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Given a graph $G$ that is modified by a sequence of edge insertions and deletions, we study the Maximum $k$-Edge Coloring problem Having access to $k$ colors, how can we color as many edges of $G$ as possible such that no two adjacent edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Antoine El-Hayek , Kathrin Hanauer , Monika Henzinger

This paper studies sufficient conditions to obtain efficient distributed algorithms coloring graphs optimally (i.e.\ with the minimum number of colors) in the LOCAL model of computation. Most of the work on distributed vertex coloring so…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-25 Étienne Bamas , Louis Esperet

We present a general framework for constructing error-correcting codes using distributed graph coloring under the LOCAL model. Building on the correspondence between independent sets in the confusion graph and valid codes, we show that the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Yuting Li , Ryan Gabrys , Farzad Farnoud

Dynamic optimisation occurs in a variety of real-world problems. To tackle these problems, evolutionary algorithms have been extensively used due to their effectiveness and minimum design effort. However, for dynamic problems, extra…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Maryam Hasani Shoreh , Renato Hermoza Aragonés , Frank Neumann

Differential evolution (DE) is an effective global evolutionary optimization algorithm using to solve global optimization problems mainly in a continuous domain. In this field, researchers pay more attention to improving the capability of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Pan Zibin

Graph neural networks have received increased attention over the past years due to their promising ability to handle graph-structured data, which can be found in many real-world problems such as recommended systems and drug synthesis. Most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-27 Xiangyu Wang , Xueming Yan , Yaochu Jin

We consider a decentralized graph coloring model where each vertex only knows its own color and whether some neighbor has the same color as it. The networking community has studied this model extensively due to its applications to channel…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Deeparnab Chakrabarty , Paul de Supinski

We present a deterministic distributed algorithm that computes a $(2\Delta-1)$-edge-coloring, or even list-edge-coloring, in any $n$-node graph with maximum degree $\Delta$, in $O(\log^7 \Delta \log n)$ rounds. This answers one of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-11 Manuela Fischer , Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn

Graphs are ubiquitous in social networks and biochemistry, where Graph Neural Networks (GNN) are the state-of-the-art models for prediction. Graphs can be evolving and it is vital to formally model and understand how a trained GNN responds…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Yazheng Liu , Xi Zhang , Sihong Xie

In this paper we resolve the complexity of the isomorphism problem on all but finitely many of the graph classes characterized by two forbidden induced subgraphs. To this end we develop new techniques applicable for the structural and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-11-10 Pascal Schweitzer

Although real-coded differential evolution (DE) algorithms can perform well on continuous optimization problems (CoOPs), it is still a challenging task to design an efficient binary-coded DE algorithm. Inspired by the learning mechanism of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-13 Yu Chen , Weicheng Xie , Xiufen Zou

In this paper we study the number of vertex recolorings that an algorithm needs to perform in order to maintain a proper coloring of a graph under insertion and deletion of vertices and edges. We present two algorithms that achieve…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Luis Barba , Jean Cardinal , Matias Korman , Stefan Langerman , André van Renssen , Marcel Roeloffzen , Sander Verdonschot

A simple but empirically efficient heuristic algorithm for the edge-coloring of graphs is presented. Its basic idea is the displacement of "conflicts" (repeated colors in the edges incident to a vertex) along paths of adjacent vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-19 M. A. Fiol , J. Vilaltella

Evolutionary algorithms are metaheuristic techniques that derive inspiration from the natural process of evolution. They can efficiently solve (generate acceptable quality of solution in reasonable time) complex optimization (NP-Hard)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-12-20 Anupriya Gogna , Akash Tayal

The $\Delta$-vertex coloring problem has become one of the prototypical problems for understanding the complexity of local distributed graph problems on constant-degree graphs. The major open problem is whether the problem can be solved…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Manuel Jakob , Yannic Maus

We present a polynomial-time algorithm that colors any 3-colorable $n$-vertex graph using $O(n^{0.19539})$ colors, improving upon the previous best bound of $\widetilde{O}(n^{0.19747})$ by Kawarabayashi, Thorup, and Yoneda [STOC 2024]. Our…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Nikhil Bansal , Neng Huang , Euiwoong Lee

In the $\ell$-Coloring Problem, we are given a graph on $n$ nodes, and tasked with determining if its vertices can be properly colored using $\ell$ colors. In this paper we study below-guarantee graph coloring, which tests whether an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Shyan Akmal , Tomohiro Koana

DP-coloring (also called correspondence coloring) of graphs is a generalization of list coloring that has been widely studied since its introduction by Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k and Postle in $2015$. Intuitively, DP-coloring generalizes list coloring…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Anton Bernshteyn , Daniel Dominik , Hemanshu Kaul , Jeffrey A. Mudrock

This paper explores the enhancement of solution diversity in evolutionary algorithms (EAs) for the maximum matching problem, concentrating on complete bipartite graphs and paths. We adopt binary string encoding for matchings and use Hamming…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Jonathan Gadea Harder , Aneta Neumann , Frank Neumann

We give a new, simple distributed algorithm for graph colouring in paths and cycles. Our algorithm is fast and self-contained, it does not need any globally consistent orientation, and it reduces the number of colours from $10^{100}$ to $3$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Jukka Kohonen , Janne H. Korhonen , Christopher Purcell , Jukka Suomela , Przemysław Uznański