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The \emph{Steiner tree} problem is one of the fundamental and classical problems in combinatorial optimization. In this paper, we study this problem in the $\mathcal{CONGESTED}$ $\mathcal{CLIQUE}$ model of distributed computing and present…

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We consider an online decision-making problem with a reward function defined over graph-structured data. We formally formulate the problem as an instance of graph action bandit. We then propose \texttt{GNN-TS}, a Graph Neural Network (GNN)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Shuang Wu , Arash A. Amini

The Steiner tree problem is one of the classic and most fundamental $\mathcal{NP}$-hard problems: given an arbitrary weighted graph, seek a minimum-cost tree spanning a given subset of the vertices (terminals). Byrka \emph{et al}. proposed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-02 Chi-Yeh Chen

For the well-known Survivable Network Design Problem (SNDP) we are given an undirected graph $G$ with edge costs, a set $R$ of terminal vertices, and an integer demand $d_{s,t}$ for every terminal pair $s,t\in R$. The task is to compute a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-09 Andreas Emil Feldmann , Anish Mukherjee , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

Key graph-based problems play a central role in understanding network topology and uncovering patterns of similarity in homogeneous and temporal data. Such patterns can be revealed by analyzing communities formed by nodes, which in turn can…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Davide Rucci , Emanuele Carlini , Patrizio Dazzi , Hanna Kavalionak , Matteo Mordacchini

We study the Travelling Salesperson (TSP) and the Steiner Tree problem (STP) in graphs of low highway dimension. This graph parameter was introduced by Abraham et al. [SODA 2010] as a model for transportation networks, on which TSP and STP…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-15 Yann Disser , Andreas Emil Feldmann , Max Klimm , Jochen Konemann

In the Network Flow Interdiction problem an adversary attacks a network in order to minimize the maximum s-t-flow. Very little is known about the approximatibility of this problem despite decades of interest in it. We present the first…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-11-10 Stephen R. Chestnut , Rico Zenklusen

We study the Densest At-Least-$k$-Subgraph (DAL$k$S) problem, in which we are given an undirected graph $G$ and an integer $k$, and the goal is to find a subgraph of $G$ with at least $k$ vertices with maximum density. The best-known…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Bundit Laekhanukit , Pasin Manurangsi , Ohad Trabelsi

Computing the Euler genus of a graph is a fundamental problem in graph theory and topology. It has been shown to be NP-hard by [Thomassen '89] and a linear-time fixed-parameter algorithm has been obtained by [Mohar '99]. Despite extensive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-12-05 Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Anastasios Sidiropoulos

We consider minimum time multicasting problems in directed and undirected graphs: given a root node and a subset of $t$ terminal nodes, multicasting seeks to find the minimum number of rounds within which all terminals can be informed with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Daniel Hathcock , Guy Kortsarz , R. Ravi

Industrial Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) provides deterministic mechanisms for real-time and reliable flow transmission. Increasing attention has been paid to efficient scheduling for time-sensitive flows with stringent requirements such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-14 Yanzhou Zhang , Cailian Chen , Qimin Xu , Shouliang Wang , Lei Xu , Xinping Guan

We consider the $k$-Center problem and some generalizations. For $k$-Center a set of $k$ center vertices needs to be found in a graph $G$ with edge lengths, such that the distance from any vertex of $G$ to its nearest center is minimized.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-29 Andreas Emil Feldmann

We consider the Minimum-$(k,\rho)$-$\mathrm{Shortcut}$ problem ($\min(k,\rho)\text{-}\mathrm{Shortcut}$), where the goal is to find the smallest set of shortcut edges such that every vertex in a given graph can reach its $\rho$ closest…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Tatiana Rocha Avila , Julian Christoph Brinkmann , Alexander Leonhardt , Conrad Schecker

Temporal graphs naturally model graphs whose underlying topology changes over time. Recently, the problems TEMPORAL VERTEX COVER (or TVC) and SLIDING-WINDOW TEMPORAL VERTEX COVER(or $\Delta$-TVC for time-windows of a fixed-length $\Delta$)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Thekla Hamm , Nina Klobas , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis

We study the fine-grained complexity of graph connectivity problems in unweighted undirected graphs. Recent development shows that all variants of edge connectivity problems, including single-source-single-sink, global, Steiner,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Zhiyi Huang , Yaowei Long , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Benyu Wang

In the spanning tree congestion problem, given a connected graph $G$, the objective is to compute a spanning tree $T$ in $G$ that minimizes its maximum edge congestion, where the congestion of an edge $e$ of $T$ is the number of edges in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Huong Luu , Marek Chrobak

Faster pathfinding in time-dependent transport networks is an important and challenging problem in navigation systems. There are two main types of transport networks: road networks for car driving and public transport route network. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Andrii Rohovyi , Peter J. Stuckey , Toby Walsh

We study the variant of the Euclidean Traveling Salesman problem where instead of a set of points, we are given a set of lines as input, and the goal is to find the shortest tour that visits each line. The best known upper and lower bounds…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Antonios Antoniadis , Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak , Bundit Laekhanukit , Daniel Vaz

We give the first almost-linear time algorithm for computing the \emph{maximal $k$-edge-connected subgraphs} of an undirected unweighted graph for any constant $k$. More specifically, given an $n$-vertex $m$-edge graph $G=(V,E)$ and a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Thatchaphol Saranurak , Wuwei Yuan

Temporal graphs are used to abstractly model real-life networks that are inherently dynamic in nature. Given a static underlying graph $G=(V,E)$, a temporal graph on $G$ is a sequence of snapshots $G_t$, one for each time step $t\geq 1$. In…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Eleni C. Akrida , George B. Mertzios , Sotiris Nikoletseas , Christoforos Raptopoulos , Paul G. Spirakis , Viktor Zamaraev