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We show that for a number of parameterized problems for which only $2^{O(k)} n^{O(1)}$ time algorithms are known on general graphs, subexponential parameterized algorithms with running time $2^{O(k^{1-\frac{1}{1+\delta}} \log^2 k)}…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-10-26 Dániel Marx , Marcin Pilipczuk

We present a family of algorithms to solve random planted instances of any $k$-ary Boolean constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). A randomly planted instance of a Boolean CSP is generated by (1) choosing an arbitrary planted assignment…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Arpon Basu , Jun-Ting Hsieh , Andrew D. Lin , Peter Manohar

In $d$-Scattered Set we are given an (edge-weighted) graph and are asked to select at least $k$ vertices, so that the distance between any pair is at least $d$, thus generalizing Independent Set. We provide upper and lower bounds on the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-11-13 Ioannis Katsikarelis , Michael Lampis , Vangelis Th. Paschos

We improve the running time of the general algorithmic technique known as Baker's approach (1994) on H-minor-free graphs from O(n^{f(|H|)}) to O(f(|H|) n^{O(1)}). The numerous applications include e.g. a 2-approximation for coloring and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-05-18 Siamak Tazari

The branching algorithm is a fundamental technique for designing fast exponential-time algorithms to solve combinatorial optimization problems exactly. It divides the entire solution space into independent search branches using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Xuan-Zhao Gao , Yi-Jia Wang , Pan Zhang , Jin-Guo Liu

The computational complexity of solving random 3-Satisfiability (3-SAT) problems is investigated. 3-SAT is a representative example of hard computational tasks; it consists in knowing whether a set of alpha N randomly drawn logical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Simona Cocco , Remi Monasson

In this paper we extend the deterministic sublinear FFT algorithm in Plonka et al. (2018) for fast reconstruction of $M$-sparse vectors ${\mathbf x}$ of length $N= 2^J$, where we assume that all components of the discrete Fourier transform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Gerlind Plonka , Therese von Wulffen

The random $k$-XORSAT problem is a random constraint satisfaction problem of $n$ Boolean variables and $m=rn$ clauses, which a random instance can be expressed as a $G\mathbb{F}(2)$ linear system of the form $Ax=b$, where $A$ is a random $m…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Kingsley Yung

Let $\varPhi$ be a uniformly distributed random $k$-SAT formula with $n$ variables and $m$ clauses. For clauses/variables ratio $m/n \leq r_{k\text{-SAT}} \sim 2^k\ln2$ the formula $\varPhi$ is satisfiable with high probability. However, no…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-03-01 Samuel Hetterich

Let F be a random k-SAT formula on n variables, formed by selecting uniformly and independently m = rn out of all possible k-clauses. It is well-known that if r>2^k ln 2, then the formula F is unsatisfiable with probability that tends to 1…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Dimitris Achlioptas , Yuval Peres

We study a quantum algorithm that consists of a simple quantum Markov process, and we analyze its behavior on restricted versions of Quantum 2-SAT. We prove that the algorithm solves this decision problem with high probability for n qubits,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-24 Edward Farhi , Shelby Kimmel , Kristan Temme

In this paper I present a 3SAT algorithm based on the randomized algorithm of Papadimitriou from 1991, and Schoning from 1991. We also present strong arguments that this algorithm finds a solution (if it exists) for a 3SAT problem with high…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-01-03 Cristian Dumitrescu

Let $\Phi$ be a uniformly random $k$-SAT formula with $n$ variables and $m$ clauses. We study the algorithmic task of finding a satisfying assignment of $\Phi$. It is known that satisfying assignments exist with high probability up to…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Guy Bresler , Brice Huang

We first devise a branching algorithm that computes a minimum independent dominating set on any graph with running time O*(2^0.424n) and polynomial space. This improves the O*(2^0.441n) result by (S. Gaspers and M. Liedloff, A…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Nicolas Bourgeois , Bruno Escoffier , Vangelis Th. Paschos

We present a deterministic $(1+o(1))$-approximation $(n^{1/2+o(1)}+D^{1+o(1)})$-time algorithm for solving the single-source shortest paths problem on distributed weighted networks (the CONGEST model); here $n$ is the number of nodes in the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-09-20 Monika Henzinger , Sebastian Krinninger , Danupon Nanongkai

For an $n$-element matroid $M$ given by an $n \times n$ matrix representation over a finite field $\mathbb F$ and an integer $k$, we present an $(O_{k,\mathbb F}(n^2)+O(n^\omega))$-time algorithm that either finds a branch-decomposition of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Mujin Choi , Tuukka Korhonen , Sang-il Oum

We study a natural variant of scheduling that we call \emph{partial scheduling}: In this variant an instance of a scheduling problem along with an integer $k$ is given and one seeks an optimal schedule where not all, but only $k$ jobs, have…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Jesper Nederlof , Céline Swennenhuis

Folded Reed-Solomon (FRS) codes are a well-studied family of codes, known for achieving list decoding capacity. In this work, we give improved deterministic and randomized algorithms for list decoding FRS codes of rate $R$ up to radius…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Vikrant Ashvinkumar , Mursalin Habib , Shashank Srivastava

The #2-SAT and #3-SAT problems involve counting the number of satisfying assignments (also called models) for instances of 2-SAT and 3-SAT, respectively. In 2010, Zhou et al. proposed an $\mathcal{O}^*(1.1892^m)$-time algorithm for #2-SAT…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Junqiang Peng , Zimo Sheng , Mingyu Xiao

Subexponential parameterized algorithms are known for a wide range of natural problems on planar graphs, but the techniques are usually highly problem specific. The goal of this paper is to introduce a framework for obtaining…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Dániel Marx , Pranabendu Misra , Daniel Neuen , Prafullkumar Tale