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The classic Resource Constrained Shortest Path (RCSP) problem aims to find a cost optimal path between a pair of nodes in a network such that the resources used in the path are within a given limit. Having been studied for over a decade,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Saman Ahmadi , Andrea Raith , Guido Tack , Mahdi Jalili

We study the use of machine learning techniques to solve a fundamental shortest path problem, known as the single-source many-targets shortest path problem (SSMTSP). Given a directed graph with non-negative edge weights, our goal is to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Willem Feijen , Guido Schäfer

In this paper we introduce the notion of explicit worst-case bounded adaptive algorithms for applications with fixed process-completion requirements. Such applications demand that a process be guaranteed to complete within an established…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Haley Massa , Jeffrey Uhlmann

In this paper, we study the form over the minimum spanning tree problem (MST) from which we will derive an intuitively generalized model and new methods with the upper bound of runtimes of logarithm. The new pattern we made has taken…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-06-26 Yong Tan

Given a graph $G$ and a digraph $D$ whose vertices are the edges of $G$, we investigate the problem of finding a spanning tree of $G$ that satisfies the constraints imposed by $D$. The restrictions to add an edge in the tree depend on its…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-05-22 Luiz Alberto do Carmo Viana , Manoel Campêlo , Ignasi Sau , Ana Silva

Finding spanning trees under various constraints is a classic problem with applications in many fields. Recently, a novel notion of "dense" ("sparse") tree, and in particular spanning tree (DST and SST respectively), is introduced as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Mustafa Ozen , Goran Lesaja , Hua Wang

Short spanning trees subject to additional constraints are important building blocks in various approximation algorithms. Especially in the context of the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), new techniques for finding spanning trees with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Martin Nägele , Rico Zenklusen

Now-a-days, it is important to find out solutions of Multi-Objective Optimization Problems (MOPs). Evolutionary Strategy helps to solve such real world problems efficiently and quickly. But sequential Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) require…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Md. Asadul Islam , G. M. Mashrur-E-Elahi , M. M. A. Hashem

We introduce and study a novel problem of computing a shortest path tree with a minimum number of non-terminals. It can be viewed as an (unweighted) Steiner Shortest Path Tree (SSPT) that spans a given set of terminal vertices by shortest…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Omer Asher , Yefim Dinitz , Shlomi Dolev , Li-on Raviv , Baruch Schieber

We wish to minimize the resources used for network coding while achieving the desired throughput in a multicast scenario. We employ evolutionary approaches, based on a genetic algorithm, that avoid the computational complexity that makes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Minkyu Kim , Muriel Medard , Varun Aggarwal , Una-May O'Reilly , Wonsik Kim , Chang Wook Ahn , Michelle Effros

In the classical Steiner tree problem, given an undirected, connected graph $G=(V,E)$ with non-negative edge costs and a set of \emph{terminals} $T\subseteq V$, the objective is to find a minimum-cost tree $E' \subseteq E$ that spans the…

Spanning trees are an important primitive in many data analysis tasks, when a data set needs to be summarized in terms of its "skeleton", or when a tree-shaped graph over all observations is required for downstream processing. Popular…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Enrique Fita Sanmartín , Christoph Schnörr , Fred A. Hamprecht

A long series of recent results and breakthroughs have led to faster and better distributed approximation algorithms for single source shortest paths (SSSP) and related problems in the CONGEST model. The runtime of all these algorithms,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-09 Bernhard Haeupler , Jason Li

Given a set of points in the Euclidean plane, the Euclidean \textit{$\delta$-minimum spanning tree} ($\delta$-MST) problem is the problem of finding a spanning tree with maximum degree no more than $\delta$ for the set of points such the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-26 Patrick J. Andersen , Charl J. Ras

An integrated optimization method based on the constrained multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) and non-intrusive polynomial chaos expansion (PCE) is proposed, which solves robust multi-objective optimization problems under…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Yuji Takubo , Masahiro Kanazaki

This letter considers optimizing user association in a heterogeneous network via utility maximization, which is a combinatorial optimization problem due to integer constraints. Different from existing solutions based on convex optimization,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Xietian Huang , Wei Xu , Guo Xie , Shi Jin , Xiaohu You

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

A fundamental problem in wireless networks is the \emph{minimum spanning tree} (MST) problem: given a set $V$ of wireless nodes, compute a spanning tree $T$, so that the total cost of $T$ is minimized. In recent years, there has been a lot…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-06-07 Maleq Khan , V. S. Anil Kumar , Gopal Pandurangan , Guanhong Pei

The Minimum Spanning Tree Problem with Conflicts consists in finding the minimum conflict-free spanning tree of a graph, i.e., the spanning tree of minimum cost, including no pairs of edges that are in conflict. In this paper, we solve this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Francesco Carrabs , Martina Cerulli , Domenico Serra

Constrained pathfinding is a well-studied, yet challenging network optimisation problem that can be seen in a broad range of real-world applications. Pathfinding with multiple resource limits, which is known as the Resource Constrained…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Saman Ahmadi , Andrea Raith , Mahdi Jalili