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Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Daniel Dadush , James B. Orlin , Aaron Sidford , László A. Végh

We consider an undirected multi(commodity)flow demand problem in which a supply graph is planar, each source-sink pair is located on one of three specified faces of the graph, and the capacities and demands are integer-valued and Eulerian.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-28 Maxim A. Babenko , Alexander V. Karzanov

We examine directed spanners through flow-based linear programming relaxations. We design an $\~O(n^{2/3})$-approximation algorithm for the directed $k$-spanner problem that works for all $k\geq 1$, which is the first sublinear…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-11-23 Michael Dinitz , Robert Krauthgamer

In this paper, we introduce a new framework for approximately solving flow problems in capacitated, undirected graphs and apply it to provide asymptotically faster algorithms for the maximum $s$-$t$ flow and maximum concurrent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-24 Jonathan A. Kelner , Yin Tat Lee , Lorenzo Orecchia , Aaron Sidford

We present an algorithm that given a linear program with $n$ variables, $m$ constraints, and constraint matrix $A$, computes an $\epsilon$-approximate solution in $\tilde{O}(\sqrt{rank(A)}\log(1/\epsilon))$ iterations with high probability.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-02 Yin Tat Lee , Aaron Sidford

In this paper, we address the minimum-cost node-capacitated multiflow problem in an undirected network. For this problem, Babenko and Karzanov (2012) showed strongly polynomial-time solvability via the ellipsoid method. Our result is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Hiroshi Hirai , Motoki Ikeda

Finding dense subgraphs is a fundamental problem with applications to community detection, clustering, and data mining. Our work focuses on finding approximate densest subgraphs in directed graphs in computational models for processing…

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We present elements of a typing theory for flow networks, where "types", "typings", and "type inference" are formulated in terms of familiar notions from polyhedral analysis and convex optimization. Based on this typing theory, we develop…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Assaf Kfoury

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

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

The vitality of an edge in a graph with respect to the maximum flow between two fixed vertices $s$ and $t$ is defined as the reduction of the maximum flow value caused by the removal of that edge. The max-flow vitality problem has already…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-25 Giorgio Ausiello , Lorenzo Balzotti , Paolo G. Franciosa , Isabella Lari , Andrea Ribichini

We give O(log^2 n)-approximation algorithm based on the cut-matching framework of [10, 13, 14] for computing the sparsest cut on directed graphs. Our algorithm uses only O(log^2 n) single commodity max-flow computations and thus breaks the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Anand Louis

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$ with two distinguished vertices $s,t\in V$ and an integer $L$, an {\em $L$-bounded flow} is a flow between $s$ and $t$ that can be decomposed into paths of length at most $L$. In the {\em maximum $L$-bounded flow…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Kateřina Altmanová , Petr Kolman , Jan Voborník

In this paper, we present an improved algorithm for the maximum flow problem on general networks with $n$ vertices and $m$ arcs. We show how to solve the problem in $O(mn)$ time, when $m = O(n^{2-\epsilon})$, for some $0 <\epsilon \leq 1$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-10-30 Rahul Mehta

We give a deterministic $O(m\log^{2/3}n)$-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition model. This is the first result to break the $O(m+n\log n)$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Ran Duan , Jiayi Mao , Xiao Mao , Xinkai Shu , Longhui Yin

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

For sink-free orientations in graphs of minimum degree at least $3$, we show that there is a deterministic approximate counting algorithm that runs in time $O((n^{73}/\varepsilon^{72})\log(n/\varepsilon))$, a near-linear time sampling…

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Connectivity related concepts are of fundamental interest in graph theory. The area has received extensive attention over four decades, but many problems remain unsolved, especially for directed graphs. A directed graph is 2-edge-connected…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-31 Shiri Chechik , Thomas Dueholm Hansen , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Veronika Loitzenbauer , Nikos Parotsidis

We give an algorithm for computing exact maximum flows on graphs with $m$ edges and integer capacities in the range $[1, U]$ in $\widetilde{O}(m^{\frac{3}{2} - \frac{1}{328}} \log U)$ time. For sparse graphs with polynomially bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Yu Gao , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng

Let $G$ be an $n$-node simple directed planar graph with nonnegative edge weights. We study the fundamental problems of computing (1) a global cut of $G$ with minimum weight and (2) a~cycle of $G$ with minimum weight. The best previously…

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