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We show an algorithm for dynamic maintenance of connectivity information in an undirected planar graph subject to edge deletions. Our algorithm may answer connectivity queries of the form `Are vertices $u$ and $v$ connected with a path?' in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-26 Jakub Łącki , Piotr Sankowski

In the NP-hard Edge Dominating Set problem (EDS) we are given a graph $G=(V,E)$ and an integer $k$, and need to determine whether there is a set $F\subseteq E$ of at most $k$ edges that are incident with all (other) edges of $G$. It is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-14 Eva-Maria C. Hols , Stefan Kratsch

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

This paper investigates the complexity of finding secluded paths in graphs. We focus on the \textsc{Short Secluded Path} problem and a natural new variant we introduce, \textsc{Shortest Secluded Path}. Formally, given an undirected graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Tesshu Hanaka , Daisuke Tsuru

In the Maximum Connectivity Improvement (MCI) problem, we are given a directed graph $G=(V,E)$ and an integer $B$ and we are asked to find $B$ new edges to be added to $G$ in order to maximize the number of connected pairs of vertices in…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Federico Corò , Gianlorenzo D'Angelo , Vahan Mkrtchyan

We define a general variant of the graph clustering problem where the criterion of density for the clusters is (high) connectivity. In {\sc Clustering to Given Connectivities}, we are given an $n$-vertex graph $G$, an integer $k$, and a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-23 Petr A. Golovach , Dimitrios M. Thilikos

We introduce a variant of the multiway cut that we call the min-max connected multiway cut. Given a graph $G=(V,E)$ and a set $\Gamma\subseteq V$ of $t$ terminals, partition $V$ into $t$ parts such that each part is connected and contains…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Hans Raj Tiwary , Petr Kolman

We study deterministic algorithms for computing graph cuts, with focus on two fundamental problems: balanced sparse cut and $k$-vertex connectivity for small $k$ ($k=O(\polylog n)$). Both problems can be solved in near-linear time with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-21 Yu Gao , Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Richard Peng , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

Graph separation is a central tool in parameterized algorithm design, and important separators are among its most successful ingredients. They yield small, structured families of separators that can be enumerated efficiently, and underlie…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Batya Kenig

Given an edge-weighted graph $G$ on $n$ nodes, the NP-hard Max-Cut problem asks for a node bipartition such that the sum of edge weights joining the different partitions is maximized. We propose a fixed-parameter tractable algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Markus Chimani , Christine Dahn , Martina Juhnke-Kubitzke , Nils M. Kriege , Petra Mutzel , Alexander Nover

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

The $H$-Free Edge Deletion problem asks, for a given graph $G$ and an integer $k$, whether it is possible to delete at most $k$ edges from $G$ to make it $H$-free, that is, not containing $H$ as an induced subgraph. The $H$-Free Edge…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Ivan Bliznets , Marek Cygan , Pawel Komosa , Michal Pilipczuk

The NP-hard general factor problem asks, given a graph and for each vertex a list of integers, whether the graph has a spanning subgraph where each vertex has a degree that belongs to its assigned list. The problem remains NP-hard even if…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Gregory Gutin , Eun Jung Kim , Arezou Soleimanfallah , Stefan Szeider , Anders Yeo

In this paper we study the Spanning Tree Congestion problem, where we are given a graph $G=(V,E)$ and are asked to find a spanning tree $T$ of minimum maximum congestion. Here, the congestion of an edge $e\in T$ is the number of edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Michael Lampis , Valia Mitsou , Edouard Nemery , Yota Otachi , Manolis Vasilakis , Daniel Vaz

We introduce a new dynamic data structure for maintaining the strongly connected components (SCCs) of a directed graph (digraph) under edge deletions, so as to answer a rich repertoire of connectivity queries. Our main technical…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-02 Loukas Georgiadis , Thomas Dueholm Hansen , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Sebastian Krinninger , Nikos Parotsidis

We investigate parameterized algorithms for the NP-hard problem Min-Power Asymmetric Connectivity (MinPAC) that has applications in wireless sensor networks. Given a directed arc-weighted graph, MinPAC asks for a strongly connected spanning…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-01 Matthias Bentert , Roman Haag , Christian Hofer , Tomohiro Koana , André Nichterlein

We show how to find and efficiently maintain maximal k-edge-connected subgraphs in undirected graphs. In particular, we provide the following results. (1) A general framework for maintaining the maximal k-edge-connected subgraphs upon…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Loukas Georgiadis , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Evangelos Kosinas , Debasish Pattanayak

We study the parameterized complexity of the $s$-Club Cluster Edge Deletion problem: Given a graph $G$ and two integers $s \ge 2$ and $k \ge 1$, is it possible to remove at most $k$ edges from $G$ such that each connected component of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Fabrizio Montecchiani , Giacomo Ortali , Tommaso Piselli , Alessandra Tappini

We present a dynamic algorithm for maintaining the connected and 2-edge-connected components in an undirected graph subject to edge deletions. The algorithm is Monte-Carlo randomized and processes any sequence of edge deletions in $O(m + n…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-22 Anders Aaman , Adam Karczmarz , Jakub Łącki , Nikos Parotsidis , Peter M. R. Rasmussen , Mikkel Thorup

A disconnected cut of a connected graph is a vertex cut that itself also induces a disconnected subgraph. The decision problem whether a graph has a disconnected cut is called Disconnected Cut. This problem is closely related to several…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-13 Barnaby Martin , Daniel Paulusma , Erik Jan van Leeuwen