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We consider single-sink network flow problems. An instance consists of a capacitated graph (directed or undirected), a sink node $t$ and a set of demands that we want to send to the sink. Here demand $i$ is located at a node $s_i$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-05-18 F. Bruce Shepherd , Adrian Vetta

In this paper, we discuss the maximum flow problem in the two-party communication model, where two parties, each holding a subset of edges on a common vertex set, aim to compute the maximum flow of the union graph with minimal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Hossein Gholizadeh , Yonggang Jiang

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 study the scheduling of flows on a switch with the goal of optimizing metrics related to the response time of the flows. The input to the problem is a sequence of flow requests on a switch, where the switch is represented by a bipartite…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Hamidreza Jahanjou , Rajmohan Rajaraman , David Stalfa

Numerous approximation algorithms for problems on unit disk graphs have been proposed in the literature, exhibiting a sharp trade-off between running times and approximation ratios. We introduce a variation of the known shifting strategy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-08 Guilherme D. da Fonseca , Vinícius G. Pereira de Sá , Celina M. H. de Figueiredo

We provide a tight approximate characterization of the $n$-dimensional product multicommodity flow (PMF) region for a wireless network of $n$ nodes. Separate characterizations in terms of the spectral properties of appropriate network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ritesh Madan , Devavrat Shah , Olivier Leveque

The All-Pairs Min-Cut problem (aka All-Pairs Max-Flow) asks to compute a minimum $s$-$t$ cut (or just its value) for all pairs of vertices $s,t$. We study this problem in directed graphs with unit edge/vertex capacities (corresponding to…

We consider the problem of maximizing a fractionally subadditive function under a knapsack constraint that grows over time. An incremental solution to this problem is given by an order in which to include the elements of the ground set, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Yann Disser , Max Klimm , Annette Lutz , David Weckbecker

In this paper we show an O(n^(3/2) log^2 n) time algorithm for finding a maximum flow in a planar graph with multiple sources and multiple sinks. This is the fastest algorithm whose running time depends only on the number of vertices in the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-12-30 Yahav Nussbaum

In this paper we describe a new algorithm for buffered global routing according to a prescribed buffer site map. Specifically, we describe a provably good multi-commodity flow based algorithm that finds a global routing minimizing buffer…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Christoph Albrecht , Andrew B. Kahng , Ion I. Mandoiu , Alexander Zelikovsky

Derived from effective resistances, the current flow closeness centrality (CFCC) for a group of nodes measures the importance of node groups in an undirected graph with $n$ nodes. Given the widespread applications of identifying crucial…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Haisong Xia , Zhongzhi Zhang

As massive graphs become more prevalent, there is a rapidly growing need for scalable algorithms that solve classical graph problems, such as maximum matching and minimum vertex cover, on large datasets. For massive inputs, several…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-31 Sepehr Assadi , MohammadHossein Bateni , Aaron Bernstein , Vahab Mirrokni , Cliff Stein

We show how to solve directed Laplacian systems in nearly-linear time. Given a linear system in an $n \times n$ Eulerian directed Laplacian with $m$ nonzero entries, we show how to compute an $\epsilon$-approximate solution in time $O(m…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-28 Michael B. Cohen , Jonathan Kelner , Rasmus Kyng , John Peebles , Richard Peng , Anup B. Rao , Aaron Sidford

Problems from graph drawing, spectral clustering, network flow and graph partitioning can all be expressed in terms of graph Laplacian matrices. There are a variety of practical approaches to solving these problems in serial. However, as…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Tristan Konolige , Jed Brown

Computing routing schemes that support both high throughput and low latency is one of the core challenges of network optimization. Such routes can be formalized as $h$-length flows which are defined as flows whose flow paths are restricted…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Bernhard Haeupler , D Ellis Hershkowitz , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We present a $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximate parallel algorithm for computing shortest paths in undirected graphs, achieving $\mathrm{poly}(\log n)$ depth and $m\mathrm{poly}(\log n)$ work for $n$-nodes $m$-edges graphs. Although sequential…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-06 Alexandr Andoni , Clifford Stein , Peilin Zhong

Multiparticle collision dynamics (MPCD) is a relatively new algorithm of fluid flow simulations that has been applied mostly to flows around simple objects. One might ask how it behaves in more complex flows. Therefore, we extend MPCD to…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 Maciej Matyka

A multiflow in a planar graph is uncrossed if its support paths do not cross. Recently such flows have played a role in approximation algorithms for maximum disjoint paths in "fully-planar" instances, where the combined supply-demand graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Chandra Chekuri , Guyslain Naves , Joseph Poremba , F. Bruce Shepherd

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

This paper presents a framework that supports the implementation of parallel solutions for the widespread parametric maximum flow computational routines used in image segmentation algorithms. The framework is based on supergraphs, a special…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-12-08 Vlad Olaru , Mihai Florea , Cristian Sminchisescu