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The landscape of the distributed time complexity is nowadays well-understood for subpolynomial complexities. When we look at deterministic algorithms in the LOCAL model and locally checkable problems (LCLs) in bounded-degree graphs, the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela

We consider locally checkable labeling LCL problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing. Since 2016, there has been a substantial body of work examining the possible complexities of LCL problems. For example, it has been established…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Yi-Jun Chang

Recent research revealed the existence of gaps in the complexity landscape of locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing. For example, the deterministic round complexity of any LCL problem on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Yi-Jun Chang

The celebrated Time Hierarchy Theorem for Turing machines states, informally, that more problems can be solved given more time. The extent to which a time hierarchy-type theorem holds in the distributed LOCAL model has been open for many…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-24 Yi-Jun Chang , Seth Pettie

Consider any locally checkable labeling problem $\Pi$ in rooted regular trees: there is a finite set of labels $\Sigma$, and for each label $x \in \Sigma$ we specify what are permitted label combinations of the children for an internal node…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Yi-Jun Chang , Dennis Olivetti , Jan Studený , Jukka Suomela , Aleksandr Tereshchenko

One of the central models in distributed computing is Linial's LOCAL model [SIAM J. Comp. 1992]. Over time, researchers have studied distributed graph problems in the LOCAL model under slightly different assumptions, such as whether nodes…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Timothé Picavet , Gustav Schmid

Locally Checkable Labeling (LCL) problems include essentially all the classic problems of $\mathsf{LOCAL}$ distributed algorithms. In a recent enlightening revelation, Chang and Pettie [arXiv 1704.06297] showed that any LCL (on bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-17 Manuela Fischer , Mohsen Ghaffari

Over the past decade, a long line of research has investigated the distributed complexity landscape of locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems on bounded-degree graphs, culminating in an almost-complete classification on general graphs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Gustav Schmid

By prior work, we have many results related to distributed graph algorithms for problems that can be defined with local constraints; the formal framework used in prior work is locally checkable labeling problems (LCLs), introduced by Naor…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Alkida Balliu , Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn , Augusto Modanese , Dennis Olivetti , Mikaël Rabie , Jukka Suomela , Jara Uitto

The locality of a graph problem is the smallest distance $T$ such that each node can choose its own part of the solution based on its radius-$T$ neighborhood. In many settings, a graph problem can be solved efficiently with a distributed or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Yi-Jun Chang , Jan Studený , Jukka Suomela

Consider a computer network that consists of a path with $n$ nodes. The nodes are labeled with inputs from a constant-sized set, and the task is to find output labels from a constant-sized set subject to some local constraints---more…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Yi-Jun Chang , Dennis Olivetti , Mikaël Rabie , Jukka Suomela

In this work, we present a fast distributed algorithm for local potential problems: these are graph problems where the task is to find a locally optimal solution where no node can unilaterally improve the utility in its local neighborhood…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Alkida Balliu , Thomas Boudier , Francesco d'Amore , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Gustav Schmid , Jukka Suomela

In this work, we give a unifying view of locality in four settings: distributed algorithms, sequential greedy algorithms, dynamic algorithms, and online algorithms. We introduce a new model of computing, called the online-LOCAL model: the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Amirreza Akbari , Navid Eslami , Henrik Lievonen , Darya Melnyk , Joona Särkijärvi , Jukka Suomela

In this work we study local computation with advice: the goal is to solve a graph problem $\Pi$ with a distributed algorithm in $T(\Delta)$ communication rounds, for some function $T$ that only depends on the maximum degree $\Delta$ of the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Krzysztof Nowicki , Dennis Olivetti , Eva Rotenberg , Jukka Suomela

We present a complete classification of the distributed computational complexity of local optimization problems in directed cycles for both the deterministic and the randomized LOCAL model. We show that for any local optimization problem…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Thomas Boudier , Fabian Kuhn , Augusto Modanese , Ronja Stimpert , Jukka Suomela

LCLs or locally checkable labelling problems (e.g. maximal independent set, maximal matching, and vertex colouring) in the LOCAL model of computation are very well-understood in cycles (toroidal 1-dimensional grids): every problem has a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Sebastian Brandt , Juho Hirvonen , Janne H. Korhonen , Tuomo Lempiäinen , Patric R. J. Östergård , Christopher Purcell , Joel Rybicki , Jukka Suomela , Przemysław Uznański

The study of Locally Checkable Labelings (LCLs) has led to a remarkably precise characterization of the distributed time complexities that can occur on bounded-degree trees. A central feature of this complexity landscape is the existence of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Gustav Schmid

Locally checkable labeling problems (LCLs) form the foundation of the modern theory of distributed graph algorithms. First introduced in the seminal paper by Naor and Stockmeyer [STOC 1993], these are graph problems that can be described by…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Antonio Cruciani , Avinandan Das , Alesya Raevskaya , Jukka Suomela

Understanding the role of randomness when solving locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems in the LOCAL model has been one of the top priorities in the research on distributed graph algorithms in recent years. For LCL problems in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Zahra Parsaeian

We connect three distinct lines of research that have recently explored extensions of the classical LOCAL model of distributed computing: A. distributed quantum computing and non-signaling distributions [e.g. STOC 2024], B.…

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