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We study the edge-coloring problem in simple $n$-vertex $m$-edge graphs with maximum degree $\Delta$. This is one of the most classical and fundamental graph-algorithmic problems. Vizing's celebrated theorem provides…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Michael Elkin , Ariel Khuzman

In this paper, we present improved algorithms for the $(\Delta+1)$ (vertex) coloring problem in the Congested-Clique model of distributed computing. In this model, the input is a graph on $n$ nodes, initially each node knows only its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Merav Parter

Vizing showed that it suffices to color the edges of a simple graph using $\Delta + 1$ colors, where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree of the graph. However, up to this date, no efficient distributed edge-coloring algorithms are known for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Hsin-Hao Su , Hoa T. Vu

In wireless ad hoc or sensor networks, distributed node coloring is a fundamental problem closely related to establishing efficient communication through TDMA schedules. For networks with maximum degree Delta, a Delta + 1 coloring is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Fabian Fuchs , Roman Prutkin

Graph coloring is a fundamental problem in computer science. In the semi-streaming model, an input graph $G$ on $n$ vertices and maximum degree $\Delta$ is presented as a stream of edges, and the goal is to compute a vertex coloring using a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Shiri Chechik , Hongyi Chen , Tianyi Zhang

As the main contribution of this work we present deterministic edge coloring algorithms in the CONGEST model. In particular, we present an algorithm that edge colors any $n$-node graph with maximum degree $\Delta$ with with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Joakim Blikstad , Yannic Maus , Tijn de Vos

This paper studies sufficient conditions to obtain efficient distributed algorithms coloring graphs optimally (i.e.\ with the minimum number of colors) in the LOCAL model of computation. Most of the work on distributed vertex coloring so…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-25 Étienne Bamas , Louis Esperet

We give efficient randomized and deterministic distributed algorithms for computing a distance-$2$ vertex coloring of a graph $G$ in the CONGEST model. In particular, if $\Delta$ is the maximum degree of $G$, we show that there is a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-15 Magnus M. Halldorsson , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus

Graph coloring is fundamental to distributed computing. We give the first sub-logarithmic distributed algorithm for coloring cluster graphs. These graphs are obtained from the underlying communication network by contracting nodes and edges,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Maxime Flin , Magnus M. Halldorsson , Alexandre Nolin

Graph coloring is one of the central problems in distributed graph algorithms. Much of the research on this topic has focused on coloring with $\Delta+1$ colors, where $\Delta$ denotes the maximum degree. Using $\Delta+1$ colors may be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-24 Mohsen Ghaffari , Christiana Lymouri

We give a new randomized distributed algorithm for the $\Delta+1$-list coloring problem. The algorithm and its analysis dramatically simplify the previous best result known of Chang, Li, and Pettie [SICOMP 2020]. This allows for numerous…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-12 Magnús M. Halldórsson , Alexandre Nolin , Tigran Tonoyan

We design fast dynamic algorithms for proper vertex and edge colorings in a graph undergoing edge insertions and deletions. In the static setting, there are simple linear time algorithms for $(\Delta+1)$- vertex coloring and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Sayan Bhattacharya , Deeparnab Chakrabarty , Monika Henzinger , Danupon Nanongkai

Any graph with maximum degree $\Delta$ admits a proper vertex coloring with $\Delta + 1$ colors that can be found via a simple sequential greedy algorithm in linear time and space. But can one find such a coloring via a sublinear algorithm?…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-08 Sepehr Assadi , Yu Chen , Sanjeev Khanna

Given a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and maximum degree $\Delta$, it is known that $G$ admits a vertex coloring with $\Delta + 1$ colors such that no edge of $G$ is monochromatic. This can be seen constructively by a simple greedy algorithm,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-16 Jackson Morris , Fang Song

Given a dynamic graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges subject to insertion an deletions of edges, we show how to maintain a $(1+\varepsilon)\Delta$-edge-colouring of $G$ without the use of randomisation. More specifically, we show a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Aleksander B. G. Christiansen

In this paper, we consider algorithms for edge-coloring multigraphs $G$ of bounded maximum degree, i.e., $\Delta(G) = O(1)$. Shannon's theorem states that any multigraph of maximum degree $\Delta$ can be properly edge-colored with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Abhishek Dhawan

We study the communication complexity of $(\Delta + 1)$ vertex coloring, where the edges of an $n$-vertex graph of maximum degree $\Delta$ are partitioned between two players. We provide a randomized protocol which uses $O(n)$ bits of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Maxime Flin , Parth Mittal

In the context of communication complexity, we explore protocols for graph coloring, focusing on the vertex and edge coloring problems in $n$-vertex graphs $G$ with a maximum degree $\Delta$. We consider a scenario where the edges of $G$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Yi-Jun Chang , Gopinath Mishra , Hung Thuan Nguyen , Farrel D Salim

We present an $O(\log^3\log n)$-round distributed algorithm for the $(\Delta+1)$-coloring problem, where each node broadcasts only one $O(\log n)$-bit message per round to its neighbors. Previously, the best such broadcast-based algorithm…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Maxime Flin , Mohsen Ghaffari , Magnús M. Halldórsson , Fabian Kuhn , Alexandre Nolin

We present a new approach to randomized distributed graph coloring that is simpler and more efficient than previous ones. In particular, it allows us to tackle the $(\operatorname{deg}+1)$-list-coloring (D1LC) problem, where each node $v$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Magnús M. Halldórsson , Fabian Kuhn , Alexandre Nolin , Tigran Tonoyan