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In the oblivious buy-at-bulk network design problem in a graph, the task is to compute a fixed set of paths for every pair of source-destinations in the graph, such that any set of demands can be routed along these paths. The demands could…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Srivathsan Srinivasagopalan , Costas Busch , S. S. Iyengar

The classical optimal power flow problem optimizes the power flow in a power network considering the associated flow and operating constraints. In this paper, we investigate optimal power flow in the context of utility-maximizing demand…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-22 Majid Khonji , Chi-Kin Chau , Khaled Elbassioni

In this paper, we present a general framework for efficiently computing diverse solutions to combinatorial optimization problems. Given a problem instance, the goal is to find $k$ solutions that maximize a specified diversity measure; the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Yuni Iwamasa , Tomoki Matsuda , Shunya Morihira , Hanna Sumita

This paper connects multi-agent path planning on graphs (roadmaps) to network flow problems, showing that the former can be reduced to the latter, therefore enabling the application of combinatorial network flow algorithms, as well as…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Jingjin Yu , Steven M. LaValle

The multicommodity flow problem is a classic problem in network flow and combinatorial optimization, with applications in transportation, communication, logistics, and supply chain management, etc. Existing algorithms often focus on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Li Chen , Mingquan Ye

We consider single-sink network flow problems. An instance consists of a capacitated graph (directed or undirected), a sink node $t$ and a set of demands that we want to send to the sink. Here demand $i$ is located at a node $s_i$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-05-18 F. Bruce Shepherd , Adrian Vetta

We introduce a combinatorial optimization-enriched machine learning pipeline and a novel learning paradigm to solve inventory routing problems with stochastic demand and dynamic inventory updates. After each inventory update, our approach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-08 Toni Greif , Louis Bouvier , Christoph M. Flath , Axel Parmentier , Sonja U. K. Rohmer , Thibaut Vidal

In this paper, we address the minimum-cost node-capacitated multiflow problem in an undirected network. For this problem, Babenko and Karzanov (2012) showed strongly polynomial-time solvability via the ellipsoid method. Our result is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Hiroshi Hirai , Motoki Ikeda

We develop efficient algorithms for a fundamental network design problem arising in potential-based flow models, which are central to many energy transport networks (e.g., hydrogen and electricity). In contrast to classical network flow…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Max Klimm , Marc E. Pfetsch , Martin Skutella , Lea Strubberg

In this paper, we study robust transshipment under consistent flow constraints. We consider demand uncertainty represented by a finite set of scenarios and characterize a subset of arcs as so-called fixed arcs. In each scenario, we require…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Christina Büsing , Arie M. C. A Koster , Sabrina Schmitz

We present elements of a typing theory for flow networks, where "types", "typings", and "type inference" are formulated in terms of familiar notions from polyhedral analysis and convex optimization. Based on this typing theory, we develop…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Assaf Kfoury

The Integer Multicommodity Flow problem has been studied extensively in the literature. However, from a parameterised perspective, mostly special cases, such as the Disjoint Paths problem, have been considered. Therefore, we investigate the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Hans L. Bodlaender , Isja Mannens , Jelle J. Oostveen , Sukanya Pandey , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

This paper deals with the problem of computing, in an online fashion, a maximum benefit multi-commodity flow (\ONMCF), where the flow demands may be bigger than the edge capacities of the network. We present an online, deterministic,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-04-24 Guy Even , Moti Medina

A strongly polynomial algorithm is given for the generalized flow maximization problem. It uses a new variant of the scaling technique, called continuous scaling. The main measure of progress is that within a strongly polynomial number of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-01 László A. Végh

We consider a routing problem which plays an important role in several applications, primarily in communication network planning and VLSI layout design. The original underlying graph algorithmic task is called Disjoint Paths problem. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-19 Rupei Xu , András Faragó

We study the single pair capacitated network design problem and the budget constrained max flow problem on undirected series-parallel graphs. These problems were well studied on directed series-parallel graphs, but little is known in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Ishan Bansal , Ryan Mao , Avhan Mishra

We consider the capacity problem for wireless networks. Networks are modeled as random unit-disk graphs, and the capacity problem is formulated as one of finding the maximum value of a multicommodity flow. In this paper, we develop a proof…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Christina Peraki , Sergio D. Servetto

Finding diverse solutions in combinatorial problems recently has received considerable attention (Baste et al. 2020; Fomin et al. 2020; Hanaka et al. 2021). In this paper we study the following type of problems: given an integer $k$, the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-16 Tesshu Hanaka , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Kazuhiro Kurita , See Woo Lee , Yota Otachi

This paper extends the single-item single-stocking location non-stationary stochastic inventory problem to relax the assumption of independent demand. We present a mathematical programming-based solution method that relaxes the assumption…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-26 Mengyuan Xiang , Roberto Rossi , Belen Martin-Barragan , S. Armagan Tarim