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We prove that the flow-cut gap for $n$-node directed graphs is at most $n^{1/3 + o(1)}$. This is the first improvement since a previous upper bound of $\widetilde{O}(n^{11/23})$ by Agarwal, Alon, and Charikar (STOC '07), and it narrows the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Greg Bodwin , Luba Samborska

Reducing the running time of graph algorithms is vital for tackling real-world problems such as shortest paths and matching in large-scale graphs, where path information plays a crucial role. To address this critical challenge, this paper…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Akshar Chavan , Sanaz Rabinia , Daniel Grosu , Marco Brocanelli

We improve on random sampling techniques for approximately solving problems that involve cuts and flows in graphs. We give a near-linear-time construction that transforms any graph on n vertices into an O(n\log n)-edge graph on the same…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Andras Benczur , David R. Karger

We consider the problem of throughput-optimal packet dissemination, in the presence of an arbitrary mix of unicast, broadcast, multicast and anycast traffic, in a general wireless network. We propose an online dynamic policy, called…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Abhishek Sinha , Eytan Modiano

We present new deterministic algorithms for computing distributed weighted minimum weight cycle (MWC) in undirected and directed graphs and distributed weighted all nodes shortest cycle (ANSC) in directed graphs. Our algorithms for these…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Udit Agarwal

Connectivity (or equivalently, unweighted maximum flow) is an important measure in graph theory and combinatorial optimization. Given a graph $G$ with vertices $s$ and $t$, the connectivity $\lambda(s,t)$ from $s$ to $t$ is defined to be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Shyan Akmal

We describe algorithms to efficiently compute minimum $(s,t)$-cuts and global minimum cuts of undirected surface-embedded graphs. Given an edge-weighted undirected graph $G$ with $n$ vertices embedded on an orientable surface of genus $g$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-11 Erin W. Chambers , Jeff Erickson , Kyle Fox , Amir Nayyeri

We study graph ordering problems with a min-max objective. A classical problem of this type is cutwidth, where given a graph we want to order its vertices such that the number of edges crossing any point is minimized. We give a $…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Nikhil Bansal , Dor Katzelnick , Roy Schwartz

The problem of finding, in an edge-weighted bidirected graph $G=(V,E)$, a cycle with minimum mean weight of its edges generalizes similar problems for both directed and undirected graphs. (The problem is considered in two variants: for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Maxim A. Babenko , Alexander V. Karzanov

We consider directed graphs where each edge is labeled with an integer weight and study the fundamental algorithmic question of computing the value of a cycle with minimum mean weight. Our contributions are twofold: (1) First we show that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-07-18 Krishnendu Chatterjee , Monika Henzinger , Sebastian Krinninger , Veronika Loitzenbauer

Small depth networks arise in a variety of network related applications, often in the form of maximum flow and maximum weighted matching. Recent works have generalized such methods to include costs arising from concave functions. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-26 Tung Mai , Richard Peng , Anup B. Rao , Vijay V. Vazirani

The maximum multicommodity flow problem is a natural generalization of the maximum flow problem to route multiple distinct flows. Obtaining a $1-\epsilon$ approximation to the multicommodity flow problem on graphs is a well-studied problem.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-09 Jonathan A. Kelner , Gary Miller , Richard Peng

We provide universally-optimal distributed graph algorithms for $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximate shortest path problems including shortest-path-tree and transshipment. The universal optimality of our algorithms guarantees that, on any $n$-node…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Goran Zuzic , Gramoz Goranci , Mingquan Ye , Bernhard Haeupler , Xiaorui Sun

In the decremental single-source shortest paths (SSSP) problem we want to maintain the distances between a given source node $s$ and every other node in an $n$-node $m$-edge graph $G$ undergoing edge deletions. While its static counterpart…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-20 Monika Henzinger , Sebastian Krinninger , Danupon Nanongkai

In undirected graphs with real non-negative weights, we give a new randomized algorithm for the single-source shortest path (SSSP) problem with running time $O(m\sqrt{\log n \cdot \log\log n})$ in the comparison-addition model. This is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Ran Duan , Jiayi Mao , Xinkai Shu , Longhui Yin

Finding a maximum-cardinality or maximum-weight matching in (edge-weighted) undirected graphs is among the most prominent problems of algorithmic graph theory. For $n$-vertex and $m$-edge graphs, the best known algorithms run in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Tomohiro Koana , Viatcheslav Korenwein , André Nichterlein , Rolf Niedermeier , Philipp Zschoche

We study the problem of determining the worst optimal value and characterizing the corresponding worst-case scenarios in minimum cost network flow problems with interval uncertainty in arc capacities. In this setting, each capacity can take…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Miroslav Rada , Milan Hladík , Elif Radová Garajová , Francesco Carrabs , Raffaele Cerulli , Ciriaco D'Ambrosio

We consider the directed minimum weight cycle problem in the fully dynamic setting. To the best of our knowledge, so far no fully dynamic algorithms have been designed specifically for the minimum weight cycle problem in general digraphs.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-23 Adam Karczmarz

We consider an off-line optimisation problem where $k$ robots must service $n$ requests on a single line. A request $i$ has weight $w_i$ and takes place at time $t_i$ at location $d_i$ on the line. A robot can service a request and collect…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-01 A. Gkikas , T. Radzik

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