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Given a polygon representing a transportation network together with a point p in its interior, we aim to extend the network by inserting a line segment, called a feed-link, which connects p to the boundary of the polygon. Once a feed link…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-07-30 Marko Savić , Miloš Stojaković

We present the first polynomial time approximation algorithm for computing shortest paths in weighted three-dimensional domains. Given a polyhedral domain $\D$, consisting of $n$ tetrahedra with positive weights, and a real number…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-02-16 Lyudmil Aleksandrov , Hristo Djidjev , Anil Maheshwari , Joerg-Rudiger Sack

Many scientific and engineering applications feature nonsmooth convex minimization problems over convex sets. In this paper, we address an important instance of this broad class where we assume that the nonsmooth objective is equipped with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-23 Quoc Tran Dinh , Anastasios Kyrillidis , Volkan Cevher

Connected Submodular Maximization (CSM) is a graph problem with important applications to wireless network deployment, path planning, epidemic outbreaks, and cancer genome studies. In CSM, we are given a graph $G$, a non-negative monotone…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Philip Cervenjak , Junhao Gan , Naonori Kakimura , Seeun William Umboh , Anthony Wirth

We study self-approaching paths that are contained in a simple polygon. A self-approaching path is a directed curve connecting two points such that the Euclidean distance between a point moving along the path and any future position does…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-03-20 Prosenjit Bose , Irina Kostitsyna , Stefan Langerman

A shortest-path algorithm finds a path containing the minimal cost between two vertices in a graph. A plethora of shortest-path algorithms is studied in the literature that span across multiple disciplines. This paper presents a survey of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-08 Amgad Madkour , Walid G. Aref , Faizan Ur Rehman , Mohamed Abdur Rahman , Saleh Basalamah

We present a novel algorithm for dynamic routing with dedicated path protection which, as the presented simulation results suggest, can be efficient and exact. We present the algorithm in the setting of optical networks, but it should be…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Ireneusz Szcześniak , Ireneusz Olszewski , Bożena Woźna-Szcześniak

This paper presents a directional proximal point method (DPPM) to derive the minimum of any C1-smooth function f. The proposed method requires a function persistent a local convex segment along the descent direction at any non-critical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-29 Ming-Yu Chung , Jinn Ho , Wen-Liang Hwang

A long series of recent results and breakthroughs have led to faster and better distributed approximation algorithms for single source shortest paths (SSSP) and related problems in the CONGEST model. The runtime of all these algorithms,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-09 Bernhard Haeupler , Jason Li

In this paper we present an algorithm for finding a minimum dominator coloring of orientations of paths. To date this is the first algorithm for dominator colorings of digraphs in any capacity. We prove that the algorithm always provides a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-07-25 Michael Cary

We examine the possibility of approximating Maximum Vertex-Disjoint Shortest Paths. In this problem, the input is an edge-weighted (directed or undirected) $n$-vertex graph $G$ along with $k$ terminal pairs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Matthias Bentert , Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach

The search is based on the preliminary transformation of matrices or adjacency lists traditionally used in the study of graphs into projections cleared of redundant information (refined) followed by the selection of the desired shortest…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-16 V. A. Melent'ev

We study augmenting a plane Euclidean network with a segment, called a shortcut, to minimize the largest distance between any two points along the edges of the resulting network. Problems of this type have received considerable attention…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Delia Garijo , Alberto Márquez , Natalia Rodríguez , Rodrigo I. Silveira

The idea of minimum curvilinearity (MC) is that the hidden geometry of complex networks, in particular when they are sufficiently sparse, clustered, small-world and heterogeneous, can be efficiently navigated using the minimum spanning tree…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-02-06 Alessandro Muscoloni , Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci

The quadratic shortest path problem is the problem of finding a path in a directed graph such that the sum of interaction costs over all pairs of arcs on the path is minimized. We derive several semidefinite programming relaxations for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Hao Hu , Renata Sotirov

Dynamic processes on networks, be it information transfer in the Internet, contagious spreading in a social network, or neural signaling, take place along shortest or nearly shortest paths. Unfortunately, our maps of most large networks are…

Let $s$ be a source point and $t$ be a destination point inside an $n$-vertex simple polygon $P$. Euclidean shortest paths and minimum-link paths between $s$ and $t$ inside $P$ have been well studied. Both these kinds of paths are simple…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-05-02 Arijit Bishnu , Subir Kumar Ghosh , Partha Pratim Goswami , Sudebkumar Prasant Pal , Swami Sarvattomananda

The shortest path problem is related to many dynamic processes on networks, ranging from routing in communication networks to signaling in molecular interaction networks. When the network is fully known, the shortest path problem can be…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-02-05 Zhihao Qiu , Sámuel G. Balogh , Xinhan Liu , Piet Van Mieghem , Maksim Kitsak

Computing a shortest path between two nodes in an undirected unweighted graph is among the most basic algorithmic tasks. Breadth first search solves this problem in linear time, which is clearly also a lower bound in the worst case.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Noga Alon , Allan Grønlund , Søren Fuglede Jørgensen , Kasper Green Larsen

Link prediction is an elemental challenge in network science, which has already found applications in guiding laboratorial experiments, digging out drug targets, recommending friends in social networks, probing mechanisms in network…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-06-26 Ratha Pech , Dong Hao , Yan-Li Lee , Ye Yuan , Tao Zhou