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We study approximate distributed solutions to the weighted {\it all-pairs-shortest-paths} (APSP) problem in the CONGEST model. We obtain the following results. $1.$ A deterministic $(1+o(1))$-approximation to APSP in $\tilde{O}(n)$ rounds.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Christoph Lenzen , Boaz Patt-Shamir

We combine several recent advancements to solve $(1+\varepsilon)$-transshipment and $(1+\varepsilon)$-maximum flow with a parallel algorithm with $\tilde{O}(1/\varepsilon)$ depth and $\tilde{O}(m/\varepsilon)$ work. We achieve this by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Christoph Grunau , Rasmus Kyng , Goran Zuzic

The $\hybrid$ model was recently introduced by Augustine et al. \cite{DBLP:conf/soda/AugustineHKSS20} in order to characterize from an algorithmic standpoint the capabilities of networks which combine multiple communication modes.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Ioannis Anagnostides , Themis Gouleakis

For a graph G=(V,E), finding a set of disjoint edges that do not share any vertices is called a matching problem, and finding the maximum matching is a fundamental problem in the theory of distributed graph algorithms. Although local…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-14 Naoki Kitamura , Taisuke Izumi

Computing shortest paths is one of the central problems in the theory of distributed computing. For the last few years, substantial progress has been made on the approximate single source shortest paths problem, culminating in an algorithm…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-04-13 Mohsen Ghaffari , Jason Li

We present a universally-optimal distributed algorithm for the exact weighted min-cut. The algorithm is guaranteed to complete in $\widetilde{O}(D + \sqrt{n})$ rounds on every graph, recovering the recent result of Dory, Efron,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Mohsen Ghaffari , Goran Zuzic

Distributed graph signal processing algorithms require the network nodes to communicate by exchanging messages in order to achieve a common objective. These messages have a finite precision in realistic networks, which may necessitate to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-30 Isabela Cunha Maia Nobre , Pascal Frossard

A $t$-ruling set of a graph $G = (V, E)$ is a vertex-subset $S \subseteq V$ that is independent and satisfies the property that every vertex $v \in V$ is at a distance of at most $t$ from some vertex in $S$. A \textit{maximal independent…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-07-16 Kishore Kothapalli , Sriram Pemmaraju

Finding a maximum cut is a fundamental task in many computational settings. Surprisingly, it has been insufficiently studied in the classic distributed settings, where vertices communicate by synchronously sending messages to their…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-27 Keren Censor-Hillel , Rina Levy , Hadas Shachnai

We present new distributed algorithms for constructing a Steiner Forest in the CONGEST model. Our deterministic algorithm finds, for any given constant $\epsilon>0$, a $(2+\epsilon)$-approximation in $\tilde{O}(sk+\sqrt{\min(st,n)})$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-09 Christoph Lenzen , Boaz Patt-Shamir

This work concerns the analysis and design of distributed first-order optimization algorithms over time-varying graphs. The goal of such algorithms is to optimize a global function that is the average of local functions using only local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-17 Akhil Sundararajan , Bryan Van Scoy , Laurent Lessard

Consider $n$ agents connected over a network collaborating to minimize the average of their local cost functions combined with a common nonsmooth function. This paper introduces a unified algorithmic framework for solving such a problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Kun Huang , Shi Pu , Angelia Nedić

We study the classic Euclidean Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) problem in the Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) model. Given a set $X \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ of $n$ points, the goal is to produce a spanning tree for $X$ with weight within a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Rajesh Jayaram , Vahab Mirrokni , Shyam Narayanan , Peilin Zhong

In the load balancing problem, the input is an $n$-vertex bipartite graph $G = (C \cup S, E)$ and a positive weight for each client $c \in C$. The algorithm must assign each client $c \in C$ to an adjacent server $s \in S$. The load of a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Sepehr Assadi , Aaron Bernstein , Zachary Langley

Graph problems are troublesome when it comes to MapReduce. Typically, to be able to design algorithms that make use of the advantages of MapReduce, assumptions beyond what the model imposes, such as the density of the input graph, are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Soheil Behnezhad , Mahsa Derakhshan , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi

We study fundamental graph problems such as graph connectivity, minimum spanning forest (MSF), and approximate maximum (weight) matching in a distributed setting. In particular, we focus on the Adaptive Massively Parallel Computation (AMPC)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-25 Soheil Behnezhad , Laxman Dhulipala , Hossein Esfandiari , Jakub Łącki , Vahab Mirrokni , Warren Schudy

We show how to construct an overlay network of constant degree and diameter $O(\log n)$ in time $O(\log n)$ starting from an arbitrary weakly connected graph. We assume a synchronous communication network in which nodes can send messages to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-07-28 Thorsten Götte , Kristian Hinnenthal , Christian Scheideler , Julian Werthmann

In this paper we give fast distributed graph algorithms for detecting and listing small subgraphs, and for computing or approximating the girth. Our algorithms improve upon the state of the art by polynomial factors, and for girth, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Keren Censor-Hillel , Orr Fischer , Tzlil Gonen , François Le Gall , Dean Leitersdorf , Rotem Oshman

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

Identifying the connected components of a graph, apart from being a fundamental problem with countless applications, is a key primitive for many other algorithms. In this paper, we consider this problem in parallel settings. Particularly,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-13 Soheil Behnezhad , Laxman Dhulipala , Hossein Esfandiari , Jakub Łącki , Vahab Mirrokni