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We study the classical problem of computing geometric thickness, i.e., finding a straight-line drawing of an input graph and a partition of its edges into as few parts as possible so that each part is crossing-free. Since the problem is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Thomas Depian , Simon Dominik Fink , Alexander Firbas , Robert Ganian , Martin Nöllenburg

We prove that deciding whether the edge set of a graph can be partitionned into two spanning trees with orientation constraints is NP-complete. If P $\neq$ NP then this disproves a conjecture of Recski.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-04-15 Olivier Durand de Gevigney

In this note, we polynomially reduce an instance of the partition problem to a dynamic lot sizing problem, and show that solving the latter problem solves the former problem. By solving the dynamic program formulation of the dynamic lot…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Chee-Khian Sim

While the relationship of time and space is an established topic in traditional centralised complexity theory, this is not the case in distributed computing. We aim to remedy this by studying the time and space complexity of algorithms in a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-11 Tuomo Lempiäinen , Jukka Suomela

Strong bisimilarity on normed BPA is polynomial-time decidable, while weak bisimilarity on totally normed BPA is NP-hard. It is natural to ask where the computational complexity of branching bisimilarity on totally normed BPA lies. This…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-11-18 Chaodong He

In contrast to the usual understanding of probabilistic systems as stochastic processes, recently these systems have also been regarded as transformers of probabilities. In this paper, we give a natural definition of strong bisimulation for…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-05-12 Holger Hermanns , Jan Krčál , Jan Křetínský

P-time event graphs are discrete event systems able to model cyclic production systems where tasks need to be performed within given time windows. Consistency is the property of admitting an infinite execution of such tasks that does not…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Davide Zorzenon , Jörg Raisch

In reliable decision-making systems based on machine learning, models have to be robust to distributional shifts or provide the uncertainty of their predictions. In node-level problems of graph learning, distributional shifts can be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-02 Gleb Bazhenov , Denis Kuznedelev , Andrey Malinin , Artem Babenko , Liudmila Prokhorenkova

A split of a polytope $P$ is a (regular) subdivision with exactly two maximal cells. It turns out that each weight function on the vertices of $P$ admits a unique decomposition as a linear combination of weight functions corresponding to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-07-02 Sven Herrmann , Michael Joswig

The question whether a partition $\mathcal{P}$ and a hierarchy $\mathcal{H}$ or a tree-like split system $\mathfrak{S}$ are compatible naturally arises in a wide range of classification problems. In the setting of phylogenetic trees, one…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Marc Hellmuth , David Schaller , Peter F. Stadler

Interpreting three-leaf binary trees or {\em rooted triples} as constraints yields an entailment relation, whereby binary trees satisfying some rooted triples must also thus satisfy others, and thence a closure operator, which is known to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Matthew P. Johnson

A new proof is given for the mathematical equivalence among three $k$-sparse controllability problems of a networked system, which plays key roles in Olshevsky,2014, in the establishment of the NP-hardness of the associated minimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-12 Tong Zhou

The P versus NP problem asks whether every language verifiable in polynomial time can also be decided in deterministic polynomial time. In this paper, we present a constructive proof that P = NP by introducing a universal, graph-based…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Changryeol Lee

MAP is the problem of finding a most probable instantiation of a set of variables given evidence. MAP has always been perceived to be significantly harder than the related problems of computing the probability of a variable instantiation…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-07-04 A. Darwiche , J. D. Park

The time evolution of the one-point probability vector of stochastic processes and quantum processes for $N$-level systems have been unified. Hence, quantum states and quantum operations can be regarded as generalizations of the one-point…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Bilal Canturk

Determining whether a quantum state is separable or entangled is a problem of fundamental importance in quantum information science. It has recently been shown that this problem is NP-hard. There is a highly inefficient `basic algorithm'…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. M. Ioannou , B. C. Travaglione , D. Cheung , A. K. Ekert

The computational complexity of the "cluster minimization problem" is revisited [L. T. Wille and J. Vennik, J. Phys. A 18, L419 (1985)]. It is argued that the original NP-hardness proof does not apply to pairwise potentials of physical…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-11-11 A. B. Adib

The problem of classification of decomposable (in the sense of Stormer) positive maps between matrix algebras is presented. We propose the new notion of "finite" version of decomposability ($k$-decomposabilty). The characterisation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wladyslaw A. Majewski , Marcin Marciniak

This paper deals with the computational complexity of conditions which guarantee that the NP-hard problem of finding the sparsest solution to an underdetermined linear system can be solved by efficient algorithms. In the literature, several…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-11-05 Andreas M. Tillmann , Marc E. Pfetsch

In this article, the decidability and computability issues of dynamic probability logic (DPL) are addressed. Firstly, a proof system $\mathcal{H}_{DPL}$ is introduced for DPL and shown that it is weakly complete. Furthermore, this logic has…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Somayeh Chopoghloo , Mahdi Heidarpoor , Massoud Pourmahdian