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We provide evidence that computing the maximum flow value between every pair of nodes in a directed graph on $n$ nodes, $m$ edges,and capacities in the range $[1..n]$, which we call the All-Pairs Max-Flow problem, cannot be solved in time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Robert Krauthgamer , Ohad Trabelsi

We provide a new algebraic technique to solve the sequential flow problem in polynomial space. The task is to maximise the flow through a graph where edge capacities can be changed over time by choosing a sequence of capacity labelings from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Hugo Gimbert , Corto Mascle , Patrick Totzke

This paper introduces a novel theoretical framework and a suite of highly efficient, parallelizable algorithms for solving the large-scale multicommodity flow (MCF) feasibility problem. We reframe the classical constraint-satisfaction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Pengfei Liu

We study dynamic network flows and introduce a notion of instantaneous dynamic equilibrium (IDE) requiring that for any positive inflow into an edge, this edge must lie on a currently shortest path towards the respective sink. We measure…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Lukas Graf , Tobias Harks , Leon Sering

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

We investigate the complexity and approximability of the budget-constrained minimum cost flow problem, which is an extension of the traditional minimum cost flow problem by a second kind of costs associated with each edge, whose total value…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-07-11 Michael Holzhauser , Sven O. Krumke , Clemens Thielen

Small depth networks arise in a variety of network related applications, often in the form of maximum flow and maximum weighted matching. Recent works have generalized such methods to include costs arising from concave functions. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-26 Tung Mai , Richard Peng , Anup B. Rao , Vijay V. Vazirani

The Quickest Transshipment Problem is to route flow as quickly as possible from sources with supplies to sinks with demands in a network with capacities and transit times on the arcs. It is of fundamental importance for numerous…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-16 Miriam Schlöter , Martin Skutella , Khai Van Tran

In the weighted flow-time problem on a single machine, we are given a set of n jobs, where each job has a processing requirement p_j, release date r_j and weight w_j. The goal is to find a preemptive schedule which minimizes the sum of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-21 Jatin Batra , Naveen Garg , Amit Kumar

This paper considers the k-sink location problem in dynamic path networks. In our model, a dynamic path network consists of an undirected path with positive edge lengths, uniform edge capacity, and positive vertex supplies. Here, each…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-23 Yuya Higashikawa , Mordecai J. Golin , Naoki Katoh

Computing routing schemes that support both high throughput and low latency is one of the core challenges of network optimization. Such routes can be formalized as $h$-length flows which are defined as flows whose flow paths are restricted…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Bernhard Haeupler , D Ellis Hershkowitz , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We present faster algorithms for approximate maximum flow in undirected graphs with good separator structures, such as bounded genus, minor free, and geometric graphs. Given such a graph with $n$ vertices, $m$ edges along with a recursive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-10-19 Gary Miller , Richard Peng

In the decremental single-source shortest paths problem, the goal is to maintain distances from a fixed source $s$ to every vertex $v$ in an $m$-edge graph undergoing edge deletions. In this paper, we conclude a long line of research on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Aaron Bernstein , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We give an algorithm that computes exact maximum flows and minimum-cost flows on directed graphs with $m$ edges and polynomially bounded integral demands, costs, and capacities in $m^{1+o(1)}$ time. Our algorithm builds the flow through a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Li Chen , Rasmus Kyng , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Sushant Sachdeva

A semi-streaming algorithm in dynamic graph streams processes any $n$-vertex graph by making one or multiple passes over a stream of insertions and deletions to edges of the graph and using $O(n \cdot \mbox{polylog}(n))$ space.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Sepehr Assadi , Soheil Behnezhad , Christian Konrad , Kheeran K. Naidu , Janani Sundaresan

In this paper, we consider the problem of approximating the densest subgraph in the dynamic graph stream model. In this model of computation, the input graph is defined by an arbitrary sequence of edge insertions and deletions and the goal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Andrew McGregor , David Tench , Sofya Vorotnikova , Hoa T. Vu

We study the maximum flow problem in directed H-minor-free graphs where H can be drawn in the plane with one crossing. If a structural decomposition of the graph as a clique-sum of planar graphs and graphs of constant complexity is given,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-16 Erin Chambers , David Eppstein

This paper collects the efforts done in our previous works [P. Degond, S. Jin, L. Mieussens, A Smooth Transition Between Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Equations, J. Comp. Phys., 209 (2005) 665--694.],[P.Degond, G. Dimarco, L. Mieussens, A Moving…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-04-08 Pierre Degond , Giacomo Dimarco , Luc Mieussens

This paper addresses the scheduling problem of coflows in identical parallel networks, which is a well-known $NP$-hard problem. Coflow is a relatively new network abstraction used to characterize communication patterns in data centers. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Chi-Yeh Chen

We study the problem of finding flows in undirected graphs so as to minimize the weighted $p$-norm of the flow for any $p > 1$. When $p=2$, the problem is that of finding an electrical flow, and its dual is equivalent to solving a Laplacian…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-06 Monika Henzinger , Billy Jin , Richard Peng , David P. Williamson