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We present the first polynomial-time algorithm to exactly compute the number of labeled chordal graphs on $n$ vertices. Our algorithm solves a more general problem: given $n$ and $\omega$ as input, it computes the number of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Ursula Hebert-Johnson , Daniel Lokshtanov , Eric Vigoda

We study the problem of finding the cycle of minimum cost-to-time ratio in a directed graph with $ n $ nodes and $ m $ edges. This problem has a long history in combinatorial optimization and has recently seen interesting applications in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-02 Karl Bringmann , Thomas Dueholm Hansen , Sebastian Krinninger

We give an $O^*(1.0821^n)$-time, polynomial space algorithm for computing Maximum Independent Set in graphs with bounded degree 3. This improves all the previous running time bounds known for the problem.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-20 Davis Issac , Ragesh Jaiswal

A large number of NP-hard graph problems can be solved in $f(w)n^{O(1)}$ time and space when the input graph is provided together with a tree decomposition of width $w$, in many cases with a modest exponential dependence $f(w)$ on $w$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Stefan Kratsch

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

The previously fastest algorithm for deciding the existence of an independent cut had a runtime of $\mathcal{O}^*(1.4423^n)$, where $n$ is the order of the input graph. We improve this to $\mathcal{O}^*(1.4143^n)$. In fact, we prove a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Vsevolod Chernyshev , Johannes Rauch , Dieter Rautenbach , Liliia Redina

We present the first truly subcubic, combinatorial algorithm for detecting an induced $4$-cycle in a graph. The running time is $O(n^{2.84})$ on $n$-node graphs, thus separating the task of detecting induced $4$-cycles from detecting…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Amir Abboud , Shyan Akmal , Nick Fischer

We design fast deterministic algorithms for distance computation in the congested clique model. Our key contributions include: -- A $(2+\epsilon)$-approximation for all-pairs shortest paths in $O(\log^2{n} / \epsilon)$ rounds on unweighted…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Keren Censor-Hillel , Michal Dory , Janne H. Korhonen , Dean Leitersdorf

We present a polynomial-space algorithm that computes the number independent sets of any input graph in time $O(1.1387^n)$ for graphs with maximum degree 3 and in time $O(1.2355^n)$ for general graphs, where n is the number of vertices.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-14 Serge Gaspers , Edward Lee

We introduce a new technique for designing fixed-parameter algorithms for cut problems, namely randomized contractions. We apply our framework to obtain the first FPT algorithm for the Unique Label Cover problem and new FPT algorithms with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-07-20 Rajesh Chitnis , Marek Cygan , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk

We consider the NP-hard problem of finding a spanning tree with a maximum number of internal vertices. This problem is a generalization of the famous Hamiltonian Path problem. Our dynamic-programming algorithms for general and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-06-12 Henning Fernau , Serge Gaspers , Daniel Raible

Computing the diameter, and more generally, all eccentricities of an undirected graph is an important problem in algorithmic graph theory and the challenge is to identify graph classes for which their computation can be achieved in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Pierre Bergé , Guillaume Ducoffe , Michel Habib

In Clique Cover, given a graph $G$ and an integer $k$, the task is to partition the vertices of $G$ into $k$ cliques. Clique Cover on unit ball graphs has a natural interpretation as a clustering problem, where the objective function is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Tomohiro Koana , Nidhi Purohit , Kirill Simonov

Subexponential parameterized algorithms are known for a wide range of natural problems on planar graphs, but the techniques are usually highly problem specific. The goal of this paper is to introduce a framework for obtaining…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Dániel Marx , Pranabendu Misra , Daniel Neuen , Prafullkumar Tale

We give a deterministic algorithm for computing a global minimum vertex cut in a vertex-weighted graph $n$ vertices and $m$ edges in $\widehat O(mn)$ time. This breaks the long-standing $\widehat \Omega(n^{4})$-time barrier in dense graphs,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Yonggang Jiang , Chaitanya Nalam , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

We show how to find a Hamiltonian cycle in a graph of degree at most three with n vertices, in time O(2^{n/3}) ~= 1.260^n and linear space. Our algorithm can find the minimum weight Hamiltonian cycle (traveling salesman problem), in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-06-14 David Eppstein

A major goal in the area of exact exponential algorithms is to give an algorithm for the (worst-case) $n$-input Subset Sum problem that runs in time $2^{(1/2 - c)n}$ for some constant $c>0$. In this paper we give a Subset Sum algorithm with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Xi Chen , Yaonan Jin , Tim Randolph , Rocco A. Servedio

This work introduces two techniques for the design and analysis of branching algorithms, illustrated through the case study of the Vertex Cover problem. First, we present a method for automatically generating branching rules through a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Katie Clinch , Serge Gaspers , Tao Zixu He , Simon Mackenzie , Tiankuang Zhang

We describe a new algorithm for vertex cover with runtime $O^*(1.25284^k)$, where $k$ is the size of the desired solution and $O^*$ hides polynomial factors in the input size. This improves over previous runtime of $O^*(1.2738^k)$ due to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-12 David G. Harris , N. S. Narayanaswamy

We give almost tight conditional lower bounds on the running time of the kHyperPath problem. Given an $r$-uniform hypergraph for some integer $r$, kHyperPath seeks a tight path of length $k$. That is, a sequence of $k$ nodes such that every…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Lior Kamma , Ohad Trabelsi