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In this paper, we consider distributed optimization problems where $n$ agents, each possessing a local cost function, collaboratively minimize the average of the local cost functions over a connected network. To solve the problem, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-24 Kun Huang , Xiao Li , Andre Milzarek , Shi Pu , Junwen Qiu

This paper considers distributed online nonconvex optimization with time-varying inequality constraints over a network of agents. For a time-varying graph, we propose a distributed online primal-dual algorithm with compressed communication…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Kunpeng Zhang , Lei Xu , Xinlei Yi , Ming Cao , Karl H. Johansson , Tianyou Chai , Tao Yang

We present a method for solving the transshipment problem - also known as uncapacitated minimum cost flow - up to a multiplicative error of $1 + \varepsilon$ in undirected graphs with non-negative edge weights using a tailored gradient…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Ruben Becker , Sebastian Forster , Andreas Karrenbauer , Christoph Lenzen

We design fast deterministic algorithms for distance computation in the congested clique model. Our key contributions include: -- A $(2+\epsilon)$-approximation for all-pairs shortest paths in $O(\log^2{n} / \epsilon)$ rounds on unweighted…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Keren Censor-Hillel , Michal Dory , Janne H. Korhonen , Dean Leitersdorf

In the minimum $k$-edge-connected spanning subgraph ($k$-ECSS) problem the goal is to find the minimum weight subgraph resistant to up to $k-1$ edge failures. This is a central problem in network design, and a natural generalization of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Michal Dory

We present parallel algorithms for computing single-source reachability and shortest paths on directed $n$-vertex $m$-edge graphs using near-linear $\tilde{O}(m)$ work and $o(\sqrt{n})$ depth whenever $m\ge n^{1+o(1)}$. At the extreme of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Vikrant Ashvinkumar , Aaron Bernstein , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Thatchaphol Saranurak

Autonomous reconfiguration of agent-based systems is a key challenge in the study of programmable matter, distributed robotics, and molecular self-assembly. While substantial prior work has focused on size-preserving transformations, much…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Nada Almalki , Siddharth Gupta , Othon Michail , Andreas Padalkin

Motivated by economic dispatch and linearly-constrained resource allocation problems, this paper proposes a novel Distributed Approx-Newton algorithm that approximates the standard Newton optimization method. A main property of this…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-03-24 Tor Anderson , Chin-Yao Chang , Sonia Martinez

We consider a class of popular distributed non-convex optimization problems, in which agents connected by a network $\mathcal{G}$ collectively optimize a sum of smooth (possibly non-convex) local objective functions. We address the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Haoran Sun , Mingyi Hong

We prove that the flow-cut gap for $n$-node directed graphs is at most $n^{1/3 + o(1)}$. This is the first improvement since a previous upper bound of $\widetilde{O}(n^{11/23})$ by Agarwal, Alon, and Charikar (STOC '07), and it narrows the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Greg Bodwin , Luba Samborska

We show an $(1+\epsilon)$-approximation algorithm for maintaining maximum $s$-$t$ flow under $m$ edge insertions in $m^{1/2+o(1)} \epsilon^{-1/2}$ amortized update time for directed, unweighted graphs. This constitutes the first sublinear…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Gramoz Goranci , Monika Henzinger

We combine several recent advancements to solve $(1+\varepsilon)$-transshipment and $(1+\varepsilon)$-maximum flow with a parallel algorithm with $\tilde{O}(1/\varepsilon)$ depth and $\tilde{O}(m/\varepsilon)$ work. We achieve this by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Christoph Grunau , Rasmus Kyng , Goran Zuzic

Finding dense subgraphs is a fundamental algorithmic tool in data mining, community detection, and clustering. In this problem, one aims to find an induced subgraph whose edge-to-vertex ratio is maximized. We study the directed case of this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Slobodan Mitrović , Theodore Pan

Currently, the best known tradeoff between approximation ratio and complexity for the Sparsest Cut problem is achieved by the algorithm in [Sherman, FOCS 2009]: it computes $O(\sqrt{(\log n)/\varepsilon})$-approximation using…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Vladimir Kolmogorov

Fischer has shown how to compute a minimum weight spanning tree of degree at most $b \Delta^* + \lceil \log\_b n\rceil$ in time $O(n^{4 + 1/\ln b})$ for any constant $b > 1$, where $\Delta^*$ is the value of an optimal solution and $n$ is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Christian Lavault , Mario Valencia-Pabon

Dynamically maintaining the minimum cut in a graph $G$ under edge insertions and deletions is a fundamental problem in dynamic graph algorithms for which no conditional lower bound on the time per operation exists. In an $n$-node graph the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Antoine El-Hayek , Monika Henzinger , Jason Li

Gossip and in particular network coded algebraic gossip have recently attracted attention as a fast, bandwidth-efficient, reliable and distributed way to broadcast or multicast multiple messages. While the algorithms are simple, involved…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-06-01 Bernhard Haeupler

In this paper, we study the communication and (sub)gradient computation costs in distributed optimization and give a sharp complexity analysis for the proposed distributed accelerated gradient methods. We present two algorithms based on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-19 Huan Li , Cong Fang , Wotao Yin , Zhouchen Lin

Broadcasting and convergecasting are pivotal services in distributed systems, in particular, in wireless ad-hoc and sensor networks, which are characterized by time- varying communication graphs. We study the question of whether it is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-30 Manfred Schwarz , Martin Zeiner , Ulrich Schmid

In this paper, we develop a distributed algorithm for solving a class of distributed convex optimization problems where the local objective functions can be a general nonsmooth function, and all equalities and inequalities are network-wide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Yeong-Ung Kim , Hyo-Sung Ahn