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A strongly polynomial algorithm is developed for finding an integer-valued feasible $st$-flow of given flow-amount which is decreasingly minimal on a specified subset $F$ of edges in the sense that the largest flow-value on $F$ is as small…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-26 András Frank , Kazuo Murota

We explore here surprising links between the time-cost-tradeoff problem and the minimum cost flow problem that lead to fast, strongly polynomial, algorithms for both problems. One of the main results is a new algorithm for the unit capacity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Dorit S. Hochbaum

We study the minimum-concave-cost flow problem on a two-dimensional grid. We characterize the computational complexity of this problem based on the number of rows and columns of the grid, the number of different capacities over all arcs,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-01 Shabbir Ahmed , Qie He , Shi Li , George Nemhauser

The paper presents a dynamic solution method for dynamic minimum parametric networks flow. The solution method solves the problem for a special parametric dynamic network with linear lower bound functions of a single parameter. Instead…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-09-15 Mircea Parpalea , Nicoleta Avesalon , Eleonor Ciurea

We present a novel approach to finding the $k$-sink on dynamic path networks with general edge capacities. Our first algorithm runs in $O(n \log n + k^2 \log^4 n)$ time, where $n$ is the number of vertices on the given path, and our second…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-09-07 Binay Bhattacharya , Mordecai J. Golin , Yuya Higashikawa , Tsunehiko Kameda , Naoki Katoh

We consider the problem of locating a set of $k$ sinks on a path network with general edge capacities that minimizes the sum of the evacuation times of all evacuees. We first present an $O(kn\log^4n)$ time algorithm when the edge capacities…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Robert Benkoczi , Binay Bhattacharya , Yuya Higashikawa , Tsunehiko Kameda , Naoki Katoh

We consider some flow-time minimization problems in the unrelated machines setting. In this setting, there is a set of $m$ machines and a set of $n$ jobs, and each job $j$ has a machine dependent processing time of $p_{ij}$ on machine $i$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-11 Nikhil Bansal , Janardhan Kulkarni

Recent work has shown that machine-learned predictions can provably improve the performance of classic algorithms. In this work, we propose the first minimum-cost network flow algorithm augmented with a dual prediction. Our method is based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Zhiyang Chen , Hailong Yao , Xia Yin

The minimum cost flow problem is one of the most studied network optimization problems and appears in numerous applications. Some efficient algorithms exist for this problem, which are freely available in the form of libraries or software…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Philipp Herrmann , Anna Meyer , Stefan Ruzika , Luca E. Schäfer , Fabian von der Warth

We present an algorithm for min-cost flow in graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, given a tree decomposition of width $\tau$ and size $S$, and polynomially bounded, integral edge capacities and costs, running in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Sally Dong , Guanghao Ye

In this paper, we study the problem of finding an integral multiflow which maximizes the sum of flow values between every two terminals in an undirected tree with a nonnegative integer edge capacity and a set of terminals. In general, it is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Mingyu Xiao , Hiroshi Nagamochi

This paper addresses the problem of determining all optimal integer solutions of a linear integer network flow problem, which we call the all optimal integer flow (AOF) problem. We derive an O(F (m + n) + mn + M ) time algorithm to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-28 David Könen , Daniel R. Schmidt , Christiane Spisla

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

This paper addresses the problem of enumerating all supported efficient solutions for a linear multi-objective integer minimum cost flow problem (MOIMCF). It derives an output-polynomial time algorithm to determine all supported efficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-02 David Könen , Michael Stiglmayr

The problem of balancing covariates arises in observational studies where one is given a group of control samples and another group, disjoint from the control group, of treatment samples. Each sample, in either group, has several observed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Dorit S. Hochbaum , Xu Rao

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

In this paper we present an $\tilde{O}(m\sqrt{n}\log^{O(1)}U)$ time algorithm for solving the maximum flow problem on directed graphs with $m$ edges, $n$ vertices, and capacity ratio $U$. This improves upon the previous fastest running time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-06 Yin Tat Lee , Aaron Sidford

This paper deals with robust optimization applied to network flows. Two robust variants of the minimum-cost integer flow problem are considered. Thereby, uncertainty in problem formulation is limited to arc unit costs and expressed by a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-02-27 Marko Špoljarec , Robert Manger

We present a randomized $O(m \log^2 n)$ work, $O(\text{polylog } n)$ depth parallel algorithm for minimum cut. This algorithm matches the work bounds of a recent sequential algorithm by Gawrychowski, Mozes, and Weimann [ICALP'20], and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-30 Daniel Anderson , Guy E. Blelloch

Let $G$ be an edge-weighted directed graph with $n$ vertices embedded on an orientable surface of genus $g$. We describe a simple deterministic lexicographic perturbation scheme that guarantees uniqueness of minimum-cost flows and shortest…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-04 Jeff Erickson , Kyle Fox , Luvsandondov Lkhamsuren