English
Related papers

Related papers: An algorithm for computing cutpoints in finite met…

200 papers

Optimal transport (OT) has become exceedingly popular in machine learning, data science, and computer vision. The core assumption in the OT problem is the equal total amount of mass in source and target measures, which limits its…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Yikun Bai , Berhnard Schmitzer , Mathew Thorpe , Soheil Kolouri

We study the 2-Disjoint Shortest Paths (2-DSP) problem: given a directed weighted graph and two terminal pairs $(s_1,t_1)$ and $(s_2,t_2)$, decide whether there exist vertex-disjoint shortest paths between each pair. Building on recent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Keerti Choudhary , Amit Kumar , Lakshay Saggi

We study polynomial-time approximation algorithms for two closely-related problems, namely computing shortcuts and transitive-closure spanners (TC spanners). For a directed unweighted graph $G=(V, E)$ and an integer $d$, a set of edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Parinya Chalermsook , Yonggang Jiang , Sagnik Mukhopadhyay , Danupon Nanongkai

Discrete-velocity approximations represent a popular way for computing the Boltzmann collision operator. The direct numerical evaluation of such methods involve a prohibitive cost, typically $O(N^{2d+1})$ where $d$ is the dimension of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-15 Clément Mouhot , Lorenzo Pareschi , Thomas Rey

We give a novel algorithm for enumerating lattice points in any convex body, and give applications to several classic lattice problems, including the Shortest and Closest Vector Problems (SVP and CVP, respectively) and Integer Programming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-06-14 Daniel Dadush , Chris Peikert , Santosh Vempala

Obtaining solutions to Optimal Transportation (OT) problems is typically intractable when the marginal spaces are continuous. Recent research has focused on approximating continuous solutions with discretization methods based on i.i.d.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-17 Junqi Wang , Pei Wang , Patrick Shafto

For the vast majority of local graph problems standard dynamic programming techniques give c^tw V^O(1) algorithms, where tw is the treewidth of the input graph. On the other hand, for problems with a global requirement (usually…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-03-03 Marek Cygan , Jesper Nederlof , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Johan van Rooij , Jakub Onufry Wojtaszczyk

The problem of realizing finite metric spaces in terms of weighted graphs has many applications. For example, the mathematical and computational properties of metrics that can be realized by trees have been well-studied and such research…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-10 Momoko Hayamizu , Katharina T. Huber , Vincent Moulton , Yukihiro Murakami

A new 1D search method is proposed for minimizing an arbitrary real valued function. The algorithm is a modification of the interval halving method which is based on dividing the interval of uncertainty by three points into four equal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Alena Antonova , Olga Ibryaeva

The greedy spanner is a high-quality spanner: its total weight, edge count and maximal degree are asymptotically optimal and in practice significantly better than for any other spanner with reasonable construction time. Unfortunately, all…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-06-21 Sander P. A. Alewijnse , Quirijn W. Bouts , Alex P. ten Brink , Kevin Buchin

Inspired by regularization in quantum field theory, we study topological and metric properties of spaces in which a cut-off is introduced. We work in the framework of noncommutative geometry, and focus on Connes distance associated to a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-04-17 Francesco D'Andrea , Fedele Lizzi , Pierre Martinetti

We consider the problem of finding a minimum cut of a weighted graph presented as a single-pass stream. While graph sparsification in streams has been intensively studied, the specific application of finding minimum cuts in streams is less…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Matthew Ding , Alexandro Garces , Jason Li , Honghao Lin , Jelani Nelson , Vihan Shah , David P. Woodruff

This work presents a highly optimized computational framework for the Discrete Dipole Approximation, a numerical method for calculating the optical properties associated with a target of arbitrary geometry that is widely used in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-07 James Mc Donald , Aaron Golden , S. Gerard Jennings

Low Diameter Decompositions (LDDs) are invaluable tools in the design of combinatorial graph algorithms. While historically they have been applied mainly to undirected graphs, in the recent breakthrough for the negative-length Single Source…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Karl Bringmann , Nick Fischer , Bernhard Haeupler , Rustam Latypov

Fast exact algorithms are known for Hamiltonian paths in undirected and directed bipartite graphs through elegant though involved algorithms that are quite different from each other. We devise algorithms that are simple and similar to each…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-10 V. Arvind , Srijan Chakraborty , Samir Datta , Asif Khan

We present a dimensionally split method for solving hyperbolic conservation laws on Cartesian cut cell meshes. The approach combines local geometric and wave speed information to determine a novel stabilised cut cell flux, and we provide a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-03-15 Nandan Gokhale , Nikos Nikiforakis , Rupert Klein

In this paper, we proposes the construction methods of sliced space-filling design when the quantitative factors are mixture components. Leveraging the representative points framework for distribution and energy distance decomposition…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Zikang Xiong , Hong Qin , Yuning Huang , Jianhui Ning

Clustering multidimensional points is a fundamental data mining task, with applications in many fields, such as astronomy, neuroscience, bioinformatics, and computer vision. The goal of clustering algorithms is to group similar objects…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Yihao Huang , Shangdi Yu , Julian Shun

We present herein a new approach based on the simultaneous application of the deep learning and statistical physics methods to solve the combinatorial optimization problems. The recent modern advanced techniques, such as an artificial…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2019-11-26 Semyon Sinchenko , Dmitry Bazhanov

Given an $n$-vertex $m$-edge graph $G$ with non negative edge-weights, the girth of $G$ is the weight of a shortest cycle in $G$. For any graph $G$ with polynomially bounded integer weights, we present a deterministic algorithm that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-25 Guillaume Ducoffe