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We consider an important generalization of the Steiner tree problem, the \emph{Steiner forest problem}, in the Euclidean plane: the input is a multiset $X \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$, partitioned into $k$ color classes $C_1, C_2, \ldots, C_k…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Artur Czumaj , Shaofeng H. -C. Jiang , Robert Krauthgamer , Pavel Veselý

Graph neural networks have been successful in many learning problems and real-world applications. A recent line of research explores the power of graph neural networks to solve combinatorial and graph algorithmic problems such as subgraph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-20 Reyan Ahmed , Md Asadullah Turja , Faryad Darabi Sahneh , Mithun Ghosh , Keaton Hamm , Stephen Kobourov

In the classical Steiner tree problem, given an undirected, connected graph $G=(V,E)$ with non-negative edge costs and a set of \emph{terminals} $T\subseteq V$, the objective is to find a minimum-cost tree $E' \subseteq E$ that spans the…

We show that a simple local search gives a PTAS for the Feedback Vertex Set (FVS) problem in minor-free graphs. An efficient PTAS in minor-free graphs was known for this problem by Fomin, Lokshtanov, Raman and Sauraubh. However, their…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Hung Le , Baigong Zheng

Kimelfeld and Sagiv [Kimelfeld and Sagiv, PODS 2006], [Kimelfeld and Sagiv, Inf. Syst. 2008] pointed out the problem of enumerating $K$-fragments is of great importance in a keyword search on data graphs. In a graph-theoretic term, the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-13 Yasuaki Kobayashi , Kazuhiro Kurita , Kunihiro Wasa

In this article, we study the Euclidean minimum spanning tree problem in an imprecise setup. The problem is known as the \emph{Minimum Spanning Tree Problem with Neighborhoods} in the literature. We study the problem where the neighborhoods…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Sanjana Dey , Ramesh K. Jallu , Subhas C. Nandy

We consider the following generalization of binary search in sorted arrays to tree domains. In each step of the search, an algorithm is querying a vertex $q$, and as a reply, it receives an answer, which either states that $q$ is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Dariusz Dereniowski , Izajasz Wrosz

We introduce a temporal Steiner network problem in which a graph, as well as changes to its edges and/or vertices over a set of discrete times, are given as input; the goal is to find a minimal subgraph satisfying a set of $k$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-09-04 Alex Khodaverdian , Benjamin Weitz , Jimmy Wu , Nir Yosef

In the Steiner Tree problem we are given an edge weighted undirected graph $G = (V,E)$ and a set of terminals $R \subseteq V$. The task is to find a connected subgraph of $G$ containing $R$ and minimizing the sum of weights of its edges. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Radek Hušek , Dušan Knop , Tomáš Masařík

We give a dynamic programming solution to find the minimum cost of a diameter constrained Steiner tree in case of directed graphs. Then we show a simple reduction from undirected version to the directed version to realize an algorithm of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Prashanth Amireddy , Chetan Sai Digumarthi

Constrained forest problems form a class of graph problems where specific connectivity requirements for certain cuts within the graph must be satisfied by selecting the minimum-cost set of edges. The prize-collecting version of these…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Ali Ahmadi , Iman Gholami , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Peyman Jabbarzade , Mohammad Mahdavi

We study the local evolution of Prim's algorithm on large finite weighted graphs. When performed for $n$ steps, where $n$ is the size of the graph, Prim's algorithm will construct the minimal spanning tree (MST). We assume that our graphs…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Benoît Corsini , Rowel Gündlach , Remco van der Hofstad

Processing graphs with temporal information (the temporal graphs) has become increasingly important in the real world. In this paper, we study efficient solutions to temporal graph applications using new algorithms for Incremental Minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Xiangyun Ding , Yan Gu , Yihan Sun

Uniform cost-distance Steiner trees minimize the sum of the total length and weighted path lengths from a dedicated root to the other terminals. They are applied when the tree is intended for signal transmission, e.g. in chip design or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Josefine Foos , Stephan Held , Yannik Kyle Dustin Spitzley

In this paper we study the Steiner tree problem over a dynamic set of terminals. We consider the model where we are given an $n$-vertex graph $G=(V,E,w)$ with positive real edge weights, and our goal is to maintain a tree which is a good…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-27 Jakub Łącki , Jakub Oćwieja , Marcin Pilipczuk , Piotr Sankowski , Anna Zych

This paper summarizes the work on implementing few solutions for the Steiner Tree problem which we undertook in the PAAL project. The main focus of the project is the development of generic implementations of approximation algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-10-29 Krzysztof Ciebiera , Piotr Godlewski , Piotr Sankowski , Piotr Wygocki

Given a metric space on n points, an {\alpha}-approximate universal algorithm for the Steiner tree problem outputs a distribution over rooted spanning trees such that for any subset X of vertices containing the root, the expected cost of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-11-18 Anand Bhalgat , Deeparnab Chakrabarty , Sanjeev Khanna

The Steiner Forest problem is among the fundamental network design problems. Finding tight linear programming bounds for the problem is the key for both fast Branch-and-Bound algorithms and good primal-dual approximations. On the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-09-06 Daniel Schmidt , Bernd Zey , François Margot

Dynamic programming on tree decompositions is a frequently used approach to solve otherwise intractable problems on instances of small treewidth. In recent work by Bodlaender et al., it was shown that for many connectivity problems, there…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-06-03 Stefan Fafianie , Hans L. Bodlaender , Jesper Nederlof

We consider the $k$-prize-collecting Steiner tree problem. An instance is composed of an integer $k$ and a graph $G$ with costs on edges and penalties on vertices. The objective is to find a tree spanning at least $k$ vertices which…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Lehilton Lelis Chaves Pedrosa , Hugo Kooki Kasuya Rosado