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We present a new pipelined approach to compute all pairs shortest paths (APSP) in a directed graph with nonnegative integer edge weights (including zero weights) in the CONGEST model in the distributed setting. Our deterministic distributed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Udit Agarwal , Vijaya Ramachandran

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 central All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem under the restriction that there are at most $d$ distinct weights on the outgoing edges from every node. For $d=n$ this is the classical (unrestricted) APSP problem that is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Amir Abboud , Nick Fischer , Ce Jin , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Zoe Xi

This paper gives simple distributed algorithms for the fundamental problem of computing graph distances in the Congested Clique model. One of the main components of our algorithms is fast matrix multiplication, for which we show an…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-24 Keren Censor-Hillel , Ami Paz

Given a directed weighted graph $G=(V,E)$ undergoing vertex insertions \emph{and} deletions, the All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem asks to maintain a data structure that processes updates efficiently and returns after each update the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-20 Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

The congested clique is a synchronous, message-passing model of distributed computing in which each computational unit (node) in each round can send message of O(log n) bits to each other node of the network, where n is the number of nodes.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-07-28 Tomasz Jurdzinski , Krzysztof Nowicki

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

Efficient solution of the single source shortest path (SSSP) problem on road networks is an important requirement for numerous real-world applications. This paper introduces an algorithm for the SSSP problem using compression method. Owning…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-01-13 Jingwei Sun , Guangzhong Sun

Computing shortest paths is a fundamental primitive for several social network applications including socially-sensitive ranking, location-aware search, social auctions and social network privacy. Since these applications compute paths in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-09-05 Rachit Agarwal , Matthew Caesar , P. Brighten Godfrey , Ben Y. Zhao

We combine the well known Shortest Paths (SP) problem and the Bottleneck Paths (BP) problem to introduce a new problem called the Shortest Paths for All Flows (SP-AF) problem that has relevance in real life applications. We first solve the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-21 Tong-Wook Shinn , Tadao Takaoka

We present a method for solving the transshipment problem - also known as uncapacitated minimum cost flow - up to a multiplicative error of $1 + \varepsilon$ in undirected graphs with non-negative edge weights using a tailored gradient…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Ruben Becker , Sebastian Forster , Andreas Karrenbauer , Christoph Lenzen

In this paper, we revisit the classic approximate All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem in undirected graphs. For unweighted graphs, we provide an algorithm for $2$-approximate APSP in $\tilde O(n^{2.5-r}+n^{\omega(r)})$ time, for any…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Michal Dory , Sebastian Forster , Yael Kirkpatrick , Yasamin Nazari , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Tijn de Vos

We study the replacement paths problem in the $\mathsf{CONGEST}$ model of distributed computing. Given an $s$-$t$ shortest path $P$, the goal is to compute, for every edge $e$ in $P$, the shortest-path distance from $s$ to $t$ avoiding $e$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Yi-Jun Chang , Yanyu Chen , Dipan Dey , Gopinath Mishra , Hung Thuan Nguyen , Bryce Sanchez

The $CONGEST$ model for distributed network computing is well suited for analyzing the impact of limiting the throughput of a network on its capacity to solve tasks efficiently. For many "global" problems there exists a lower bound of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-21 Dennis Olivetti

In this paper, we present a new randomized $O(1)$-approximation algorithm for the All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem in weighted undirected graphs that runs in just $O(\log \log \log n)$ rounds in the Congested-Clique model. Before our…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Hong Duc Bui , Shashwat Chandra , Yi-Jun Chang , Michal Dory , Dean Leitersdorf

In this paper, we study the question of how efficiently a collection of interconnected nodes can perform a global computation in the widely studied GOSSIP model of communication. In this model, nodes do not know the global topology of the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-04-18 Keren Censor-Hillel , Bernhard Haeupler , Jonathan A. Kelner , Petar Maymounkov

In this work we consider the HYBRID model of distributed computing, introduced recently by Augustine, Hinnenthal, Kuhn, Scheideler, and Schneider (SODA 2020), where nodes have access to two different communication modes: high-bandwidth…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Yi-Jun Chang , Oren Hecht , Dean Leitersdorf , Philipp Schneider

We consider the quantum time complexity of the all pairs shortest paths (APSP) problem and some of its variants. The trivial classical algorithm for APSP and most all pairs path problems runs in $O(n^3)$ time, while the trivial algorithm in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-24 Aran Nayebi , Virginia Vassilevska Williams

A drawback of the classic approach for complexity analysis of distributed graph problems is that it mostly informs about the complexity of notorious classes of ``worst case'' graphs. Algorithms that are used to prove a tight (existential)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-12 Philipp Schneider

We devise new algorithms for the single-source shortest paths (SSSP) problem with non-negative edge weights in the CONGEST model of distributed computing. While close-to-optimal solutions, in terms of the number of rounds spent by the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-08-01 Sebastian Forster , Danupon Nanongkai