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For given a pair of nodes in a graph, the minimum non-separating path problem looks for a minimum weight path between the two nodes such that the remaining graph after removing the path is still connected. The balanced connected bipartition…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-02-11 Bang Ye Wu

Grid mapping is a fundamental approach to modeling the environment of intelligent vehicles or robots. Compared with object-based environment modeling, grid maps offer the distinct advantage of representing the environment without requiring…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Robin Dehler , Dominik Authaler , Aryan Thakur , Thomas Wodtko , Michael Buchholz

Let $G$ be a connected graph. The eccentricity of a path $P$, denoted by ecc$_G(P)$, is the maximum distance from $P$ to any vertex in $G$. In the \textsc{Central path} (CP) problem our aim is to find a path of minimum eccentricity. This…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Renzo Gómez , Juan Gutiérrez

The quadratic shortest path problem (QSPP) is \textcolor{black}{the problem of finding a path with prespecified start vertex $s$ and end vertex $t$ in a digraph} such that the sum of weights of arcs and the sum of interaction costs over all…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-16 Hao Hu , Renata Sotirov

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

We take some parts of a theoretical mobility model in a two-dimension grid proposed by Greenlaw and Kantabutra to be our model. The model has eight necessary factors that we commonly use in a mobile wireless network: sources or wireless…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-09-16 Pattama Longani

We study the knapsack problem with graph theoretic constraints. That is, we assume that there exists a graph structure on the set of items of knapsack and the solution also needs to satisfy certain graph theoretic properties on top of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Palash Dey , Sudeshna Kolay , Sipra Singh

introduce {\sc Planar Disjoint Paths Completion}, a completion counterpart of the Disjoint Paths problem, and study its parameterized complexity. The problem can be stated as follows: given a, not necessarily connected, plane graph $G,$ $k$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-11-18 Isolde Adler , Stavros G. Kolliopoulos , Dimitrios M. Thilikos

Routing and scheduling problems are fundamental problems in combinatorial optimization, and also have many applications. Most variations of these problems are NP-Hard, so we need to use heuristics to solve these problems on large instances,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-20 Arindam Pal

Finding paths in graphs is a fundamental graph-theoretic task. In this work, we we are concerned with finding a path with some constraints on its length and the number of vertices neighboring the path, that is, being outside of and incident…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Max-Jonathan Luckow , Till Fluschnik

Using the growing volumes of vehicle trajectory data, it becomes increasingly possible to capture time-varying and uncertain travel costs in a road network, including travel time and fuel consumption. The current paradigm represents a road…

Databases · Computer Science 2015-12-07 Jian Dai , Bin Yang , Chenjuan Guo , Christian S. Jensen

The Covering Salesman Problem (CSP) is a generalization of the Traveling Salesman Problem in which the tour is not required to visit all vertices, as long as all vertices are covered by the tour. The objective of CSP is to find a minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-05 Lucas Porto Maziero , Fábio Luiz Usberti , Celso Cavellucci

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

In real life, it is always an urge to reach our goal in minimum effort i.e., it should have a minimum constrained path. The path may be shortest route in practical life, either physical or electronic medium. The scenario is to represents…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-01-14 Sounak Sadhukhan , Samar Sen Sarma

This paper studies the underlying combinatorial structure of a class of object rearrangement problems, which appear frequently in applications. The problems involve multiple, similar-geometry objects placed on a flat, horizontal surface,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-11-21 Shuai D Han , Nicholas M Stiffler , Athanasios Krontiris , Kostas E Bekris , Jingjin Yu

A covering path for a finite set $P$ of points in the plane is a polygonal path such that every point of $P$ lies on a segment of the path. The vertices of the path need not be at points of $P$. A covering path is plane if its segments do…

In the highway problem, we are given an n-edge line graph (the highway), and a set of paths (the drivers), each one with its own budget. For a given assignment of edge weights (the tolls), the highway owner collects from each driver the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-04-20 Fabrizio Grandoni , Thomas Rothvoss

An obstacle representation of a plane graph G is V(G) together with a set of opaque polygonal obstacles such that G is the visibility graph on V(G) determined by the obstacles. We investigate the problem of computing an obstacle…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-08-15 Matthew P. Johnson , Deniz Sarioz

The Hamiltonian Path Problem is formulated as a continuous minimization problem on conductances assigned to an Ohmic network associated with the given graph. The objective function is a sum of two penalty terms that collectively enforce a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 A. Sadovsky

We consider a constrained version of the shortest path problem on the complete graphs whose edges have independent random lengths and costs. We establish the asymptotic value of the minimum length as a function of the cost-budget within a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Alan Frieze , Tomasz Tkocz