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We present an algorithm for distributed networks to efficiently find a small vertex cut in the CONGEST model. Given a positive integer $\kappa$, our algorithm can, with high probability, either find $\kappa$ vertices whose removal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-24 Yonggang Jiang , Sagnik Mukhopadhyay

We study ensemble-based graph-theoretical methods aiming to approximate the size of the minimum dominating set (MDS) in scale-free networks. We analyze both analytical upper bounds of dominating sets and numerical realizations for…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-09-23 F. Molnár , N. Derzsy , É. Czabarka , L. Székely , B. K. Szymanski , G. Korniss

Cascading failures represent a fundamental threat to the integrity of complex systems, often precipitating a comprehensive collapse across diverse infrastructures and financial networks. This research articulates a robust and pragmatic…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-06-28 Karan Singh , V. K. Chandrasekar , D. V. Senthilkumar

We study the problem of finding small trees. Classical network design problems are considered with the additional constraint that only a specified number $k$ of nodes are required to be connected in the solution. A prototypical example is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-09-25 R. Ravi , R. Sundaram , Madhav V. Marathe , S. S. Ravi , Daniel J. Rosenkrantz

\emph{$K$-best enumeration}, which asks to output $k$-best solutions without duplication, is a helpful tool in data analysis for many fields. In such fields, graphs typically represent data. Thus subgraph enumeration has been paid much…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Kazuhiro Kurita , Kunihiro Wasa

We present near-optimal algorithms for detecting small vertex cuts in the CONGEST model of distributed computing. Despite extensive research in this area, our understanding of the vertex connectivity of a graph is still incomplete,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Merav Parter , Asaf Petruschka

Identifying the most influential nodes in a network, typically using centrality measures, is a central task in applied network analysis. However, real-world networks are often constructed from noisy or incomplete data, which can distort…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Hui Shen , Eric D. Kolaczyk

This paper studies reduced-order modeling of dynamic networks with strongly connected topology. Given a graph clustering of an original complex network, we construct a quotient graph with less number of vertices, where the edge weights are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-10 Xiaodong Cheng , Lanlin Yu , Dingchao Ren , Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen

Large networked systems are constantly exposed to local damages and failures that can alter their functionality. The knowledge of the structure of these systems is however often derived through sampling strategies whose effectiveness at…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-06-18 Fabio Ciulla , Nicola Perra , Andrea Baronchelli , Alessandro Vespignani

We consider the Minimum-$(k,\rho)$-$\mathrm{Shortcut}$ problem ($\min(k,\rho)\text{-}\mathrm{Shortcut}$), where the goal is to find the smallest set of shortcut edges such that every vertex in a given graph can reach its $\rho$ closest…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Tatiana Rocha Avila , Julian Christoph Brinkmann , Alexander Leonhardt , Conrad Schecker

The $k$-core of a graph is defined as the maximal subgraph in which every vertex is connected to at least $k$ other vertices within that subgraph. In this work we introduce a distance-based generalization of the notion of $k$-core, which we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Francesco Bonchi , Arijit Khan , Lorenzo Severini

We revisit classical connectivity problems in the CONGEST model of distributed computing. By using techniques from fault tolerant network design, we show improved constructions, some of which are even "local" (i.e., with $\widetilde{O}(1)$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Merav Parter

In the LOCAL model, low-diameter decomposition is a useful tool in designing algorithms, as it allows us to shift from the general graph setting to the low-diameter graph setting, where brute-force information gathering can be done…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Yi-Jun Chang

Expanding on the graph theoretic ideas of k-component order connectivity and distance-l domination, we present a quadratic-complexity algorithm that finds a tree's minimum failure-set cardinality, i.e., the minimum cardinality any subset of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Alicia Muth , E. Dov Neimand

Minimal controllability problem plays an important role in the field of network control. A New concept-Minimum Perfect Critical Set (MPCS)is proposed. Four different MPCSs were found for k-distant tree graphs. Based on this concept of MPCS,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-10 Li Dai

Motivated by the increasing need for fast processing of large-scale graphs, we study a number of fundamental graph problems in a message-passing model for distributed computing, called $k$-machine model, where we have $k$ machines that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-10 Khalid Hourani , Hartmut Klauck , William K. Moses , Danupon Nanongkai , Gopal Pandurangan , Peter Robinson , Michele Scquizzato

The online dominating set problem is an online variant of the minimum dominating set problem, which is one of the most important NP-hard problems on graphs. This problem is defined as follows: Given an undirected graph $G = (V, E)$, in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-01 Koji M. Kobayashi

Recent algorithmic developments have enabled computers to automatically determine and prove the capacity regions of small hypergraph networks under network coding. A structural theory relating network coding problems of different sizes is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-07 Congduan Li , Steven Weber , John MacLaren Walsh

The process of destroying a complex network through node removal has been the subject of extensive interest and research. Node loss typically leaves the network disintegrated into many small and isolated clusters. Here we show that these…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-11-23 Lazaros K. Gallos , Nina H. Fefferman

Given an undirected graph, the $k$-core is a subgraph in which each node has at least $k$ connections. This is widely used in graph analytics to identify core subgraphs within a larger graph. The sequential $k$-core decomposition algorithm…

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