs, all existing parallel…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Daniel Anderson , Guy E. Blelloch , Kanat Tangwongsan