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In this paper we give the first efficient algorithms for the $k$-center problem on dynamic graphs undergoing edge updates. In this problem, the goal is to partition the input into $k$ sets by choosing $k$ centers such that the maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-10 Emilio Cruciani , Sebastian Forster , Gramoz Goranci , Yasamin Nazari , Antonis Skarlatos

A tree-packing is a collection of spanning trees of a graph. It has been a useful tool for computing the minimum cut in static, dynamic, and distributed settings. In particular, [Thorup, Comb. 2007] used them to obtain his dynamic min-cut…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Tijn de Vos , Aleksander B. G. Christiansen

We describe a simple deterministic near-linear time approximation scheme for uncapacitated minimum cost flow in undirected graphs with real edge weights, a problem also known as transshipment. Specifically, our algorithm takes as input a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Emily Fox

We study approaches for the exact solution of the \NP--hard minimum spanning tree problem under conflict constraints. Given a graph $G(V,E)$ and a set $C \subset E \times E$ of conflicting edge pairs, the problem consists of finding a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-07-01 Phillippe Samer , Sebastián Urrutia

For $n$-vertex $m$-edge graphs with integer polynomially-bounded costs and capacities, we provide a randomized parallel algorithm for the minimum cost flow problem with $\tilde O(m+n^ {1.5})$ work and $\tilde O(\sqrt{n})$ depth. On…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Jan van den Brand , Hossein Gholizadeh , Yonggang Jiang , Tijn de Vos

We present an exact fully-dynamic minimum cut algorithm that runs in $n^{o(1)}$ deterministic update time when the minimum cut size is at most $2^{\Theta(\log^{3/4-c}n)}$ for any $c>0$, improving on the previous algorithm of Jin, Sun, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Antoine El-Hayek , Monika Henzinger , Jason Li

In the restricted shortest paths problem, we are given a graph $G$ whose edges are assigned two non-negative weights: lengths and delays, a source $s$, and a delay threshold $D$. The goal is to find, for each target $t$, the length of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Vikrant Ashvinkumar , Aaron Bernstein , Adam Karczmarz

Vertex connectivity is a well-studied concept in graph theory with numerous applications. A graph is $k$-connected if it remains connected after removing any $k-1$ vertices. The vertex connectivity of a graph is the maximum $k$ such that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Max Franck , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

Given a graph $G$ cellularly embedded on a surface $\Sigma$ of genus $g$, a cut graph is a subgraph of $G$ such that cutting $\Sigma$ along $G$ yields a topological disk. We provide a fixed parameter tractable approximation scheme for the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-08 Vincent Cohen-Addad , Arnaud de Mesmay

We give a fully dynamic deterministic algorithm for maintaining a maximal matching of an $n$-vertex graph in $\tilde{O}(n^{8/9})$ amortized update time. This breaks the long-standing $\Omega(n)$-update-time barrier on dense graphs,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Aaron Bernstein , Sayan Bhattacharya , Peter Kiss , Thatchaphol Saranurak

In this paper we show a deterministic parallel all-pairs shortest paths algorithm for real-weighted directed graphs. The algorithm has $\tilde{O}(nm+(n/d)^3)$ work and $\tilde{O}(d)$ depth for any depth parameter $d\in [1,n]$. To the best…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-08 Adam Karczmarz , Piotr Sankowski

We present a deterministic (global) mincut algorithm for weighted, undirected graphs that runs in $m^{1+o(1)}$ time, answering an open question of Karger from the 1990s. To obtain our result, we de-randomize the construction of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Jason Li

The problem of sparsifying a graph or a hypergraph while approximately preserving its cut structure has been extensively studied and has many applications. In a seminal work, Bencz\'ur and Karger (1996) showed that given any $n$-vertex…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-22 Yu Chen , Sanjeev Khanna , Ansh Nagda

The problem of computing the vertex expansion of a graph is an NP-hard problem. The current best worst-case approximation guarantees for computing the vertex expansion of a graph are a $O(\sqrt{\log n})$-approximation algorithm due to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Anand Louis , Rakesh Venkat

Connectivity related concepts are of fundamental interest in graph theory. The area has received extensive attention over four decades, but many problems remain unsolved, especially for directed graphs. A directed graph is 2-edge-connected…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-31 Shiri Chechik , Thomas Dueholm Hansen , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Veronika Loitzenbauer , Nikos Parotsidis

Vertex connectivity a classic extensively-studied problem. Given an integer $k$, its goal is to decide if an $n$-node $m$-edge graph can be disconnected by removing $k$ vertices. Although a linear-time algorithm was postulated since 1974…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-19 Danupon Nanongkai , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

We study graph connectivity problem in MPC model. On an undirected graph with $n$ nodes and $m$ edges, $O(\log n)$ round connectivity algorithms have been known for over 35 years. However, no algorithms with better complexity bounds were…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Alexandr Andoni , Clifford Stein , Zhao Song , Zhengyu Wang , Peilin Zhong

In this work, we initiate a thorough study of parameterized graph optimization problems in the distributed setting. In a parameterized problem, an algorithm decides whether a solution of size bounded by a \emph{parameter} $k$ exists and if…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Ran Ben-Basat , Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Gregory Schwartzman

In the minimum $k$-cut problem, we want to find the minimum number of edges whose deletion breaks the input graph into at least $k$ connected components. The classic algorithm of Karger and Stein runs in $\tilde O(n^{2k-2})$ time, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Zhiyang He , Jason Li

Let $G = (V,E,w)$ be a weighted, digraph subject to a sequence of adversarial edge deletions. In the decremental single-source reachability problem (SSR), we are given a fixed source $s$ and the goal is to maintain a data structure that can…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Aaron Bernstein , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Thatchaphol Saranurak