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We consider a maximum entropy edge weight model for shortest path networks that allows for negative weights. Given a graph $G$ and possible weights $\mathcal{W}$ typically consisting of positive and negative values, the model selects edge…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Lukas Geis , Daniel Allendorf , Thomas Bläsius , Alexander Leonhardt , Ulrich Meyer , Manuel Penschuck , Hung Tran

A cut sparsifier is a reweighted subgraph that maintains the weights of the cuts of the original graph up to a multiplicative factor of $(1\pm\epsilon)$. This paper considers computing cut sparsifiers of weighted graphs of size $O(n\log…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-29 Sebastian Forster , Tijn de Vos

In this article, we present an approximation algorithm for solving the Weighted Region Problem amidst a set of $ n $ non-overlapping weighted disks in the plane. For a given parameter $ \varepsilon \in (0,1]$, the length of the approximate…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-09-16 Prosenjit Bose , Jean-Lou De Carufel , Guillermo Esteban , Anil Maheshwari

In the semi-streaming model, an algorithm must process any $n$-vertex graph by making one or few passes over a stream of its edges, use $O(n \cdot \text{polylog }n)$ words of space, and at the end of the last pass, output a solution to the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Sepehr Assadi , Gary Hoppenworth , Janani Sundaresan

In this paper, I present an algorithm called Raffica algorithm for Single-Source Shortest Path(SSSP). On random graph, this algorithm has linear time complexity(in expect). More precisely, the random graph uses configuration model, and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-19 Dexin Li

We devise a polynomial-time approximation scheme for the classical geometric problem of finding an approximate short path amid weighted regions. In this problem, a triangulated region P comprising of n vertices, a positive weight associated…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-12-08 R Inkulu , Sanjiv Kapoor

Let $G=(V,E,w)$ be a weighted directed graph without negative cycles. For two vertices $s,t\in V$, we let $d_{\le h}(s,t)$ be the minimum, according to the weight function $w$, of a path from $s$ to $t$ that uses at most $h$ edges, or hops.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Zoe Xi , Yinzhan Xu , Uri Zwick

We show that the shortest $s$-$t$ path problem has the overlap-gap property in (i) sparse $\mathbf{G}(n,p)$ graphs and (ii) complete graphs with i.i.d. Exponential edge weights. Furthermore, we demonstrate that in sparse $\mathbf{G}(n,p)$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Shuangping Li , Tselil Schramm

One of the most basic graph problems, All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) is known to be solvable in $n^{3-o(1)}$ time, and it is widely open whether it has an $O(n^{3-\epsilon})$ time algorithm for $\epsilon > 0$. To better understand APSP,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-07 Yuzhou Gu , Adam Polak , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Yinzhan Xu

Given a directed, weighted graph $G=(V,E)$ undergoing edge insertions, the incremental single-source shortest paths (SSSP) problem asks for the maintenance of approximate distances from a dedicated source $s$ while optimizing the total time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-25 Rasmus Kyng , Simon Meierhans , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg

The single-source shortest path problem (SSSP) with nonnegative edge weights is a notoriously difficult problem to solve efficiently in parallel---it is one of the graph problems said to suffer from the transitive-closure bottleneck. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Guy E. Blelloch , Yan Gu , Yihan Sun , Kanat Tangwongsan

We present a simplified algorithm for solving the Negative-Weight Single-Source Shortest Paths (SSSP) problem, focusing on enhancing clarity and practicality over prior methods. Our algorithm uses graph diameter as a recursive parameter,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Jason Li , Connor Mowry

We study SINGLE-SOURCE SHORTEST PATH (SSSP) on unweighted intersection graphs whose node set corresponds to a set of $n$ constant-complexity objects in the plane. We prove SSSP can be solved in $O(U(n)\ \mathrm{polylog}\,n)$ expected time…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Mark de Berg , Bart M. P. Jansen , Jeroen S. K. Lamme

The composition problem for shortest paths asks the following: given shortest paths on weighted graphs M and N which share a common boundary, find the shortest paths on their union. This problem is a crucial step in any algorithm which uses…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Jade Master

We present an implementation of a recent algorithm to compute shortest-path trees in unit disk graphs in $O(n\log n)$ worst-case time, where $n$ is the number of disks. In the minimum-separation problem, we are given $n$ unit disks and two…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-02-13 Sergio Cabello , Lazar Milinković

In the $k$-Disjoint Shortest Paths ($k$-DSP) problem, we are given a weighted graph $G$ on $n$ nodes and $m$ edges with specified source vertices $s_1, \dots, s_k$, and target vertices $t_1, \dots, t_k$, and are tasked with determining if…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Shyan Akmal , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Nicole Wein

We revisit the problem of privately releasing the all-pairs shortest path distances of a weighted undirected graph up to low additive error, which was first studied by Sealfon [Sea16]. In this paper, we improve significantly on Sealfon's…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-06 Justin Y. Chen , Shyam Narayanan , Yinzhan Xu

We describe algorithms to efficiently compute minimum $(s,t)$-cuts and global minimum cuts of undirected surface-embedded graphs. Given an edge-weighted undirected graph $G$ with $n$ vertices embedded on an orientable surface of genus $g$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-11 Erin W. Chambers , Jeff Erickson , Kyle Fox , Amir Nayyeri

Given a point $s$ and a set of $h$ pairwise disjoint polygonal obstacles of totally $n$ vertices in the plane, we present a new algorithm for building an $L_1$ shortest path map of size O(n) in $O(T)$ time and O(n) space such that for any…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2012-02-28 Danny Z. Chen , Haitao Wang

We present a method for solving the transshipment problem - also known as uncapacitated minimum cost flow - up to a multiplicative error of $1 + \varepsilon$ in undirected graphs with non-negative edge weights using a tailored gradient…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Ruben Becker , Sebastian Forster , Andreas Karrenbauer , Christoph Lenzen