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In the bounded-degree cut problem, we are given a multigraph $G=(V,E)$, two disjoint vertex subsets $A,B\subseteq V$, two functions $\mathrm{u}_A, \mathrm{u}_B:V\to \{0,1,\ldots,|E|\}$ on $V$, and an integer $k\geq 0$. The task is to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-29 Mingyu Xiao , Hiroshi Nagamochi

Federated fine-tuning (FFT) attempts to fine-tune a pre-trained model with private data from distributed clients by exchanging models rather than data under the orchestration of a parameter server (PS). To overcome the bottleneck forged by…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Zhijie Cai , Haolong Chen , Guangxu Zhu

Given a finite poset $\mathcal P$, we say that a family $\mathcal F$ of subsets of $[n]$ is $\mathcal P$-saturated if $\mathcal F$ does not contain an induced copy of $\mathcal P$, but adding any other set to $\mathcal F$ creates an induced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Maria-Romina Ivan , Sean Jaffe

The parameterized model-checking problem for a class of first-order sentences (queries) asks to decide whether a given sentence from the class holds true in a given relational structure (database); the parameter is the length of the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Yijia Chen , Michael Elberfeld , Moritz Müller

Multi-layer graphs can capture qualitatively different types of connection between entities, and networks of this kind are prevalent in biological and social systems: for example, a social contact network typically involves both virtual and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-07-24 Jessica Enright , Kitty Meeks , Jessica Ryan

Graph polynomials which are definable in Monadic Second Order Logic (MSOL) on the vocabulary of graphs are Fixed-Parameter Tractable (FPT) with respect to clique-width. In contrast, graph polynomials which are definable in MSOL on the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-05-26 Tomer Kotek , Johann A. Makowsky

Graph-modification problems, where we modify a graph by adding or deleting vertices or edges or contracting edges to obtain a graph in a {\it simpler} class, is a well-studied optimization problem in all algorithmic paradigms including…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Ashwin Jacob , Jari J. H. de Kroon , Diptapriyo Majumdar , Venkatesh Raman

A sequence of graphs is FO-convergent if the probability of satisfaction of every first-order formula converges. A graph modeling is a graph, whose domain is a standard probability space, with the property that every definable set is Borel.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-15 J. Nesetril , P. Ossona de Mendez

The Virtual Network Embedding Problem (VNEP) considers the efficient allocation of resources distributed in a substrate network to a set of request networks. Many existing works discuss either heuristics or exact algorithms, resulting in a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-29 Elias Döhne

Treewidth is a useful tool in designing graph algorithms. Although many NP-hard graph problems can be solved in linear time when the input graphs have small treewidth, there are problems which remain hard on graphs of bounded treewidth. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Huairui Chu , Bingkai Lin

The focus of this paper is two fold. Firstly, we present a logical approach to graph modification problems such as minimum node deletion, edge deletion, edge augmentation problems by expressing them as an expression in first order (FO)…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-11-09 Kona Harshita , Sounaka Mishra , Renjith. P , N. Sadagopan

Tarski initiated a logic-based approach to formal geometry that studies first-order structures with a ternary betweenness relation \beta, and a quaternary equidistance relation \equiv. Tarski established, inter alia, that the first-order…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-03-14 Antti Kuusisto , Jeremy Meyers , Jonni Virtema

Enumerating the result set of a first-order query over a relational structure of bounded degree can be done with linear preprocessing and constant delay. In this work, we extend this result towards the compressed perspective where the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Markus Lohrey , Sebastian Maneth , Markus L. Schmid

We study the first-passage time (FPT) problem for widespread recurrent processes in confined though large systems and present a comprehensive framework for characterizing the FPT distribution over many time scales. We find that the FPT…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-21 Talia Baravi , David A. Kessler , Eli Barkai

We consider graph properties that can be checked from labels, i.e., bit sequences, of logarithmic length attached to vertices. We prove that there exists such a labeling for checking a first-order formula with free set variables in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-07-09 Bruno Courcelle , Cyril Gavoille , Mamadou Moustapha Kanté

Structured data is widely used in domains such as healthcare, finance, and scientific data management. Recent studies on structured data foundation models (SFMs) aim to support data analysis and mining tasks over such data, but still face…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Zhenghang Song , Tang Qian , Lu Chen , Yushuai Li , Zhengke Hu , Bingbing Fang , Yumeng Song , Junbo Zhao , Sheng Zhang , Tianyi Li

Multinomial processing tree (MPT) models are tools for disentangling the contributions of latent cognitive processes in a given experimental paradigm. The present note analyzes MPT models subject to order constraints on subsets of its…

Applications · Statistics 2014-11-11 Karl Christoph Klauer , Henrik Singmann , David Kellen

There are many classical problems in P whose time complexities have not been improved over the past decades. Recent studies of "Hardness in P" have revealed that, for several of such problems, the current fastest algorithm is the best…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Yoichi Iwata , Tomoaki Ogasawara , Naoto Ohsaka

Graded posets frequently arise throughout combinatorics, where it is natural to try to count the number of elements of a fixed rank. These counting problems are often $\#\textbf{P}$-complete, so we consider approximation algorithms for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Prateek Bhakta , Ben Cousins , Matthew Fahrbach , Dana Randall

Bounded treewidth and Monadic Second Order (MSO) logic have proved to be key concepts in establishing fixed-parameter tractability results. Indeed, by Courcelle's Theorem we know: Any property of finite structures, which is expressible by…

Databases · Computer Science 2008-09-19 Georg Gottlob , Reinhard Pichler , Fang Wei