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We propose an exact algorithm for solving the longest simple path problem between two given vertices in undirected weighted graphs. By using graph partitioning and dynamic programming, we obtain an algorithm that is significantly faster…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-10 Kai Fieger , Tomas Balyo , Christian Schulz , Dominik Schreiber

Standard algorithms for finding the shortest path in a graph require that the cost of a path be additive in edge costs, and typically assume that costs are deterministic. We consider the problem of uncertain edge costs, with potential…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-02-21 Michael P. Wellman , Matthew Ford , Kenneth Larson

We study the Short Path Packing problem which asks, given a graph $G$, integers $k$ and $\ell$, and vertices $s$ and $t$, whether there exist $k$ pairwise internally vertex-disjoint $s$-$t$ paths of length at most $\ell$. The problem has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Michael Kiran Huber

In the Disjoint Paths problem, the input is an undirected graph $G$ on $n$ vertices and a set of $k$ vertex pairs, $\{s_i,t_i\}_{i=1}^k$, and the task is to find $k$ pairwise vertex-disjoint paths connecting $s_i$ to $t_i$. The problem was…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Daniel Lokshtanov , Pranabendu Misra , Michal Pilipczuk , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

We study the computability and complexity of the exploration problem in a class of highly dynamic graphs: periodically varying (PV) graphs, where the edges exist only at some (unknown) times defined by the periodic movements of carriers.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-09-25 Paola Flocchini , Bernard Mans , Nicola Santoro

Connectivity in temporal graphs relies on the notion of temporal paths, in which edges follow a chronological order (either strict or non-strict). In this work, we investigate the question of how to make a temporal graph connected. More…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-02-21 T. Bellitto , J. Bouton Popper , B. Escoffier

Word-representable graphs are a subset of graphs that may be represented by a word $w$ over an alphabet composed of the vertices in the graph. In such graphs, an edge exists if and only if the occurrences of the corresponding vertices…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Duncan Adamson

Given an undirected graph G and a set A \subseteq V(G), an A-path is a path in G that starts and ends at two distinct vertices of A with intermediate vertices in V(G) \setminus A. An A-path is called an (A,\ell)-path if the length of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Susobhan Bandopadhyay , Aritra Banik , Diptapriyo Majumdar , Abhishek Sahu

We consider the following natural "above guarantee" parameterization of the classical Longest Path problem: For given vertices s and t of a graph G, and an integer k, the problem Longest Detour asks for an (s,t)-path in G that is at least k…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Ivona Bezáková , Radu Curticapean , Holger Dell , Fedor V. Fomin

The parametric shortest path problem is to find the shortest paths in graph where the edge costs are of the form w_ij+lambda where each w_ij is constant and lambda is a parameter that varies. The problem is to find shortest path trees for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Neal Young , Robert Tarjan , James Orlin

The dynamic shortest paths problem on planar graphs asks us to preprocess a planar graph $G$ such that we may support insertions and deletions of edges in $G$ as well as distance queries between any two nodes $u,v$ subject to the constraint…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-05-13 Amir Abboud , Søren Dahlgaard

While graphs and abstract data structures can be large and complex, practical instances are often regular or highly structured. If the instance has sufficient structure, we might hope to compress the object into a more succinct…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Shreya Gupta , Boyang Huang , Russell Impagliazzo , Stanley Woo , Christopher Ye

A simple random walk on a graph is a sequence of movements from one vertex to another where at each step an edge is chosen uniformly at random from the set of edges incident on the current vertex, and then transitioned to next vertex.…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-02-28 Mohammed Abdullah

Connectivity of temporal graphs has been widely studied both as graph theory and as gossip theory. In particular, it is well known that in order to connect every vertex to every other, a temporal graph needs to have at least $2n-4$ edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Thomas Bellitto , Jules Bouton Popper , Justine Cauvi , Bruno Escoffier , Raphaëlle Maistre-Matus

Temporal graphs are graphs where the presence or properties of their vertices and edges change over time. When time is discrete, a temporal graph can be defined as a sequence of static graphs over a discrete time span, called lifetime, or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Binh-Minh Bui-Xuan , Florent Krasnopol , Bruno Monasson , Nathalie Sznajder

Given a graph with edge costs and vertex profits and given a budget B, the Orienteering Problem asks for a walk of cost at most B of maximum profit. Additionally, each profit may be given with a time window within it can be collected by the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Kevin Buchin , Mart Hagedoorn , Guangping Li , Carolin Rehs

We initiate the study of a new parameterization of graph problems. In a multiple interval representation of a graph, each vertex is associated to at least one interval of the real line, with an edge between two vertices if and only if an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-12-19 Fedor V. Fomin , Serge Gaspers , Petr Golovach , Karol Suchan , Stefan Szeider , Erik Jan van Leeuwen , Martin Vatshelle , Yngve Villanger

Vertex deletion and edge deletion problems play a central role in Parameterized Complexity. Examples include classical problems like Feedback Vertex Set, Odd Cycle Transversal, and Chordal Deletion. Interestingly, the study of edge…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-04-20 Pinar Heggernes , Pim van 't Hof , Benjamin Lévêque , Daniel Lokshtanov , Christophe Paul

Given a static vertex-selection problem (e.g. independent set, dominating set) on a graph, we can define a corresponding temporally satisfying reconfiguration problem on a temporal graph which asks for a sequence of solutions to the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Tom Davot , Jessica Enright , Laura Larios-Jones

We investigate the parameterized complexity of the Isometric Path Partition problem when parameterized by the treewidth ($\mathrm{tw}$) of the input graph, arguably one of the most widely studied parameters. Courcelle's theorem shows that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Dibyayan Chakraborty , Oscar Defrain , Florent Foucaud , Mathieu Mari , Prafullkumar Tale