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The traditional complex network approach considers only the shortest paths from one node to another, not taking into account several other possible paths. This limitation is significant, for example, in urban mobility studies. In this short…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Leonardo B. L. Santos , Luiz Max Carvalho , Giovanni G. Soares , Leonardo N. Ferreira , Igor M. Sokolov

In the Disjoint Shortest Paths problem one is given a graph $G$ and a set $\mathcal{T}=\{(s_1,t_1),\dots,(s_k,t_k)\}$ of $k$ vertex pairs. The question is whether there exist vertex-disjoint paths $P_1,\dots,P_k$ in $G$ so that each $P_i$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Michał Pilipczuk , Giannos Stamoulis , Michał Włodarczyk

We introduce injective semantics for Conjunctive Regular Path Queries (CRPQs), and study their fundamental properties. We identify two such semantics: atom-injective and query-injective semantics, both defined in terms of injective…

Databases · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Diego Figueira , Miguel Romero

We study the Short Path Packing problem which asks, given a graph $G$, integers $k$ and $\ell$, and vertices $s$ and $t$, whether there exist $k$ pairwise internally vertex-disjoint $s$-$t$ paths of length at most $\ell$. The problem has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Michael Kiran Huber

We initiate the study of a fundamental combinatorial problem: Given a capacitated graph $G=(V,E)$, find a shortest walk ("route") from a source $s\in V$ to a destination $t\in V$ that includes all vertices specified by a set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Saeed Akhoondian Amiri , Klaus-Tycho Foerster , Stefan Schmid

Graph databases are gaining momentum thanks to the flexibility and expressiveness of their data models and query languages. A standardization activity driven by the ISO/IEC standardization body is also ongoing and has already conducted to…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Renzo Angles , Angela Bonifati , Roberto García , Domagoj Vrgoč

This paper presents a formalism for defining properties of paths in graph databases, which can be used to restrict the number of solutions to navigational queries. In particular, our formalism allows us to define quantitative properties…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Fernando Orejas , Elvira Pino , Renzo Angles , Edelmira Pasarella , Nikos Milonakis

The disjoint paths problem is a fundamental problem in algorithmic graph theory and combinatorial optimization. For a given graph $G$ and a set of $k$ pairs of terminals in $G$, it asks for the existence of $k$ vertex-disjoint paths…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-23 William Lochet

Enumerating chemical graphs satisfying given constraints is a fundamental problem in mathematical and computational chemistry, and plays an essential part in a recently proposed framework for the inverse QSAR/QSPR. In this paper,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Kyousuke Yamashita , Ryuji Masui , Xiang Zhou , Chenxi Wang , Aleksandar Shurbevski , Hiroshi Nagamochi , Tatsuya Akutsu

We study the design of fixed-parameter algorithms for problems already known to be solvable in polynomial time. The main motivation is to get more efficient algorithms for problems with unattractive polynomial running times. Here, we focus…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-01-06 Archontia C. Giannopoulou , George B. Mertzios , Rolf Niedermeier

Path graphs are intersection graphs of paths in a tree.~In this paper we give a "6\ good characterization" of path graphs, namely, we prove that path graph membership is in $NP\cap CoNP$ without resorting to existing polynomial time…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Nicola Apollonio , Lorenzo Balzotti

Paths $P_1,\ldots, P_k$ in a graph $G=(V,E)$ are mutually induced if any two distinct $P_i$ and $P_j$ have neither common vertices nor adjacent vertices. The Induced Disjoint Paths problem is to decide if a graph $G$ with $k$ pairs of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-19 Barnaby Martin , Daniël Paulusma , Siani Smith , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

RNA-Seq technology offers new high-throughput ways for transcript identification and quantification based on short reads, and has recently attracted great interest. The problem is usually modeled by a weighted splicing graph whose nodes…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2013-08-02 Alexandru I. Tomescu , Anna Kuosmanen , Romeo Rizzi , Veli Mäkinen

Graph databases in many applications---semantic web, transport or biological networks among others---are not only large, but also frequently modified. Evaluating graph queries in this dynamic context is a challenging task, as those queries…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-12-18 Pablo Muñoz , Nils Vortmeier , Thomas Zeume

Reachability questions are one of the most fundamental algorithmic primitives in temporal graphs -- graphs whose edge set changes over discrete time steps. A core problem here is the NP-hard Short Restless Temporal Path: given a temporal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Philipp Zschoche

We introduce the class CXRPQ of conjunctive xregex path queries, which are obtained from conjunctive regular path queries (CRPQs) by adding string variables (also called backreferences) as found in practical implementations of regular…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-20 Markus L. Schmid

Paths $P^1,\ldots,P^k$ in a graph $G=(V,E)$ are mutually induced if any two distinct $P^i$ and $P^j$ have neither common vertices nor adjacent vertices. For a fixed integer $k$, the $k$-Induced Disjoint Paths problem is to decide if a graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-15 Barnaby Martin , Daniël Paulusma , Siani Smith , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

In the Disjoint Paths problem, the input is an undirected graph $G$ on $n$ vertices and a set of $k$ vertex pairs, $\{s_i,t_i\}_{i=1}^k$, and the task is to find $k$ pairwise vertex-disjoint paths connecting $s_i$ to $t_i$. The problem was…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Daniel Lokshtanov , Pranabendu Misra , Michal Pilipczuk , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

Parametric path problems arise independently in diverse domains, ranging from transportation to finance, where they are studied under various assumptions. We formulate a general path problem with relaxed assumptions, and describe how this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Prerona Chatterjee , Kshitij Gajjar , Jaikumar Radhakrishnan , Girish Varma

In this paper, we provide a novel enumeration algorithm for the set of all walks of a given length within a directed graph. Our algorithm has worst-case constant delay between outputting succinct representations of such walks, after a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Duncan Adamson , Pawel Gawrychowski , Florin Manea