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We consider the approximability of constraint satisfaction problems in the streaming setting. For every constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) on $n$ variables taking values in $\{0,\ldots,q-1\}$, we prove that improving over the trivial…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Chi-Ning Chou , Alexander Golovnev , Madhu Sudan , Ameya Velingker , Santhoshini Velusamy

This paper presents an $O^{*}(1.42^{n})$ time algorithm for the Maximum Cut problem on split graphs, along with a subexponential time algorithm for its decision variant.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-03 Marko Lalovic

We study graph ordering problems with a min-max objective. A classical problem of this type is cutwidth, where given a graph we want to order its vertices such that the number of edges crossing any point is minimized. We give a $…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Nikhil Bansal , Dor Katzelnick , Roy Schwartz

A graph G'(V,E') is an \eps-sparsification of G for some \eps>0, if every (weighted) cut in G' is within (1\pm \eps) of the corresponding cut in G. A celebrated result of Benczur and Karger shows that for every undirected graph G, an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Ashish Goel , Michael Kapralov , Sanjeev Khanna

The growing popularity of dynamic applications such as social networks provides a promising way to detect valuable information in real time. Efficient analysis over high-speed data from dynamic applications is of great significance. Data…

Databases · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Youhuan Li , Lei Zou , M. Tamer Ozsu , Dongyan Zhao

In recent years, the problem of computing the frequencies of the induced $k$-vertex subgraphs of a graph, or \emph{$k$-graphlets}, has become central. One approach for this problem is to sample $k$-graphlets randomly. Classic algorithms for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Marco Bressan , T-H. Hubert Chan , Qipeng Kuang , Mauro Sozio

(Hyper)Graph decomposition is a family of problems that aim to break down large (hyper)graphs into smaller sub(hyper)graphs for easier analysis. The importance of this lies in its ability to enable efficient computation on large and complex…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Marcelo Fonseca Faraj

We provide $\widetilde{O}(\epsilon^{-1})$-pass semi-streaming algorithms for computing $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate maximum cardinality matchings in bipartite graphs. Our most efficient methods are deterministic and use optimal, $O(n)$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-04 Sepehr Assadi , Arun Jambulapati , Yujia Jin , Aaron Sidford , Kevin Tian

Considerable effort has been devoted to the development of streaming algorithms for analyzing massive graphs. Unfortunately, many results have been negative, establishing that a wide variety of problems require $\Omega(n^2)$ space to solve.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-11 Justin Thaler

Graph streams represent data interactions in real applications. The mining of graph streams plays an important role in network security, social network analysis, and traffic control, among others. However, the sheer volume and high dynamics…

Databases · Computer Science 2023-04-07 Yiling Zeng , Chunyao Song , Yuhan Li , Tingjian Ge

The Max-Cut problem is a fundamental NP-hard problem, which is attracting attention in the field of quantum computation these days. Regarding the approximation algorithm of the Max-Cut problem, algorithms based on semidefinite programming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Eiichiro Sato

We give an algorithm to find a minimum cut in an edge-weighted directed graph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges in $\tilde O(n\cdot \max(m^{2/3}, n))$ time. This improves on the 30 year old bound of $\tilde O(nm)$ obtained by Hao and Orlin…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Ruoxu Cen , Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Debmalya Panigrahi , Kent Quanrud , Thatchaphol Saranurak

Large, distributed data streams are now ubiquitous. High-accuracy sketches with low memory overhead have become the de facto method for analyzing this data. For instance, if we wish to group data by some label and report the largest counts…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Homin K. Lee , Charles Masson

We present a simple and faster algorithm for computing fair cuts on undirected graphs, a concept introduced in recent work of Li et al. (SODA 2023). Informally, for any parameter $\epsilon>0$, a $(1+\epsilon)$-fair $(s,t)$-cut is an…

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

Partitioning graphs into blocks of roughly equal size is widely used when processing large graphs. Currently there is a gap in the space of available partitioning algorithms. On the one hand, there are streaming algorithms that have been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Marcelo Fonseca Faraj , Christian Schulz

In this paper we consider the problem of computing spectral approximations to graphs in the single pass dynamic streaming model. We provide a linear sketching based solution that given a stream of edge insertions and deletions to a $n$-node…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-03-29 Michael Kapralov , Navid Nouri , Aaron Sidford , Jakab Tardos

The problem of (approximately) counting the number of triangles in a graph is one of the basic problems in graph theory. In this paper we study the problem in the streaming model. We study the amount of memory required by a randomized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-04-05 Vladimir Braverman , Rafail Ostrovsky , Dan Vilenchik

Many dynamic applications are built upon large network infrastructures, such as social networks, communication networks, biological networks and the Web. Such applications create data that can be naturally modeled as graph streams, in which…

Databases · Computer Science 2011-12-01 Peixiang Zhao , Charu C. Aggarwal , Min Wang

We study the space complexity of estimating the diameter of a subset of points in an arbitrary metric space in the dynamic (turnstile) streaming model. The input is given as a stream of updates to a frequency vector $x \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Sanjeev Khanna , Ashwin Padaki , Krish Singal , Erik Waingarten

We consider the problem of query-efficient global max-cut on a weighted undirected graph in the value oracle model examined by [RSW18]. Graph algorithms in this cut query model and other query models have recently been studied for various…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Orestis Plevrakis , Seyoon Ragavan , S. Matthew Weinberg