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One issue limiting the adaption of large-scale multi-region segmentation is the sometimes prohibitive memory requirements. This is especially troubling considering advances in massively parallel computing and commercial graphics processing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-02-02 John S. H. Baxter , Martin Rajchl , Jing Yuan , Terry M. Peters

We present algorithms for solving a large class of flow and regression problems on unit weighted graphs to $(1 + 1 / poly(n))$ accuracy in almost-linear time. These problems include $\ell_p$-norm minimizing flow for $p$ large ($p \in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Rasmus Kyng , Richard Peng , Sushant Sachdeva , Di Wang

We present faster high-accuracy algorithms for computing $\ell_p$-norm minimizing flows. On a graph with $m$ edges, our algorithm can compute a $(1+1/\text{poly}(m))$-approximate unweighted $\ell_p$-norm minimizing flow with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Deeksha Adil , Sushant Sachdeva

In this paper we provide an algorithm which given any $m$-edge $n$-vertex directed graph with integer capacities at most $U$ computes a maximum $s$-$t$ flow for any vertices $s$ and $t$ in $m^{4/3+o(1)}U^{1/3}$ time. This improves upon the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-16 Yang P. Liu , Aaron Sidford

We present a nearly-linear time algorithm for finding a minimum-cost flow in planar graphs with polynomially bounded integer costs and capacities. The previous fastest algorithm for this problem is based on interior point methods (IPMs) and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-04 Sally Dong , Yu Gao , Gramoz Goranci , Yin Tat Lee , Richard Peng , Sushant Sachdeva , Guanghao Ye

We devise the first constant-factor approximation algorithm for finding an integral multi-commodity flow of maximum total value for instances where the supply graph together with the demand edges can be embedded on an orientable surface of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Chien-chung Huang , Mathieu Mari , Claire Mathieu , Jens Vygen

I extend the methods in "Electrical Flows, Laplacian Systems, and Faster Approximation of Maximum Flow in Undirected Graphs, with Paul Christiano, Jonathan Kelner, Daniel Spielman, and Shang-Hua Teng" to directed graphs with a variation of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-11-20 Cheng Wang

We investigate the complexity and approximability of the budget-constrained minimum cost flow problem, which is an extension of the traditional minimum cost flow problem by a second kind of costs associated with each edge, whose total value…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-07-11 Michael Holzhauser , Sven O. Krumke , Clemens Thielen

We provide faster algorithms for approximately solving $\ell_{\infty}$ regression, a fundamental problem prevalent in both combinatorial and continuous optimization. In particular, we provide accelerated coordinate descent methods capable…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-03 Aaron Sidford , Kevin Tian

Dynamic Flows were introduced by Ford and Fulkerson in 1958 to model flows over time. They define edge capacities to be the total amount of flow that can enter an edge {\em in one time unit}. Each edge also has a length, representing the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-02 Mordecai J. Golin , Hadi Khodabande , Bo Qin

We propose a new algorithm to obtain max flow for the multicommodity flow. This algorithm utilizes the max-flow min-cut theorem and the well known labeling algorithm due to Ford and Fulkerson [1]. We proceed as follows: We select one…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2010-01-13 Dhananjay P. Mehendale

Multi-assembly methods rely at their core on a flow decomposition problem, namely, decomposing a weighted graph into weighted paths or walks. However, most results over the past decade have focused on decompositions over directed acyclic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Francisco Sena , Alexandru I. Tomescu

We generalize the fractional packing framework of Garg and Koenemann to the case of linear fractional packing problems over polyhedral cones. More precisely, we provide approximation algorithms for problems of the form $\max\{c^T x : Ax…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-12-19 Michael Holzhauser , Sven O. Krumke

We present a new strongly polynomial algorithm for generalized flow maximization that is significantly simpler and faster than the previous strongly polynomial algorithm [V\'egh16]. For the uncapacitated problem formulation, the complexity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-14 Neil Olver , László A. Végh

We give an algorithm that computes exact maximum flows and minimum-cost flows on directed graphs with $m$ edges and polynomially bounded integral demands, costs, and capacities in $m^{1+o(1)}$ time. Our algorithm builds the flow through a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Li Chen , Rasmus Kyng , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Sushant Sachdeva

In this work, we develop a new framework for dynamic network flow problems based on optimal transport theory. We show that the dynamic multi-commodity minimum-cost network flow problem can be formulated as a multi-marginal optimal transport…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-29 Isabel Haasler , Axel Ringh , Yongxin Chen , Johan Karlsson

In this paper we provide an algorithm which given any $m$-edge $n$-vertex directed graph with integer capacities at most $U$ computes a maximum $s$-$t$ flow for any vertices $s$ and $t$ in $m^{11/8+o(1)}U^{1/4}$ time with high probability.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Yang P. Liu , Aaron Sidford

Graphs are widely used to model complicated data semantics in many application domains. In this paper, two novel and efficient algorithms Fast-ON and Fast-P are proposed for solving the subgraph isomorphism problem. The two algorithms are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Mosab Hassaan , Karam Gouda

We study the problem of scheduling a set of jobs with release dates, deadlines and processing requirements (or works), on parallel speed-scaled processors so as to minimize the total energy consumption. We consider that both preemption and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-07-13 Eric Angel , Evripidis Bampis , Fadi Kacem , Dimitrios Letsios

Everywhere-$\delta$-dense graphs are defined as graphs on $n$ vertices in which every vertex has degree at least $\delta n$ for some constant $\delta > 0$. Approximation schemes are vital for handling NP-hard optimization problems, but for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Kaisei Deguchi , Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Hiroaki Mori