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In this paper we study two natural models of \textit{random temporal} graphs. In the first, the \textit{continuous} model, each edge $e$ is assigned $l_e$ labels, each drawn uniformly at random from $(0,1]$, where the numbers $l_e$ are…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Henry Austin , George B. Mertzios , Paul G. Spirakis

We give algorithms with running time $2^{O({\sqrt{k}\log{k}})} \cdot n^{O(1)}$ for the following problems. Given an $n$-vertex unit disk graph $G$ and an integer $k$, decide whether $G$ contains (1) a path on exactly/at least $k$ vertices,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-25 Fedor V. Fomin , Daniel Lokshtanov , Fahad Panolan , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

In this paper we consider the following modification of the iterative search problem. We are given a tree $T$, so that a dynamic catalog $C(v)$ is associated with every tree node $v$. For any $x$ and for any node-to-root path $\pi$ in $T$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-07-21 Yakov Nekrich

Node connectivity plays a central role in temporal network analysis. We provide a comprehensive study of various concepts of walks in temporal graphs, that is, graphs with fixed vertex sets but edge sets changing over time. Taking into…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Anne-Sophie Himmel , Matthias Bentert , André Nichterlein , Rolf Niedermeier

The betweenness centrality of a graph vertex measures how often this vertex is visited on shortest paths between other vertices of the graph. In the analysis of many real-world graphs or networks, betweenness centrality of a vertex is used…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Sebastian Buß , Hendrik Molter , Rolf Niedermeier , Maciej Rymar

A vertex in a graph dominates itself and each of its adjacent vertices. The \emph{$k$-tuple domination problem}, for a fixed positive integer $k$, is to find a minimum sized vertex subset in a given graph such that every vertex is dominated…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-22 María Patricia Dobson , Valeria Leoni , María Inés Lopez Pujato

Graph Exploration problems ask a searcher to explore an unknown environment. The environment is modeled as a graph, where the searcher needs to visit each vertex beginning at some vertex. Treasure Hunt problems are a variation of Graph…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Janosch Fuchs , Christoph Grüne , Tom Janßen

Temporal graphs are a popular modelling mechanism for dynamic complex systems that extend ordinary graphs with discrete time. Simply put, time progresses one unit per step and the availability of edges can change with time. We consider the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Pete Austin , Sougata Bose , Patrick Totzke

We initiate the theoretical study of Ext-TSP, a problem that originates in the area of profile-guided binary optimization. Given a graph $G=(V, E)$ with positive edge weights $w: E \rightarrow R^+$, and a non-increasing discount function…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Julián Mestre , Sergey Pupyrev , Seeun William Umboh

Network redesign problems ask for modifications to the edges of a given graph to satisfy certain properties. In temporal graphs, where edges are only active at certain times, we are sometimes only allowed to modify when the edges are going…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Paul Sievers , George Skretas , Georg Tennigkeit

Enumerating maximal $k$-biplexes (MBPs) of a bipartite graph has been used for applications such as fraud detection. Nevertheless, there usually exists an exponential number of MBPs, which brings up two issues when enumerating MBPs, namely…

Databases · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Kaiqiang Yu , Cheng Long

The trapping problem on graph (or network) as a typical focus of great interest has attracted more attention from various science fields, including applied mathematics and theoretical computer science, in the past. Here, we first study this…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-02-28 Fei Ma , Ping Wang

We introduce a temporal Steiner network problem in which a graph, as well as changes to its edges and/or vertices over a set of discrete times, are given as input; the goal is to find a minimal subgraph satisfying a set of $k$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-09-04 Alex Khodaverdian , Benjamin Weitz , Jimmy Wu , Nir Yosef

An Eulerian walk (or Eulerian trail) is a walk (resp. trail) that visits every edge of a graph $G$ at least (resp. exactly) once. This notion was first discussed by Leonhard Euler while solving the famous Seven Bridges of K\"{o}nigsberg…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Andrea Marino , Ana Silva

The ARRIVAL problem is to decide the fate of a train moving along the edges of a directed graph, according to a simple (deterministic) pseudorandom walk. The problem is in $NP \cap coNP$ but not known to be in $P$. The currently best…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Bernd Gärtner , Sebastian Haslebacher , Hung P. Hoang

Temporal graphs represent interactions between entities over time. These interactions may be direct, a contact between two vertices at some time instant, or indirect, through sequences of contacts called journeys. Deciding whether an entity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Luiz F. Afra Brito , Marcelo Keese Albertini , Bruno A. N. Travençolo

Temporal graphs are introduced to model systems where the relationships among the entities of the system evolve over time. In this paper, we consider the temporal graphs where the edge set changes with time and all the changes are known a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Rinku Kumar , Bodhisatwa Mazumdar , Subhrangsu Mandal

A searcher is tasked with exploring a graph with edge lengths and vertex weights, starting from a designated vertex. Initially, only the starting vertex is considered explored. At each step, the searcher adds an edge to the solution,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Svenja M. Griesbach , Felix Hommelsheim , Max Klimm , Kevin Schewior

We aim to find orientations of mixed graphs optimizing the total reachability, a problem that has applications in causality and biology. For given a digraph $D$, we use $P(D)$ for the set of ordered pairs of distinct vertices in $V(D)$ and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Florian Hörsch

Connectivity of temporal graphs has been widely studied both as graph theory and as gossip theory. In particular, it is well known that in order to connect every vertex to every other, a temporal graph needs to have at least $2n-4$ edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Thomas Bellitto , Jules Bouton Popper , Justine Cauvi , Bruno Escoffier , Raphaëlle Maistre-Matus