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Given any task $\Pi$, Brandt's speedup theorem (PODC 2019) provides a mechanical way to design another task~$\Pi'$ on the same input-set as $\Pi$ such that, for any $t\geq 1$, $\Pi$ is solvable in $t$ rounds if and only if $\Pi'$ is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Paul Bastide , Pierre Fraigniaud

Given a static vertex-selection problem (e.g. independent set, dominating set) on a graph, we can define a corresponding temporally satisfying reconfiguration problem on a temporal graph which asks for a sequence of solutions to the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Tom Davot , Jessica Enright , Laura Larios-Jones

In this paper, we study the notion of mending, i.e. given a partial solution to a graph problem, we investigate how much effort is needed to turn it into a proper solution. For example, if we have a partial coloring of a graph, how hard is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Darya Melnyk , Jukka Suomela , Neven Villani

A locally checkable labeling problem (LCL) on a group $\Gamma$ asks one to find a labeling of the Cayley graph of $\Gamma$ satisfying a fixed, finite set of "local" constraints. Typical examples include proper coloring and perfect matching…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Felix Weilacher

The polylogarithmic time hierarchy structures sub-linear time complexity. In recent work it was shown that all classes $\tilde{\Sigma}_{m}^{\mathit{plog}}$ or $\tilde{\Pi}_{m}^{\mathit{plog}}$ ($m \in \mathbb{N}$) in this hierarchy can be…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-12-02 Flavio Ferrarotti , Senén González , Klaus-Dieter Schewe , José María Turull-Torres

We give a randomized $\Delta$-coloring algorithm in the LOCAL model that runs in $\text{poly} \log \log n$ rounds, where $n$ is the number of nodes of the input graph and $\Delta$ is its maximum degree. This means that randomized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Manuela Fischer , Yannic Maus , Magnús M. Halldórsson

We provide new deterministic algorithms for the edge coloring problem, which is one of the classic and highly studied distributed local symmetry breaking problems. As our main result, we show that a $(2\Delta-1)$-edge coloring can be…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti

We study the 3-\textsc{Coloring} problem in graphs with small diameter. In 2013, Mertzios and Spirakis showed that for $n$-vertex diameter-2 graphs this problem can be solved in subexponential time $2^{\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{n \log n})}$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Michał Dębski , Marta Piecyk , Paweł Rzążewski

We provide a deterministic scheme for solving any decidable problem in the distributed {sleeping model}. The sleeping model is a generalization of the standard message-passing model, with an additional capability of network nodes to enter a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Leonid Barenboim , Tzalik Maimon

We present a deterministic distributed algorithm that computes a $(2\Delta-1)$-edge-coloring, or even list-edge-coloring, in any $n$-node graph with maximum degree $\Delta$, in $O(\log^7 \Delta \log n)$ rounds. This answers one of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-11 Manuela Fischer , Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn

A graph is weakly $2$-colored if the nodes are labeled with colors black and white such that each black node is adjacent to at least one white node and vice versa. In this work we study the distributed computational complexity of weak…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Alkida Balliu , Juho Hirvonen , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela

The Lov\'asz Local Lemma is a powerful probabilistic technique for proving the existence of combinatorial objects. It is especially useful for colouring graphs and hypergraphs with bounded maximum degree. This paper presents a general…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Ian M. Wanless , David R. Wood

Online algorithms make decisions based on past inputs. In general, the decision may depend on the entire history of inputs. If many computers run the same online algorithm with the same input stream but are started at different times, they…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Maciej Pacut , Mahmoud Parham , Joel Rybicki , Stefan Schmid , Jukka Suomela , Aleksandr Tereshchenko

Linear temporal logic (LTL) is a specification language for finite sequences (called traces) widely used in program verification, motion planning in robotics, process mining, and many other areas. We consider the problem of learning LTL…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Ritam Raha , Rajarshi Roy , Nathanaël Fijalkow , Daniel Neider

We present a deterministic $O(\log \log \log n)$-round low-space Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) algorithm for the classical problem of $(\Delta+1)$-coloring on $n$-vertex graphs. In this model, every machine has a sublinear local…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Artur Czumaj , Peter Davies , Merav Parter

In colored range counting (CRC), the input is a set of points where each point is assigned a ``color'' (or a ``category'') and the goal is to store them in a data structure such that the number of distinct categories inside a given query…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Peyman Afshani , Rasmus Killman , Kasper Green Larsen

We develop two different methods to achieve subexponential time parameterized algorithms for problems on sparse directed graphs. We exemplify our approaches with two well studied problems. For the first problem, {\sc $k$-Leaf…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-01-07 Frederic Dorn , Fedor V. Fomin , Daniel Lokshtanov , Venkatesh Raman , Saket Saurabh

We describe a slightly sub-exponential time algorithm for learning parity functions in the presence of random classification noise. This results in a polynomial-time algorithm for the case of parity functions that depend on only the first…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Avrim Blum , Adam Kalai , Hal Wasserman

One way to state the Load Coloring Problem (LCP) is as follows. Let $G=(V,E)$ be graph and let $f:V\rightarrow \{{\rm red}, {\rm blue}\}$ be a 2-coloring. An edge $e\in E$ is called red (blue) if both end-vertices of $e$ are red (blue). For…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-04-01 Gregory Gutin , Mark Jones

Many algorithms have been developed for NP-hard problems on graphs with small treewidth $k$. For example, all problems that are expressable in linear extended monadic second order can be solved in linear time on graphs of bounded treewidth.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Frank Kammer , Torsten Tholey