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In the fully dynamic edge connectivity problem, the input is a simple graph $G$ undergoing edge insertions and deletions, and the goal is to maintain its edge connectivity, denoted $\lambda_G$. We present two simple randomized algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Yotam Kenneth-Mordoch , Robert Krauthgamer

Despite significant research efforts, the state-of-the-art algorithm for maintaining an approximate matching in fully dynamic graphs has a polynomial {worst-case} update time, even for very poor approximation guarantees. In a recent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-16 Moses Charikar , Shay Solomon

Fundamental local symmetry breaking problems such as Maximal Independent Set (MIS) and coloring have been recognized as important by the community, and studied extensively in (standard) graphs. In particular, fast (i.e., logarithmic run…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-10-01 Shay Kutten , Danupon Nanongkai , Gopal Pandurangan , Peter Robinson

We study the dynamic correlation clustering problem with $\textit{adaptive}$ edge label flips. In correlation clustering, we are given a $n$-vertex complete graph whose edges are labeled either $(+)$ or $(-)$, and the goal is to minimize…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Vladimir Braverman , Prathamesh Dharangutte , Shreyas Pai , Vihan Shah , Chen Wang

In the dynamic minimum set cover problem, a challenge is to minimize the update time while guaranteeing close to the optimal $\min(O(\log n), f)$ approximation factor. (Throughout, $m$, $n$, $f$, and $C$ are parameters denoting the maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-20 Sayan Bhattacharya , Monika Henzinger , Danupon Nanongkai , Xiaowei Wu

We provide a tight analysis which settles the round complexity of the well-studied parallel randomized greedy MIS algorithm, thus answering the main open question of Blelloch, Fineman, and Shun [SPAA'12]. The parallel/distributed randomized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-17 Manuela Fischer , Andreas Noever

We present the first (randomized) parallel dynamic algorithm for maximal matching, which can process an arbitrary number of updates simultaneously. Given a batch of edge deletion or insertion updates to the graph, our parallel algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Mohsen Ghaffari , Anton Trygub

A dynamic algorithm against an adaptive adversary is required to be correct when the adversary chooses the next update after seeing the previous outputs of the algorithm. We obtain faster dynamic algorithms against an adaptive adversary and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Amos Beimel , Haim Kaplan , Yishay Mansour , Kobbi Nissim , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Uri Stemmer

We present a deterministic dynamic algorithm for maintaining a $(1+\epsilon)f$-approximate minimum cost set cover with $O(f\log(Cn)/\epsilon^2)$ amortized update time, when the input set system is undergoing element insertions and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-26 Sayan Bhattacharya , Monika Henzinger , Danupon Nanongkai

In algorithmic graph theory, a classic open question is to determine the complexity of the Maximum Independent Set problem on $P_t$-free graphs, that is, on graphs not containing any induced path on $t$ vertices. So far, polynomial-time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-12 Gábor Bacsó , Daniel Lokshtanov , Dániel Marx , Marcin Pilipczuk , Zsolt Tuza , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

Maximizing a monotone submodular function under cardinality constraint $k$ is a core problem in machine learning and database with many basic applications, including video and data summarization, recommendation systems, feature extraction,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Kiarash Banihashem , Leyla Biabani , Samira Goudarzi , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Peyman Jabbarzade , Morteza Monemizadeh

We consider the problem of maintaining an (approximately) minimum vertex cover in an $n$-node graph $G = (V, E)$ that is getting updated dynamically via a sequence of edge insertions/deletions. We show how to maintain a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-13 Sayan Bhattacharya , Janardhan Kulkarni

We present dynamic algorithms with polylogarithmic update time for estimating the size of the maximum matching of a graph undergoing edge insertions and deletions with approximation ratio strictly better than $2$. Specifically, we obtain a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Sayan Bhattacharya , Peter Kiss , Thatchaphol Saranurak , David Wajc

A $t$-ruling set of a graph $G = (V, E)$ is a vertex-subset $S \subseteq V$ that is independent and satisfies the property that every vertex $v \in V$ is at a distance of at most $t$ from some vertex in $S$. A \textit{maximal independent…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-07-16 Kishore Kothapalli , Sriram Pemmaraju

Max Independent Set (MIS) is a paradigmatic problem in theoretical computer science and numerous studies tackle its resolution by exact algorithms with non-trivial worst-case complexity. The best such complexity is, to our knowledge, the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-01-13 Nicolas Bourgeois , Bruno Escoffier , Vangelis Th. Paschos , Johan M. M van Rooij

We present the first unsupervised learning model for Maximum-Independent-Set (MaxIS) in dynamic graphs where edges change over time. Our method combines structural learning from graph neural networks (GNNs) with a learned distributed update…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Devendra Parkar , Anya Chaturvedi , Joshua J. Daymude

We initiate the study of dynamic algorithms for graph sparsification problems and obtain fully dynamic algorithms, allowing both edge insertions and edge deletions, that take polylogarithmic time after each update in the graph. Our three…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-02 Ittai Abraham , David Durfee , Ioannis Koutis , Sebastian Krinninger , Richard Peng

Designing approximate all-pairs distance oracles in the fully dynamic setting is one of the central problems in dynamic graph algorithms. Despite extensive research on this topic, the first result breaking the $O(\sqrt{n})$ barrier on the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Sebastian Forster , Gramoz Goranci , Yasamin Nazari , Antonis Skarlatos

In the semi-streaming model for processing massive graphs, an algorithm makes multiple passes over the edges of a given $n$-vertex graph and is tasked with computing the solution to a problem using $O(n \cdot \text{polylog}(n))$ space.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Sepehr Assadi , Christian Konrad , Kheeran K. Naidu , Janani Sundaresan

We give a maximal independent set (MIS) algorithm that runs in $O(\log \log \Delta)$ rounds in the congested clique model, where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree of the input graph. This improves upon the $O(\frac{\log(\Delta) \cdot \log \log…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-22 Christian Konrad