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Let G be a directed graph with n vertices and non-negative weights in its directed edges, embedded on a surface of genus g, and let f be an arbitrary face of G. We describe a randomized algorithm to preprocess the graph in O(gn log n) time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-05-13 Sergio Cabello , Erin Wolf Chambers , Jeff Erickson

This paper presents a new deterministic algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on real non-negative edge-weighted directed graphs, with running time $O(m\sqrt{\log n}+\sqrt{mn\log n\log \log n})$, which is $O(m\sqrt{\log n\log…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Ran Duan , Xiao Mao , Xinkai Shu , Longhui Yin

A modified version of the Dijkstra algorithm using an inventive contraction hierarchy is proposed. The algorithm considers a directed acyclic graph with a conical or semi-circular structure for which a pair of edges is chosen iteratively…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Ugochi A. Okengwu , Enoch O. Nwachukwu , Emmanuel N. Osegi

This paper presents parallel, distributed and quantum algorithms for single-source shortest paths when edges can have negative weights (negative-weight SSSP). We show a framework that reduces negative-weight SSSP in all these setting to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Vikrant Ashvinkumar , Aaron Bernstein , Nairen Cao , Christoph Grunau , Bernhard Haeupler , Yonggang Jiang , Danupon Nanongkai , Hsin Hao Su

We study the use of machine learning techniques to solve a fundamental shortest path problem, known as the single-source many-targets shortest path problem (SSMTSP). Given a directed graph with non-negative edge weights, our goal is to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Willem Feijen , Guido Schäfer

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

The problem of finding multiple simple shortest paths in a weighted directed graph $G=(V,E)$ has many applications, and is considerably more difficult than the corresponding problem when cycles are allowed in the paths. Even for a single…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-02-24 Udit Agarwal , Vijaya Ramachandran

Single Source Shortest Paths ($\textrm{SSSP}$) is among the most well-studied problems in computer science. In the incremental (resp. decremental) setting, the goal is to maintain distances from a fixed source in a graph undergoing edge…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Barna Saha , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Yinzhan Xu , Christopher Ye

We prove that the single-source shortest-path problem on disk graphs can be solved in $O(n\log n)$ time, and that it can be solved on intersection graphs of fat triangles in $O(n\log^2 n)$ time.

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Mark de Berg , Sergio Cabello

Recently we submitted a paper, whose title is A New Fast Unweighted All-pairs Shortest Path Search Algorithm Based on Pruning by Shortest Path Trees, to arXiv. This is related to unweighted graphs. This paper also presents a new fast…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-08-20 Yasuo Yamane , Kenichi Kobayashi

In the decremental $(1+\epsilon)$-approximate Single-Source Shortest Path (SSSP) problem, we are given a graph $G=(V,E)$ with $n = |V|, m = |E|$, undergoing edge deletions, and a distinguished source $s \in V$, and we are asked to process…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

We present two new algorithms for solving the {\em All Pairs Shortest Paths} (APSP) problem for weighted directed graphs. Both algorithms use fast matrix multiplication algorithms. The first algorithm solves the APSP problem for weighted…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Uri Zwick

A maximum weighted matching for bipartite graphs $G=(A \cup B,E)$ can be found by using the algorithm of Edmonds and Karp with a Fibonacci Heap and a modified Dijkstra in $O(nm + n^2 \log{n})$ time where n is the number of nodes and m the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Daniel Etzold

The parametric shortest path problem is to find the shortest paths in graph where the edge costs are of the form w_ij+lambda where each w_ij is constant and lambda is a parameter that varies. The problem is to find shortest path trees for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Neal Young , Robert Tarjan , James Orlin

Graph theory is increasingly commonly utilised in genetics, proteomics and neuroimaging. In such fields, the data of interest generally constitute weighted graphs. Analysis of such weighted graphs often require the integration of…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2011-06-09 Cedric E. Ginestet , Andrew Simmons

Given in the plane a set $S$ of $n$ points and a set of disks centered at these points, the disk graph $G(S)$ induced by these disks has vertex set $S$ and an edge between two vertices if their disks intersect. Note that the disks may have…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Bruce W. Brewer , Haitao Wang

The Dijkstra algorithm is a classical method for solving the shortest path problem on weighted graphs. There are several variations of the Dijkstra algorithm, including algorithms for the widest path problem and for two-player games. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Takahiro Sanada , Yoàv Montacute , Kittiphon Phalakarn , Ichiro Hasuo

Consider the following distance query for an $n$-node graph $G$ undergoing edge insertions and deletions: given two sets of nodes $I$ and $J$, return the distances between every pair of nodes in $I\times J$. This query is rather general and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-18 Jan van den Brand , Danupon Nanongkai

The textbook algorithm for real-weighted single-source shortest paths takes $O(mn)$ time on a graph with $m$ edges and $n$ vertices. A recent breakthrough algorithm by [Fin24] takes $\tilde{O}(mn^{8/9})$ randomized time. The running time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Kent Quanrud , Navid Tajkhorshid

Given an $n$-vertex $m$-edge graph $G$ with non negative edge-weights, the girth of $G$ is the weight of a shortest cycle in $G$. For any graph $G$ with polynomially bounded integer weights, we present a deterministic algorithm that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-25 Guillaume Ducoffe