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We show a fast algorithm for determining the set of edges in a planar undirected unweighted graph, whose deletion reduces the maximum flow between two fixed vertices. This is a special case of the max flow vitality problem, that has been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Giorgio Ausiello , Paolo G. Franciosa , Isabella Lari , Andrea Ribichini

We pull together previously established graph-theoretical results to produce the algorithm in the paper's title. The glue are three easy elementary lemmas.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Assaf Kfoury

The dual of a planar graph $G$ is a planar graph $G^*$ that has a vertex for each face of $G$ and an edge for each pair of adjacent faces of $G$. The profound relationship between a planar graph and its dual has been the algorithmic basis…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Yaseen Abd-Elhaleem , Michal Dory , Merav Parter , Oren Weimann

We provide a new algebraic technique to solve the sequential flow problem in polynomial space. The task is to maximise the flow through a graph where edge capacities can be changed over time by choosing a sequence of capacity labelings from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Hugo Gimbert , Corto Mascle , Patrick Totzke

We present an $\tilde{O}(m^{10/7})=\tilde{O}(m^{1.43})$-time algorithm for the maximum s-t flow and the minimum s-t cut problems in directed graphs with unit capacities. This is the first improvement over the sparse-graph case of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-10-25 Aleksander Madry

Given an $n$-vertex planar directed graph with real edge lengths and with no negative cycles, we show how to compute single-source shortest path distances in the graph in $O(n\log^2n/\log\log n)$ time with O(n) space. This is an improvement…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-11-30 Shay Mozes , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

Given an undirected graph G=(V,E), a collection (s_1,t_1),...,(s_k,t_k) of k source-sink pairs, and an integer c, the goal in the Edge Disjoint Paths with Congestion problem is to connect maximum possible number of the source-sink pairs by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-07-14 Julia Chuzhoy

We consider the problem of finding the value of a maximum flow over time in a network with uniform edge lengths where the edge capacities change at specific time instants. To solve this problem, we show how to construct a condensed version…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Shuchi Chawla , Kristin Sheridan

We give an algorithm to route a multicommodity flow in a planar graph $G$ with congestion $O(\log k)$, where $k$ is the maximum number of terminals on the boundary of a face, when each demand edge lie on a face of $G$. We also show that our…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-08-24 Guyslain Naves , Christophe Weibel

We present a parallel algorithm for the $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate maximum flow problem in capacitated, undirected graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, achieving $O(\epsilon^{-3}\text{polylog} n)$ depth and $O(m \epsilon^{-3}…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Arpit Agarwal , Sanjeev Khanna , Huan Li , Prathamesh Patil , Chen Wang , Nathan White , Peilin Zhong

It is already known that in multicast (single source, multiple sinks) network, random linear network coding can achieve the maximum flow upper bound. In this paper, we investigate how random linear network coding behaves in general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-10-09 Yuan Li

We present an algorithm for computing $s$-$t$ maximum flows in directed graphs in $\widetilde{O}(m^{4/3+o(1)}U^{1/3})$ time. Our algorithm is inspired by potential reduction interior point methods for linear programming. Instead of using…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Tarun Kathuria

We give an algorithm that, with high probability, maintains a $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate $s$-$t$ maximum flow in undirected, uncapacitated $n$-vertex graphs undergoing $m$ edge insertions in $\tilde{O}(m+ n F^*/\epsilon)$ total update time,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Gramoz Goranci , Monika Henzinger , Harald Räcke , A. R. Sricharan

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 propose a fixed-parameter tractable algorithm for the \textsc{Max-Cut} problem on embedded 1-planar graphs parameterized by the crossing number $k$ of the given embedding. A graph is called 1-planar if it can be drawn in the plane with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-08 Christine Dahn , Nils M. Kriege , Petra Mutzel

A graph with n vertices is 1-planar if it can be drawn in the plane such that each edge is crossed at most once, and is optimal if it has the maximum of 4n-8 edges. We show that optimal 1-planar graphs can be recognized in linear time. Our…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Franz J. Brandenburg

We give an $O(n \log \log n)$ time algorithm for computing the minimum cut (or equivalently, the shortest cycle) of a weighted directed planar graph. This improves the previous fastest $O(n\log^3 n)$ solution. Interestingly, while in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Shay Mozes , Cyril Nikolaev , Yahav Nussbaum , Oren Weimann

We investigate the time-complexity of the All-Pairs Max-Flow problem: Given a graph with $n$ nodes and $m$ edges, compute for all pairs of nodes the maximum-flow value between them. If Max-Flow (the version with a given source-sink pair…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-11 Amir Abboud , Robert Krauthgamer , Ohad Trabelsi

Given a set of source-sink pairs, the maximum multiflow problem asks for the maximum total amount of flow that can be feasibly routed between them. The minimum multicut, a dual problem to multiflow, seeks the minimum-cost set of edges whose…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Sina Kalantarzadeh , Nikhil Kumar

We show an $(1+\epsilon)$-approximation algorithm for maintaining maximum $s$-$t$ flow under $m$ edge insertions in $m^{1/2+o(1)} \epsilon^{-1/2}$ amortized update time for directed, unweighted graphs. This constitutes the first sublinear…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Gramoz Goranci , Monika Henzinger