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We study a delay-sensitive information flow problem where a source streams information to a sink over a directed graph G(V,E) at a fixed rate R possibly using multiple paths to minimize the maximum end-to-end delay, denoted as the…

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In this paper, we generalize the minimum flow decomposition problem (MFD) to incorporate uncertain edge capacities and tackle it from the perspective of robust optimization. In the classical flow decomposition problem, a network flow is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Moritz Stinzendörfer , Philine Schiewe , Fabricio Oliveira

In this paper we present an algorithmic framework for solving a class of combinatorial optimization problems on graphs with bounded pathwidth. The problems are NP-hard in general, but solvable in linear time on this type of graphs. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-18 Mugurel Ionut Andreica

We present an algorithm to solve a system of diagonal polynomial equations over finite fields when the number of variables is greater than some fixed polynomial of the number of equations whose degree depends only on the degree of the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-06-09 Gabor Ivanyos , Miklos Santha

Clar number and Fries number are two thoroughly investigated parameters of plane graphs emerging from mathematical chemistry to measure stability of organic molecules. We consider first a common generalization of these two concepts for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-12 Erika Bérczi-Kovács , András Frank

In this paper we study flow problems on temporal networks, where edge capacities and travel times change over time. We consider a network with $n$ nodes and $m$ edges where the capacity and length of each edge is a piecewise constant…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Kristin Sheridan , Shuchi Chawla

We introduce an NP-complete graph decision problem, the "Multi-stage graph Simple Path" (abbr. MSP) problem, which focuses on determining the existence of specific "global paths" in a graph $G$. We show that the MSP problem can be solved in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Xinwen Jiang , Holden Wool

We consider the complexity of problems related to the combinatorial game Free-Flood-It, in which players aim to make a coloured graph monochromatic with the minimum possible number of flooding operations. Our main result is that computing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-18 Kitty Meeks , Alexander Scott

We consider the fundamental problem of fairly allocating a set of indivisible items among agents having valuations that are represented by a multi-graph -- here, agents appear as vertices and items as edges between them and each vertex…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Mahyar Afshinmehr , Alireza Danaei , Mehrafarin Kazemi , Kurt Mehlhorn , Nidhi Rathi

We provide a tight approximate characterization of the $n$-dimensional product multicommodity flow (PMF) region for a wireless network of $n$ nodes. Separate characterizations in terms of the spectral properties of appropriate network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ritesh Madan , Devavrat Shah , Olivier Leveque

In connection with machine arithmetic, we are interested in systems of constraints of the form x + k \leq y + k'. Over integers, the satisfiability problem for such systems is polynomial time. The problem becomes NP complete if we restrict…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-11-07 Nikolaj Bjørner , Andreas Blass , Yuri Gurevich , Madan Musuvathi

Graph colouring is a fundamental problem for networks, serving as a tool for avoiding conflicts via symmetry breaking, for example, avoiding multiple computer processes simultaneously updating the same resource. This paper considers a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Duncan Adamson , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis

In this paper, we present a polynomial-sized linear programming formulation of the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). The proposed linear program is a network flow-based model. Numerical implementation issues and results are discussed. (The…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-07-11 Moustapha Diaby

We show that finding minimally intersecting $n$ paths from $s$ to $t$ in a directed graph or $n$ perfect matchings in a bipartite graph can be done in polynomial time. This holds more generally for unimodular set systems.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-05 Volker Kaibel , Shmuel Onn , Pauline Sarrabezolles

We consider the problem of finding a feasible single-commodity flow in a strongly connected network with fixed supplies and demands, provided that the sum of supplies equals the sum of demands and the minimum arc capacity is at least this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-12-03 Bernhard Haeupler , Robert E. Tarjan

We consider the Minimum Multi-Commodity Flow Subgraph (MMCFS) problem: given a directed graph $G$ with edge capacities $\mathit{cap}$ and a retention ratio $\alpha\in(0,1)$, find an edge-wise minimum subgraph $G' \subseteq G$ such that for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Markus Chimani , Max Ilsen

We consider multicommodity flow and cut problems in {\em polymatroidal} networks where there are submodular capacity constraints on the edges incident to a node. Polymatroidal networks were introduced by Lawler and Martel and Hassin in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-11-01 Chandra Chekuri , Sreeram Kannan , Adnan Raja , Pramod Viswanath

In Graph Theory a number of results were devoted to studying the computational complexity of the number modulo 2 of a graph's edge set decompositions of various kinds, first of all including its Hamiltonian decompositions, as well as the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-05-14 Greg Cohen

In this paper, we study robust transshipment under consistent flow constraints. We consider demand uncertainty represented by a finite set of scenarios and characterize a subset of arcs as so-called fixed arcs. In each scenario, we require…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Christina Büsing , Arie M. C. A Koster , Sabrina Schmitz

This paper considers learning a product graph from multi-attribute graph signals. Our work is motivated by the widespread presence of multilayer networks that feature interactions within and across graph layers. Focusing on a product graph…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-03 Chenyue Zhang , Yiran He , Hoi-To Wai
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