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We introduce an algorithm that performs a one-directional mesh overset of a parallel forest of octrees with another distributed mesh of unrelated partition. The forest mesh consists of several adaptively refined octrees. Individual smooth…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Hannes Brandt , Carsten Burstedde

We describe a parallel version of our tree-code for the simulation of self-gravitating systems in Astrophysics. It is based on a dynamic and adaptive method for the domain decomposition, which exploits the hierarchical data arrangement used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Miocchi , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta

Treedepth is a central parameter to algorithmic graph theory. The current state-of-the-art in computing and approximating treedepth consists of a $2^{O(k^2)} n$-time exact algorithm and a polynomial-time $O(\text{OPT} \log^{3/2}…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-07-21 Édouard Bonnet , Daniel Neuen , Marek Sokołowski

Optimal power flow (OPF) is the central optimization problem in electric power grids. Although solved routinely in the course of power grid operations, it is known to be strongly NP-hard in general, and weakly NP-hard over tree networks. In…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-06-22 Krishnamurthy Dvijotham , Pascal Van Hentenryck , Michael Chertkov , Sidhant Misra , Marc Vuffray

This paper proposes an efficient algorithm for solving the Hartree--Fock equation combining a multilevel correction scheme with an adaptive refinement technique to improve computational efficiency. The algorithm integrates a multilevel…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Fei Xu

We consider the ``minimum degree spanning tree'' problem. As input, we receive an undirected, connected graph $G=(V, E)$ with $n$ nodes and $m$ edges, and our task is to find a spanning tree $T$ of $G$ that minimizes $\max_{u \in V}…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Sayan Bhattacharya , Ermiya Farokhnejad , Haoze Wang

Establishing the correspondences between newly acquired points and historically accumulated data (i.e., map) through nearest neighbors search is crucial in numerous robotic applications. However, static tree data structures are inadequate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Jun Zhu , Hongyi Li , Zhepeng Wang , Shengjie Wang , Tao Zhang

We introduce our new binary tree code for neighbour search and gravitational force calculations in an N-particle system. The tree is built in a "top-down" fashion by "recursive coordinate bisection" where on each tree level we split the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-24 Emanuel Gafton , Stephan Rosswog

Given a data set with many features observed in a large number of conditions, it is desirable to fuse and aggregate conditions which are similar to ease the interpretation and extract the main characteristics of the data. This paper…

Computation · Statistics 2015-05-29 Julien Chiquet , Pierre Gutierrez , Guillem Rigaill

HII regions powered by ionizing radiation from massive stars drive the dynamical evolution of the interstellar medium. Fast radiative transfer methods for incorporating photoionization effects are thus essential in astrophysical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-25 Cheryl S. C. Lau , Maya A. Petkova , Ian A. Bonnell

While obtaining optimal algorithms for the most important problems in the LOCAL model has been one of the central goals in the area of distributed algorithms since its infancy, tight complexity bounds are elusive for many problems even when…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Sebastian Brandt , Ananth Narayanan

In this work, we present an adaptive unfitted finite element scheme that combines the aggregated finite element method with parallel adaptive mesh refinement. We introduce a novel scalable distributed-memory implementation of the resulting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Santiago Badia , Alberto F. Martín , Eric Neiva , Francesc Verdugo

We present a code allowing to evolve three-dimensional self-gravitating collisionless systems with a large number of particles N >= 10^7. FLY (Fast Level-based N-bodY code) is a fully parallel code based on a tree algorithm. It adopts…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Becciani , V. Antonuccio-Delogu , F. Buonomo , C. Gheller

We introduce an adaptive tree search algorithm, that can find high-scoring outputs under translation models that make no assumptions about the form or structure of the search objective. This algorithm -- a deterministic variant of Monte…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-02-24 Wang Ling , Wojciech Stokowiec , Domenic Donato , Laurent Sartran , Lei Yu , Austin Matthews , Chris Dyer

Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) reduces computational costs in CFD by concentrating resolution where needed, but efficiently embedding complex, non-aligned geometries on GPUs remains challenging. We present a GPU-native algorithm for…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Khodr Jaber , Ebenezer E. Essel , Pierre E. Sullivan

Structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR), commonly implemented via quadtrees and octrees, underpins a wide range of applications including databases, computer graphics, physics simulations, and machine learning. However, octrees enforce…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Theresa Pollinger , Masado Ishii , Jens Domke

We have developed a gravity solver based on combining the well developed Particle-Mesh (PM) method and TREE methods. It is designed for and has been implemented on parallel computer architectures. The new code can deal with tens of millions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Guohong Xu

In this work, we extend the recently proposed adaptive phase field method to model fracture in orthotropic functionally graded materials (FGMs). A recovery type error indicator combined with quadtree decomposition is employed for adaptive…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-03-11 Hirshikesh , Emilio Martínez-Pañeda , Sundararajan Natarajan

We present a variant of the immersed boundary method integrated with octree meshes for highly efficient and accurate Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) of flows around complex geometries. We demonstrate the scalability of the proposed method up…

We present TREVR (Tree-based REVerse Ray Tracing), a general algorithm for computing the radiation field, including absorption, in astrophysical simulations. TREVR is designed to handle large numbers of sources and absorbers; it is based on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 J. J. Grond , R. M. Woods , J. W. Wadsley , H. M. P. Couchman