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We present Fast Approximate Minimum Spanning Tree (FAMST), a novel algorithm that addresses the computational challenges of constructing Minimum Spanning Trees (MSTs) for large-scale and high-dimensional datasets. FAMST utilizes a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Mahmood K. M. Almansoori , Miklos Telek

The Euclidean Steiner tree problem, normally posed in two dimensions, seeks to connect a set of prescribed terminal nodes by placing additional nodes, known as Steiner points, with edges connecting such nodes either to another Steiner point…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-24 Manou Rosenberg , Mengbin Ye , Brian D. O. Anderson

In this paper we design and prove correct a fully dynamic distributed algorithm for maintaining an approximate Steiner tree that connects via a minimum-weight spanning tree a subset of nodes of a network (referred as Steiner members or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Lélia Blin , Maria Gradinariu Potop-Butucaru , Stephane Rovedakis

Given a graph $G = (V,E)$ and a subset $T \subseteq V$ of terminals, a \emph{Steiner tree} of $G$ is a tree that spans $T$. In the vertex-weighted Steiner tree (VST) problem, each vertex is assigned a non-negative weight, and the goal is to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-07 Faryad Darabi Sahneh , Alon Efrat , Stephen Kobourov , Spencer Krieger , Richard Spence

In the minimum $k$-edge-connected spanning subgraph ($k$-ECSS) problem the goal is to find the minimum weight subgraph resistant to up to $k-1$ edge failures. This is a central problem in network design, and a natural generalization of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Michal Dory

For a given graph $G$, a maximum internal spanning tree of $G$ is a spanning tree of $G$ with maximum number of internal vertices. The Maximum Internal Spanning Tree (MIST) problem is to find a maximum internal spanning tree of the given…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Gopika Sharma , Arti Pandey , Michael C. Wigal

There are numerous randomized algorithms to generate spanning trees in a given ambient graph; several target the uniform distribution on trees (UST), while in practice the fastest and most frequently used draw random weights on the edges…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Eric Babson , Moon Duchin , Annina Iseli , Pietro Poggi-Corradini , Dylan Thurston , Jamie Tucker-Foltz

This paper give a simple linear-time algorithm that, given a weighted digraph, finds a spanning tree that simultaneously approximates a shortest-path tree and a minimum spanning tree. The algorithm provides a continuous trade-off: given the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Samir Khuller , Balaji Raghavachari , Neal E. Young

Computing the Euclidean minimum spanning tree (EMST) is a computationally demanding step of many algorithms. While work-efficient serial and multithreaded algorithms for computing EMST are known, designing an efficient GPU algorithm is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-09-08 Andrey Prokopenko , Piyush Sao , Damien Lebrun-Grandié

We study the generalized minimum Manhattan network (GMMN) problem: given a set $P$ of pairs of two points in the Euclidean plane $\mathbb{R}^2$, we are required to find a minimum-length geometric network which consists of axis-aligned…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Yuya Masumura , Taihei Oki , Yutaro Yamaguchi

We study two problems that seek a subtree $T$ of a graph $G=(V,E)$ such that $T$ satisfies a certain property and has minimal maximum degree. - In the Min-Degree Group Steiner Tree problem we are given a collection ${\cal S}$ of groups…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Guy Kortsarz , Zeev Nutov

We consider the stochastic geometry model where the location of each node is a random point in a given metric space, or the existence of each node is uncertain. We study the problems of computing the expected lengths of several…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-18 Lingxiao Huang , Jian Li

We study the Requirement Cut problem, a generalization of numerous classical graph partitioning problems including Multicut, Multiway Cut, $k$-Cut, and Steiner Multicut among others. Given a graph with edge costs, terminal groups $(S_1,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Nadym Mallek , Kirill Simonov

Consider a setting where possibly sensitive information sent over a path in a network is visible to every {neighbor} of the path, i.e., every neighbor of some node on the path, thus including the nodes on the path itself. The exposure of a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-27 Shiri Chechik , M. P. Johnson , Merav Parter , David Peleg

Given an $n$-vertex non-negatively real-weighted graph $G$, whose vertices are partitioned into a set of $k$ clusters, a \emph{clustered network design problem} on $G$ consists of solving a given network design optimization problem on $G$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-01 Mattia D'Emidio , Luca Forlizzi , Daniele Frigioni , Stefano Leucci , Guido Proietti

Directed Steiner Tree (DST) is a central problem in combinatorial optimization and theoretical computer science: Given a directed graph $G=(V, E)$ with edge costs $c \in \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}^E$, a root $r \in V$ and $k$ terminals $K\subseteq…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Xiangyu Guo , Guy Kortsarz , Bundit Laekhanukit , Shi Li , Daniel Vaz , Jiayi Xian

We give polynomial time logarithmic approximation guarantees for the budget minimization, as well as for the profit maximization versions of minimum spanning tree interdiction. In this problem, the goal is to remove some edges of an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Rafail Ostrovsky , Yuval Rabani , Yoav Siman Tov

The Steiner tree enumeration problem is a well known problem that asks for enumerating Steiner trees. Numerous theoretical works proposed algorithms for the problem and analyzed their complexity, but there are no practical algorithms and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Yuya Sasaki

In the $k$-connected directed Steiner tree problem ($k$-DST), we are given an $n$-vertex directed graph $G=(V,E)$ with edge costs, a connectivity requirement $k$, a root $r\in V$ and a set of terminals $T\subseteq V$. The goal is to find a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Chao Liao , Qingyun Chen , Bundit Laekhanukit , Yuhao Zhang

In the Euclidean Bottleneck Steiner Tree problem, the input consists of a set of $n$ points in $\mathbb{R}^2$ called terminals and a parameter $k$, and the goal is to compute a Steiner tree that spans all the terminals and contains at most…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Sayan Bandyapadhyay , William Lochet , Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Jie Xue