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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

Let G be a directed graph with n vertices and non-negative weights in its directed edges, embedded on a surface of genus g, and let f be an arbitrary face of G. We describe a randomized algorithm to preprocess the graph in O(gn log n) time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-05-13 Sergio Cabello , Erin Wolf Chambers , Jeff Erickson

We design fast deterministic algorithms for distance computation in the congested clique model. Our key contributions include: -- A $(2+\epsilon)$-approximation for all-pairs shortest paths in $O(\log^2{n} / \epsilon)$ rounds on unweighted…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-11-01 Keren Censor-Hillel , Michal Dory , Janne H. Korhonen , Dean Leitersdorf

We study algorithms for spectral graph sparsification. The input is a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, and the output is a sparse graph $\tilde{G}$ that approximates $G$ in an algebraic sense. Concretely, for all vectors $x$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-19 Ioannis Koutis , Alex Levin , Richard Peng

A distributed network is modeled by a graph having $n$ nodes (processors) and diameter $D$. We study the time complexity of approximating {\em weighted} (undirected) shortest paths on distributed networks with a $O(\log n)$ {\em bandwidth…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-23 Danupon Nanongkai

We study the directed global minimum vertex-cut problem: given a directed vertex-weighted graph $G$, compute a vertex-cut $(L,S,R)$ in $G$ of minimum value, which is defined to be the total weight of all vertices in $S$. The problem,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Julia Chuzhoy , Ron Mosenzon , Ohad Trabelsi

The minimum cut problem in an undirected and weighted graph $G$ is to find the minimum total weight of a set of edges whose removal disconnects $G$. We completely characterize the quantum query and time complexity of the minimum cut problem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-25 Simon Apers , Troy Lee

Let $G$ be an edge-weighted directed graph with $n$ vertices embedded on an orientable surface of genus $g$. We describe a simple deterministic lexicographic perturbation scheme that guarantees uniqueness of minimum-cost flows and shortest…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-04 Jeff Erickson , Kyle Fox , Luvsandondov Lkhamsuren

We give an algorithm for finding the arboricity of a weighted, undirected graph, defined as the minimum number of spanning forests that cover all edges of the graph, in $\sqrt{n} m^{1+o(1)}$ time. This improves on the previous best bound of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Ruoxu Cen , Henry Fleischmann , George Z. Li , Jason Li , Debmalya Panigrahi

Let $G$ be an $n$-node simple directed planar graph with nonnegative edge weights. We study the fundamental problems of computing (1) a global cut of $G$ with minimum weight and (2) a~cycle of $G$ with minimum weight. The best previously…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-03-24 Hung-Chun Liang , Hsueh-I Lu

Given an undirected, weighted graph, with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, and two special vertices $s$ and $t$, the problem is to find the shortest path between them. We give two bounded-error quantum algorithms with improved runtime in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Adam Wesołowski , Stephen Piddock

Some of the most fundamental and well-studied graph parameters are the Diameter (the largest shortest paths distance) and Radius (the smallest distance for which a "center" node can reach all other nodes). The natural and important…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-29 Mina Dalirrooyfard , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Nikhil Vyas , Nicole Wein

This paper presents a randomized algorithm for the problem of single-source shortest paths on directed graphs with real (both positive and negative) edge weights. Given an input graph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, the algorithm completes…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Jeremy T. Fineman

Various applications of graphs, in particular applications related to finding shortest paths, naturally get inputs with real weights on the edges. However, for algorithmic or visualization reasons, inputs with integer weights would often be…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Herman Haverkort , David Kübel , Elmar Langetepe

We propose an efficient $\epsilon$-differentially private algorithm, that given a simple {\em weighted} $n$-vertex, $m$-edge graph $G$ with a \emph{maximum unweighted} degree $\Delta(G) \leq n-1$, outputs a synthetic graph which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Jingcheng Liu , Jalaj Upadhyay , Zongrui Zou

We consider the problem of computing all-pairs shortest paths in a directed graph with real weights assigned to vertices. For an $n\times n$ 0-1 matrix $C,$ let $K_{C}$ be the complete weighted graph on the rows of $C$ where the weight of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-01-28 Andrzej Lingas , Dzmitry Sledneu

In the decremental $(1+\epsilon)$-approximate Single-Source Shortest Path (SSSP) problem, we are given a graph $G=(V,E)$ with $n = |V|, m = |E|$, undergoing edge deletions, and a distinguished source $s \in V$, and we are asked to process…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

We consider the Global Minimum Vertex-Cut problem: given an undirected vertex-weighted graph $G$, compute a minimum-weight subset of its vertices whose removal disconnects $G$. The problem is closely related to Global Minimum Edge-Cut,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Julia Chuzhoy , Ohad Trabelsi

A minimum cycle basis of a weighted undirected graph $G$ is a basis of the cycle space of $G$ such that the total weight of the cycles in this basis is minimized. If $G$ is a planar graph with non-negative edge weights, such a basis can be…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-12-08 Christian Wulff-Nilsen

We show a deterministic algorithm for computing edge connectivity of a simple graph with $m$ edges in $m^{1+o(1)}$ time. Although the fastest deterministic algorithm by Henzinger, Rao, and Wang [SODA'17] has a faster running time of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Thatchaphol Saranurak