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The vitality of an edge in a graph with respect to the maximum flow between two fixed vertices $s$ and $t$ is defined as the reduction of the maximum flow value caused by the removal of that edge. The max-flow vitality problem has already…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-25 Giorgio Ausiello , Lorenzo Balzotti , Paolo G. Franciosa , Isabella Lari , Andrea Ribichini

We consider a min-max problem for strictly concave conservation laws on a 1-1 network, with inflow controls acting at the junction. We investigate the minimization problem for a functional measuring the total variation of the flow of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Fabio Ancona , Annalisa Cesaroni , Giuseppe Maria Coclite , Mauro Garavello

Graphs are fundamental objects that find widespread applications across computer science and beyond. Graph Theory has yielded deep insights about structural properties of various families of graphs, which are leveraged in the design and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Rachit Nimavat

The Maximum Flow (Max-Flow) problem is a cornerstone in graph theory and combinatorial optimization, aiming to determine the largest possible flow from a designated source node to a sink node within a capacitated flow network. It has…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Shruthi Kannappan , Ashwina Kumar , Rupesh Nasre

In this paper we consider random access wireless multi-hop mesh networks with multi-packet reception capabilities where multiple flows are forwarded to the gateways through node disjoint paths. We address the issue of aggregate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Manolis Ploumidis , Nikolaos Pappas , Apostolos Traganitis

We show a deterministic constant-time local algorithm for constructing an approximately maximum flow and minimum fractional cut in multisource-multitarget networks with bounded degrees and bounded edge capacities. Locality means that the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Endre Csóka , András Pongrácz

The classical optimal power flow problem optimizes the power flow in a power network considering the associated flow and operating constraints. In this paper, we investigate optimal power flow in the context of utility-maximizing demand…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-22 Majid Khonji , Chi-Kin Chau , Khaled Elbassioni

In this paper we consider a novel partitioned framework for distributed optimization in peer-to-peer networks. In several important applications the agents of a network have to solve an optimization problem with two key features: (i) the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Ivano Notarnicola , Ruggero Carli , Giuseppe Notarstefano

Cascade processes are responsible for many important phenomena in natural and social sciences. Simple models of irreversible dynamics on graphs, in which nodes activate depending on the state of their neighbors, have been successfully…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-09-16 Fabrizio Altarelli , Alfredo Braunstein , Luca Dall'Asta , Riccardo Zecchina

The GC problem is to identify a pre-determined number of center vertices such that the distances or costs from (or to) the centers to (or from) other vertices is minimized. The bottleneck of a path is the minimum capacity of edges on the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-17 Tong-Wook Shinn , Tadao Takaoka

In this paper we present an algorithmic framework for solving a class of combinatorial optimization problems on graphs with bounded pathwidth. The problems are NP-hard in general, but solvable in linear time on this type of graphs. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-18 Mugurel Ionut Andreica

This paper studies a combined space partitioning and network flow optimization problem, with applications to large-scale power, transportation, or communication systems. In dense wireless networks, one may want to simultaneously optimize…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Théo Laurentin , Patrick Coirault , Emmanuel Moulay , Antoine Lesage-Landry , Jerome Le Ny

We consider decentralized time-varying stochastic optimization problems where each of the functions held by the nodes has a finite sum structure. Such problems can be efficiently solved using variance reduction techniques. Our aim is to…

This paper studies a variant of the minimum-cost flow problem in a graph with convex cost function where the demands at the vertices are functions depending on a one-dimensional parameter $\lambda$. We devise two algorithmic approaches for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-25 Per Joachims , Max Klimm , Philipp Warode

We consider the problem of minimizing the sum of cost functions pertaining to agents over a network whose topology is captured by a directed graph (i.e., asymmetric communication). We cast the problem into the ADMM setting, via a consensus…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-04 Dingran Yi , Nikolaos M. Freris

The network reconfiguration problem seeks to find a rooted tree $T$ such that the energy of the (unique) feasible electrical flow over $T$ is minimized. The tree requirement on the support of the flow is motivated by operational constraints…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Swati Gupta , Ali Khodabakhsh , Hassan Mortagy , Evdokia Nikolova

In light of the need for design and analysis of intermodal transportation systems, we propose an algorithmic framework to determine the system optimum of an intermodal transportation system. To this end, we model an intermodal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Benedikt Lienkamp , Maximilian Schiffer

Consider a simple finite graph and its nodes to represent identical water barrels (containing different amounts of water) on a level plane. Each edge corresponds to a (locked, water-filled) pipe connecting two barrels below the plane. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-29 Timo Vilkas

Due to the importance of robustness in many real-world optimization problems, the field of robust optimization has gained a lot of attention over the past decade. We concentrate on maximum flow problems and introduce a novel robust…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-01-15 Jannik Matuschke , S. Thomas McCormick , Gianpaolo Oriolo , Britta Peis , Martin Skutella

The aim of this paper is a short survey of models and methods that developed by the authors. These models and methods are used to optimize general networks with nonlinear non-convex restrictions and objectives possessing mixed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Emmanuel M. Livshits , Leonid A. Ostromuhov