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We study the problem of computing an approximate maximum cardinality matching in the semi-streaming model when edges arrive in a \emph{random} order. In the semi-streaming model, the edges of the input graph G = (V,E) are given as a stream…

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We revisit a classical problem in transportation, known as the continuous (bilevel) network design problem, CNDP for short. We are given a graph for which the latency of each edge depends on the ratio of the edge flow and the capacity…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-13 Martin Gairing , Tobias Harks , Max Klimm

Inverse ellipsometry, i.e., reconstructing optical constants and film thickness from the measured phase difference $\Delta$ and amplitude ratio $\Psi$, is a fundamentally ill-posed problem. Traditional solutions rely on slow, expert-driven…

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We combine the work of Garg and Konemann, and Fleischer with ideas from dynamic graph algorithms to obtain faster (1-eps)-approximation schemes for various versions of the multicommodity flow problem. In particular, if eps is moderately…

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With the rapid advancement of technology, parallel computing applications have become increasingly popular and are commonly executed in large data centers. These applications involve two phases: computation and communication, which are…

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In this paper, we derive a number of interesting properties and extensions of the convex flow problem from the perspective of convex geometry. We show that the sets of allowable flows always can be imbued with a downward closure property,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-26 Theo Diamandis , Guillermo Angeris

We study a degenerate parabolic-hyperbolic equation with zero flux boundary condition. The aim of this paper is to prove convergence of numerical approximate solutions towards the unique entropy solution. We propose an implicit finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-02 Mohamed Karimou Gazibo

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.…

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We provide faster algorithms for approximately solving $\ell_{\infty}$ regression, a fundamental problem prevalent in both combinatorial and continuous optimization. In particular, we provide accelerated coordinate descent methods capable…

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Coflow is a prominent network abstraction for modeling communication patterns in data centers. Since coflow scheduling in large-scale data centers is $\mathcal{NP}$-hard, this paper investigates this problem within heterogeneous parallel…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Chi-Yeh Chen

We present an $\tilde{O}\left(m^{\frac{10}{7}}U^{\frac{1}{7}}\right)$-time algorithm for the maximum $s$-$t$ flow problem and the minimum $s$-$t$ cut problem in directed graphs with $m$ arcs and largest integer capacity $U$. This matches…

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In the $2$-Machine Flow Shop problem with exact delays the operations of each job are separated by a given time lag (delay). Leung et al. (2007) established that the problem is strongly NP-hard when the delays may have at most two different…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Alexander Ageev

We study an incremental network design problem, where in each time period of the planning horizon an arc can be added to the network and a maximum flow problem is solved, and where the objective is to maximize the cumulative flow over the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-12-12 Thomas Kalinowski , Dmytro Matsypura , Martin W. P. Savelsbergh

We consider the problem of finding the value of a maximum flow over time in a network with uniform edge lengths where the edge capacities change at specific time instants. To solve this problem, we show how to construct a condensed version…

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The ultimate goal of any numerical scheme for partial differential equations (PDEs) is to compute an approximation of user-prescribed accuracy at quasi-minimal computational time. To this end, algorithmically, the standard adaptive finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Philipp Bringmann , Michael Feischl , Ani Miraci , Dirk Praetorius , Julian Streitberger

This paper addresses the problem of determining all optimal integer solutions of a linear integer network flow problem, which we call the all optimal integer flow (AOF) problem. We derive an O(F (m + n) + mn + M ) time algorithm to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-28 David Könen , Daniel R. Schmidt , Christiane Spisla

In this paper we consider generalized flow problems where there is an $m$-edge $n$-node directed graph $G = (V,E)$ and each edge $e \in E$ has a loss factor $\gamma_e >0$ governing whether the flow is increased or decreased as it crosses…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Shunhua Jiang , Michael Kapralov , Lawrence Li , Aaron Sidford

Given an edge-colored graph, the goal of the proportional fair matching problem is to find a maximum weight matching while ensuring proportional representation (with respect to the number of edges) of each color. The colors may correspond…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Sharmila Duppala , Nathaniel Grammel , Juan Luque , Calum MacRury , Aravind Srinivasan

In this thesis, we consider one of the most popular models of non-equilibrium statistical physics: the Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process, in which particles jump stochastically on a one-dimensional lattice, between two reservoirs at fixed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-03-28 Alexandre Lazarescu

We consider the problem of sampling an edge almost uniformly from an unknown graph, $G = (V, E)$. Access to the graph is provided via queries of the following types: (1) uniform vertex queries, (2) degree queries, and (3) neighbor queries.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-06-30 Talya Eden , Will Rosenbaum