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Most networks are not static objects, but instead they change over time. This observation has sparked rigorous research on temporal graphs within the last years. In temporal graphs, we have a fixed set of nodes and the connections between…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Davide Bilò , Sarel Cohen , Tobias Friedrich , Hans Gawendowicz , Nicolas Klodt , Pascal Lenzner , George Skretas

Modern, inherently dynamic systems are usually characterized by a network structure, i.e. an underlying graph topology, which is subject to discrete changes over time. Given a static underlying graph $G$, a temporal graph can be represented…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Eleni C. Akrida , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis , Viktor Zamaraev

Given a population with dynamic pairwise connections, we ask if the entire population could be (indirectly) infected by a small group of $k$ initially infected individuals. We formalise this problem as the Temporal Reachability Dominating…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-06 David C. Kutner , Laura Larios-Jones

We introduce the \emph{temporal graphlet kernel} for classifying dissemination processes in labeled temporal graphs. Such dissemination processes can be spreading (fake) news, infectious diseases, or computer viruses in dynamic networks.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Lutz Oettershagen , Nils M. Kriege , Claude Jordan , Petra Mutzel

Many real world networks are considered temporal networks, in which the chronological ordering of the edges has importance to the meaning of the data. Performing temporal subgraph matching on such graphs requires the edges in the subgraphs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Patrick Mackey , Katherine Porterfield , Erin Fitzhenry , Sutanay Choudhury , George Chin

Graph colouring is a fundamental problem for networks, serving as a tool for avoiding conflicts via symmetry breaking, for example, avoiding multiple computer processes simultaneously updating the same resource. This paper considers a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Duncan Adamson , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis

Temporal graphs provide a useful model for many real-world networks. Unfortunately the majority of algorithmic problems we might consider on such graphs are intractable. There has been recent progress in defining structural parameters which…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Jessica Enright , Samuel D. Hand , Laura Larios-Jones , Kitty Meeks

A great variety of systems in nature, society and technology -- from the web of sexual contacts to the Internet, from the nervous system to power grids -- can be modeled as graphs of vertices coupled by edges. The network structure,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2012-10-10 Petter Holme , Jari Saramäki

Temporal networks, i.e., networks in which the interactions among a set of elementary units change over time, can be modelled in terms of time-varying graphs, which are time-ordered sequences of graphs over a set of nodes. In such graphs,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-06-04 Vincenzo Nicosia , John Tang , Cecilia Mascolo , Mirco Musolesi , Giovanni Russo , Vito Latora

Graphs are widely used for modeling various types of interactions, such as email communications and online discussions. Many of such real-world graphs are temporal, and specifically, they grow over time with new nodes and edges. Counting…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Deukryeol Yoon , Dongjin Lee , Minyoung Choe , Kijung Shin

We obtain upper bounds (in most cases, sharp) for the hitting times of random walks on finite undirected graphs expressed as functions of the graph's number of edges. In particular, we show that the maximum hitting time for a simple random…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-15 Dmitri Fomin

Measuring the topological overlap of two graphs becomes important when assessing the changes between temporally adjacent graphs in a time-evolving network. Current methods depend on the fraction of nodes that have persisting edges. This…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-03-06 Fiona Pigott , Mauricio Rene Herrera Marin

Recently we presented the first algorithm for maintaining the set of nodes reachable from a source node in a directed graph that is modified by edge deletions with $o(mn)$ total update time, where $m$ is the number of edges and $n$ is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-12-13 Monika Henzinger , Sebastian Krinninger , Danupon Nanongkai

Computing paths in graph structures is a fundamental operation in a wide range of applications, from transportation networks to data analysis. The beer path problem, which captures the option of visiting points of interest, such as gas…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Andrea D'Ascenzo , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Sotiris Kanellopoulos , Anna Mpanti , Aris Pagourtzis , Christos Pergaminelis

We address the problem of testing whether a given dynamic graph is temporally connected, {\it i.e} a temporal path (also called a {\em journey}) exists between all pairs of vertices. We consider a discrete version of the problem, where the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-08-06 Matthieu Barjon , Arnaud Casteigts , Serge Chaumette , Colette Johnen , Yessin M. Neggaz

Temporal graphs are a special class of graphs for which a temporal component is added to edges, that is, each edge possesses a set of times at which it is available and can be traversed. Many classical problems on graphs can be translated…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-10 Lapo Cioni , Riccardo Dondi , Andrea Marino , Jason Schoeters , Ana Silva

Many real-world networks, such as transportation or trade networks, are dynamic in the sense that the edge set may change over time, but these changes are known in advance. This behavior is captured by the temporal graphs model, which has…

We study the design of small cost temporally connected graphs, under various constraints. We mainly consider undirected graphs of $n$ vertices, where each edge has an associated set of discrete availability instances (labels). A journey…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-07-07 Eleni C. Akrida , Leszek Gasieniec , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis

Researchers, policy makers, and engineers need to make sense of data from spreading processes as diverse as rumor spreading in social networks, viral infections, and water contamination. Classical questions include predicting infection…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Ben Bals , Michelle Döring , Nicolas Klodt , George Skretas

This article proposes methods to model nonstationary temporal graph processes. This corresponds to modelling the observation of edge variables (relationships between objects) indicating interactions between pairs of nodes (or objects)…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-07-07 Maria Suveges , Sofia C. Olhede