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The algorithmic differentiation (AD) of mathematical functions can be interpreted as a sequence of vertex eliminations in an underlying directed acyclic graph. The problem of determining a minimum-cost elimination ordering, which we call…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Alex Crane , Pål Grønås Drange , Eli Friedman , Paul D. Hovland , Jan Hückelheim , Andrew Lyons , Yosuke Mizutani , Macéo Ottavy , Blair D. Sullivan

We (nearly) settle the time complexity for computing vertex fault-tolerant (VFT) spanners with optimal sparsity (up to polylogarithmic factors). VFT spanners are sparse subgraphs that preserve distance information, up to a small…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Merav Parter

We present an efficient algorithm for the min-max correlation clustering problem. The input is a complete graph where edges are labeled as either positive $(+)$ or negative $(-)$, and the objective is to find a clustering that minimizes the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Nairen Cao , Steven Roche , Hsin-Hao Su

We study deterministic algorithms for computing graph cuts, with focus on two fundamental problems: balanced sparse cut and $k$-vertex connectivity for small $k$ ($k=O(\polylog n)$). Both problems can be solved in near-linear time with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-21 Yu Gao , Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Richard Peng , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

The maximum independent set problem is one of the most important problems in graph algorithms and has been extensively studied in the line of research on the worst-case analysis of exact algorithms for NP-hard problems. In the weighted…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Sen Huang , Mingyu Xiao , Xiaoyu Chen

Matrix $M$ is {\em $k$-concise} if the finite entries of each column of $M$ consist of $k$ or less intervals of identical numbers. We give an $O(n+m)$-time algorithm to compute the row minima of any $O(1)$-concise $n\times m$ matrix. Our…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-03-04 Cheng-Wei Lee , Hsueh-I Lu

In a sequence of recent results (PODC 2015 and PODC 2016), the running time of the fastest algorithm for the \emph{minimum spanning tree (MST)} problem in the \emph{Congested Clique} model was first improved to $O(\log \log \log n)$ from…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-10-19 Sriram V. Pemmaraju , Vivek B. Sardeshmukh

We present an $\tilde{O}(m^{10/7})=\tilde{O}(m^{1.43})$-time algorithm for the maximum s-t flow and the minimum s-t cut problems in directed graphs with unit capacities. This is the first improvement over the sparse-graph case of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-10-25 Aleksander Madry

We study the {\em min-cost chain-constrained spanning-tree} (abbreviated \mcst) problem: find a min-cost spanning tree in a graph subject to degree constraints on a nested family of node sets. We devise the {\em first} polytime algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-05-12 Andre Linhares , Chaitanya Swamy

We give an $\widetilde{O}({m^{3/2 - 1/762} \log (U+W))}$ time algorithm for minimum cost flow with capacities bounded by $U$ and costs bounded by $W$. For sparse graphs with general capacities, this is the first algorithm to improve over…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-22 Kyriakos Axiotis , Aleksander Mądry , Adrian Vladu

We obtain better algorithms for computing more balanced orientations and degree splits in LOCAL. Important to our result is a connection to the hypergraph sinkless orientation problem [BMNSU, SODA'25] We design an algorithm of complexity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Yannic Maus , Alexandre Nolin , Florian Schager

We study dynamic $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate rounding of fractional matchings -- a key ingredient in numerous breakthroughs in the dynamic graph algorithms literature. Our first contribution is a surprisingly simple deterministic rounding…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Sayan Bhattacharya , Peter Kiss , Aaron Sidford , David Wajc

The paper presents an algorithm for minimum vertex cover problem, which is an NP-Complete problem. The algorithm computes a minimum vertex cover of each input simple graph. Tested by the attached MATLAB programs, Stage 1 of the algorithm is…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-10-30 Gang Hu

This paper presents near-optimal deterministic parallel and distributed algorithms for computing $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximate single-source shortest paths in any undirected weighted graph. On a high level, we deterministically reduce this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-26 Václav Rozhoň , Christoph Grunau , Bernhard Haeupler , Goran Zuzic , Jason Li

Let $G$ be an $n$-vertex graph, and $s,t$ vertices of $G$. We present an efficient algorithm which enumerates the set of minimal $st$-separators of $G$ in ascending order of cardinality, with a delay of $O(n^{3.5})$ per separator. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Batya Kenig

We present an $m^{4/3+o(1)}\log W$-time algorithm for solving the minimum cost flow problem in graphs with unit capacity, where $W$ is the maximum absolute value of any edge weight. For sparse graphs, this improves over the best known…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-10 Kyriakos Axiotis , Aleksander Mądry , Adrian Vladu

The branching algorithm is a fundamental technique for designing fast exponential-time algorithms to solve combinatorial optimization problems exactly. It divides the entire solution space into independent search branches using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Xuan-Zhao Gao , Yi-Jia Wang , Pan Zhang , Jin-Guo Liu

Symmetric submodular maximization is an important class of combinatorial optimization problems, including MAX-CUT on graphs and hyper-graphs. The state-of-the-art algorithm for the problem over general constraints has an approximation ratio…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Zongqi Wan , Jialin Zhang , Xiaoming Sun , Zhijie Zhang

Exact pattern matching in labeled graphs is the problem of searching paths of a graph $G=(V,E)$ that spell the same string as the pattern $P[1..m]$. This basic problem can be found at the heart of more complex operations on variation graphs…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-06-04 Massimo Equi , Roberto Grossi , Veli Mäkinen

Gradient-based minimax optimal algorithms have greatly promoted the development of continuous optimization and machine learning. One seminal work due to Yurii Nesterov [Nes83a] established $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{L/\mu})$ gradient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Yuanshi Liu , Hanzhen Zhao , Yang Xu , Pengyun Yue , Cong Fang