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We present a streaming algorithm for the vertex connectivity problem in dynamic streams with a (nearly) optimal space bound: for any $n$-vertex graph $G$ and any integer $k \geq 1$, our algorithm with high probability outputs whether or not…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-10 Sepehr Assadi , Vihan Shah

The random order graph streaming model has received significant attention recently, with problems such as matching size estimation, component counting, and the evaluation of bounded degree constant query testable properties shown to admit…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-15 John Kallaugher , Michael Kapralov , Eric Price

The problem of counting small subgraphs, and specifically cycles, in the streaming model received a lot of attention over the past few years. In this paper, we consider arbitrary order insertion-only streams, improving over the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Sofya Vorotnikova

An instance of the Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) is given by a family of constraints on overlapping sets of variables, and the goal is to assign values from a fixed domain to the variables so that all constraints are satisfied. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-06 Víctor Dalmau , Marcin Kozik , Andrei Krokhin , Konstantin Makarychev , Yury Makarychev , Jakub Opršal

In this paper, we consider the problem of approximating the densest subgraph in the dynamic graph stream model. In this model of computation, the input graph is defined by an arbitrary sequence of edge insertions and deletions and the goal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Andrew McGregor , David Tench , Sofya Vorotnikova , Hoa T. Vu

We study the maximum weight matching problem in the random-order semi-streaming model and in the robust communication model. Unlike many other sublinear models, in these two frameworks, there is a large gap between the guarantees of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Diba Hashemi , Weronika Wrzos-Kaminska

We develop a polynomial time $\Omega\left ( \frac 1R \log R \right)$ approximate algorithm for Max 2CSP-$R$, the problem where we are given a collection of constraints, each involving two variables, where each variable ranges over a set of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-07 Guy Kindler , Alexandra Kolla , Luca Trevisan

In this paper we give an algorithm for streaming $k$-edit approximate pattern matching which uses space $\widetilde{O}(k^2)$ and time $\widetilde{O}(k^2)$ per arriving symbol. This improves substantially on the recent algorithm of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Sudatta Bhattacharya , Michal Koucký

There has been a recent explosion in the size of stored data, partially due to advances in storage technology, and partially due to the growing popularity of cloud-computing and the vast quantities of data generated. This motivates the need…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-06 Isabelle Stanton

The degree of a CSP instance is the maximum number of times that a variable may appear in the scope of constraints. We consider the approximate counting problem for Boolean CSPs with bounded-degree instances, for constraint languages…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2010-02-03 Martin E. Dyer , Leslie Ann Goldberg , Markus Jalsenius , David Richerby

Estimating the second frequency moment $F_2$ of a data stream up to a $(1 \pm \varepsilon)$ factor is a central problem in the streaming literature. For errors $\varepsilon > \Omega(1/\sqrt{n})$, the tight bound…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Naomi Green-Maimon , Or Zamir

Submodular maximization problems belong to the family of combinatorial optimization problems and enjoy wide applications. In this paper, we focus on the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a $d$-knapsack…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-07-06 Qilian Yu , Easton Li Xu , Shuguang Cui

We study the problem of solving semidefinite programs (SDP) in the streaming model. Specifically, $m$ constraint matrices and a target matrix $C$, all of size $n\times n$ together with a vector $b\in \mathbb{R}^m$ are streamed to us…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Zhao Song , Mingquan Ye , Lichen Zhang

Data streaming, in which a large dataset is received as a "stream" of updates, is an important model in the study of space-bounded computation. Starting with the work of Le Gall [SPAA `06], it has been known that quantum streaming…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-16 John Kallaugher

Clustering of data points in metric space is among the most fundamental problems in computer science with plenty of applications in data mining, information retrieval and machine learning. Due to the necessity of clustering of large…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-03 Hossein Esfandiari , Vahab Mirrokni , Peilin Zhong

The long code is a central tool in hardness of approximation, especially in questions related to the unique games conjecture. We construct a new code that is exponentially more efficient, but can still be used in many of these applications.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-11-25 Boaz Barak , Parikshit Gopalan , Johan Hastad , Raghu Meka , Prasad Raghavendra , David Steurer

In this paper, the author puts forward a variation of Feige's Hypothesis, which claims that it is hard on average refuting Unbalanced Max 3-XOR under biased assignments on a natural distribution. Under this hypothesis, the author…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-12-16 Peng Cui

We study the space complexity of estimating the diameter of a subset of points in an arbitrary metric space in the dynamic (turnstile) streaming model. The input is given as a stream of updates to a frequency vector $x \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Sanjeev Khanna , Ashwin Padaki , Krish Singal , Erik Waingarten

In this paper we introduce and study the \textsc{StreamingCycles} problem, a random order streaming version of the Boolean Hidden Hypermatching problem that has been instrumental in streaming lower bounds over the past decade. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Ashish Chiplunkar , John Kallaugher , Michael Kapralov , Eric Price

We study the problem of estimating the maximum matching size in graphs whose edges are revealed in a streaming manner. We consider both insertion-only streams and dynamic streams and present new upper and lower bound results for both…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-01-17 Sepehr Assadi , Sanjeev Khanna , Yang Li