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We show a flow-augmentation algorithm in directed graphs: There exists a randomized polynomial-time algorithm that, given a directed graph $G$, two vertices $s,t \in V(G)$, and an integer $k$, adds (randomly) to $G$ a number of arcs such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-16 Eun Jung Kim , Stefan Kratsch , Marcin Pilipczuk , Magnus Wahlström

In this paper we design {\sf FPT}-algorithms for two parameterized problems. The first is \textsc{List Digraph Homomorphism}: given two digraphs $G$ and $H$ and a list of allowed vertices of $H$ for every vertex of $G$, the question is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-25 Eunjung Kim , Christophe Paul , Ignasi Sau , Dimitrios M. Thilikos

A dominating set $D$ of a graph $G$ is a set of vertices such that any vertex in $G$ is in $D$ or its neighbor is in $D$. Enumeration of minimal dominating sets in a graph is one of central problems in enumeration study since enumeration of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-23 Kazuhiro Kurita , Kunihiro Wasa , Hiroki Arimura , Takeaki Uno

Dynamic programming over tree decompositions is a common technique in parameterized algorithms. In this paper, we study whether this technique can also be applied to compute Pareto sets of multiobjective optimization problems. We first…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Joshua Könen , Heiko Röglin , Tarek Stuck

In this paper, we propose a parametrised factor that enables inference on Gaussian networks where linear dependencies exist among the random variables. Our factor representation is effectively a generalisation of traditional Gaussian…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-05 J. C. Schoeman , C. E. van Daalen , J. A. du Preez

In this paper, we analyze the formation of small stopping sets in joint factor graphs describing a frame-asynchronous two-user transmission. Furthermore, we propose an algorithm to completely avoid small stopping sets in the joint factor…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Frederik Ritter , Jonathan Mandelbaum , Alexander Fengler , Holger Jäkel , Laurent Schmalen

In the classic Minimum Bisection problem we are given as input a graph $G$ and an integer $k$. The task is to determine whether there is a partition of $V(G)$ into two parts $A$ and $B$ such that $||A|-|B|| \leq 1$ and there are at most $k$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-03-19 Marek Cygan , Daniel Lokshtanov , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Saket Saurabh

We present an algorithm that on input of an $n$-vertex $m$-edge weighted graph $G$ and a value $k$, produces an {\em incremental sparsifier} $\hat{G}$ with $n-1 + m/k$ edges, such that the condition number of $G$ with $\hat{G}$ is bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Ioannis Koutis , Gary L. Miller , Richard Peng

{\sc Vertex $(s, t)$-Cut} and {\sc Vertex Multiway Cut} are two fundamental graph separation problems in algorithmic graph theory. We study matroidal generalizations of these problems, where in addition to the usual input, we are given a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Aritra Banik , Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tanmay Inamdar , Satyabrata Jana , Saket Saurabh

Many problems are known to be solvable in subexponential parameterized time when the input graph is planar. The bidimensionality framework of Demaine, Fomin, Hajiaghay, and Thilikos [JACM'05] and the treewidth-pattern-covering approach by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Matthias Bentert , Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach

A theorem of Ding, Oporowski, Oxley, and Vertigan implies that any sufficiently large twin-free graph contains a large matching, a co-matching, or a half-graph as a semi-induced subgraph. The sizes of these unavoidable patterns are measured…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Jan Dreier , Nikolas Mählmann , Sebastian Siebertz

Motivated by the increasing need to understand the algorithmic foundations of distributed large-scale graph computations, we study a number of fundamental graph problems in a message-passing model for distributed computing where $k \geq 2$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-07-07 Gopal Pandurangan , Peter Robinson , Michele Scquizzato

Graph sparsification is a technique that approximates a given graph by a sparse graph with a subset of vertices and/or edges. The goal of an effective sparsification algorithm is to maintain specific graph properties relevant to the…

Databases · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Yuhan Chen , Haojie Ye , Sanketh Vedula , Alex Bronstein , Ronald Dreslinski , Trevor Mudge , Nishil Talati

We study differentially private algorithms for graph cut sparsification, a fundamental problem in algorithms, privacy, and machine learning. While significant progress has been made, the best-known private and efficient cut sparsifiers on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Anders Aamand , Justin Y. Chen , Mina Dalirrooyfard , Slobodan Mitrović , Yuriy Nevmyvaka , Sandeep Silwal , Yinzhan Xu

We propose a new (theoretical) computational model for the study of massive data processing with limited computational resources. Our model measures the complexity of reading the very large data sets in terms of the data size N and analyzes…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-09 Jianer Chen , Ying Guo , Qin Huang

Let ${\cal G}$ be a minor-closed graph class. We say that a graph $G$ is a $k$-apex of ${\cal G}$ if $G$ contains a set $S$ of at most $k$ vertices such that $G\setminus S$ belongs to ${\cal G}$. We denote by ${\cal A}_k ({\cal G})$ the set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Ignasi Sau , Giannos Stamoulis , Dimitrios M. Thilikos

The Independent Cutset problem asks whether there is a set of vertices in a given graph that is both independent and a cutset. Such a problem is $\textsf{NP}$-complete even when the input graph is planar and has maximum degree five. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Johannes Rauch , Dieter Rautenbach , Uéverton S. Souza

The Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) model is an emerging model which distills core aspects of distributed and parallel computation. It has been developed as a tool to solve (typically graph) problems in systems where the input is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-20 Artur Czumaj , Peter Davies , Merav Parter

As shown by Robertson and Seymour, deciding whether the complete graph $K_t$ is a minor of an input graph $G$ is a fixed parameter tractable problem when parameterized by $t$. From the approximation viewpoint, the gap to fill is quite…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Romain Bourneuf , Julien Cocquet , Chaoliang Tang , Stéphan Thomassé

In this paper, we consider the problem of counting and sampling structures in graphs. We define a class of "edge universal labeling problems"---which include proper $k$-colorings, independent sets, and downsets---and describe simple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Christine T. Cheng , Will Rosenbaum