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In this paper, we revisit a well-known distributed projected subgradient algorithm which aims to minimize a sum of cost functions with a common set constraint. In contrast to most of existing results, weight matrices of the time-varying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-29 Weijian Li , Zihan Chen , Youcheng Lou , Yiguang Hong

For a graph class ${\cal H}$, the graph parameters elimination distance to ${\cal H}$ (denoted by ${\bf ed}_{\cal H}$) [Bulian and Dawar, Algorithmica, 2016], and ${\cal H}$-treewidth (denoted by ${\bf tw}_{\cal H}$) [Eiben et al. JCSS,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-01-10 Akanksha Agrawal , Lawqueen Kanesh , Daniel Lokshtanov , Fahad Panolan , M. S. Ramanujan , Saket Saurabh , Meirav Zehavi

We study polynomial-time approximation schemes (PTASes) for constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) such as Maximum Independent Set or Minimum Vertex Cover on sparse graph classes. Baker's approach gives a PTAS on planar graphs,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-03-10 Balázs F. Mezei , Marcin Wrochna , Stanislav Živný

Recently it was shown that many classic graph problems -- Independent Set, Dominating Set, Hamiltonian Cycle, and more -- can be solved in subexponential time on unit-ball graphs. More precisely, these problems can be solved in…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Mark de Berg , Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak

Visual rendering of graphs is a key task in the mapping of complex network data. Although most graph drawing algorithms emphasize aesthetic appeal, certain applications such as travel-time maps place more importance on visualization of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-02-06 Brian Baingana , Georgios B. Giannakis

Motivated by the exact weight perfect matching problem and recent parameterized algorithms for finding an $\ell$-th smallest perfect matching, we study structural properties of edge-weight symmetries in graphs. Recent work by El Maalouly et…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Kristóf Bérczi , Viktor Csaplár , Yutaro Yamaguchi

We study a generalization of the classic Spanning Tree problem that allows for a non-uniform failure model. More precisely, edges are either \emph{safe} or \emph{unsafe} and we assume that failures only affect unsafe edges. In Unweighted…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Matthias Bentert , Jannik Schestag , Frank Sommer

Exact subgraph matching on large-scale graphs remains a challenging problem due to high computational complexity and distributed system constraints. Existing GNN-based path embedding (GNN-PE) frameworks achieve efficient exact matching on…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Yu Wang , Hui Wang , Jiake Ge , Xin Wang

Graph Crossing Number is a fundamental problem with various applications. In this problem, the goal is to draw an input graph $G$ in the plane so as to minimize the number of crossings between the images of its edges. Despite extensive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Julia Chuzhoy , Sepideh Mahabadi , Zihan Tan

The transversal hypergraph problem is the task of enumerating the minimal hitting sets of a hypergraph. It is a long-standing open question whether this can be done in output-polynomial time. For hypergraphs whose solutions have bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-25 Thomas Bläsius , Tobias Friedrich , Julius Lischeid , Kitty Meeks , Martin Schirneck

We prove the following theorem. Given a planar graph $G$ and an integer $k$, it is possible in polynomial time to randomly sample a subset $A$ of vertices of $G$ with the following properties: (i) $A$ induces a subgraph of $G$ of treewidth…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-04-21 Fedor V. Fomin , Daniel Lokshtanov , Dániel Marx , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Saket Saurabh

Given an undirected, edge-weighted graph G together with pairs of vertices, called pairs of terminals, the minimum multicut problem asks for a minimum-weight set of edges such that, after deleting these edges, the two terminals of each pair…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Éric Colin de Verdière

Graph routing problems have been investigated extensively in operations research, computer science and engineering due to their ubiquity and vast applications. In this paper, we study constant approximation algorithms for some variations of…

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Partitioning the vertices of a graph into two roughly equal parts while minimizing the number of edges crossing the cut is a fundamental problem (called Balanced Separator) that arises in many settings. For this problem, and variants such…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Venkatesan Guruswami , Ali Kemal Sinop , Yuan Zhou

Let G be a finite undirected graph. A vertex dominates itself and all its neighbors in G. A vertex set D is an efficient dominating set (e.d. for short) of G if every vertex of G is dominated by exactly one vertex of D. The Efficient…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-04-24 Andreas Brandstädt , Martin Milanic , Ragnar Nevries

A dynamic graph algorithm is a data structure that answers queries about a property of the current graph while supporting graph modifications such as edge insertions and deletions. Prior work has shown strong conditional lower bounds for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Monika Henzinger , Ami Paz , A. R. Sricharan

For given a pair of nodes in a graph, the minimum non-separating path problem looks for a minimum weight path between the two nodes such that the remaining graph after removing the path is still connected. The balanced connected bipartition…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-02-11 Bang Ye Wu

For an undirected $n$-vertex graph $G$ with non-negative edge-weights, we consider the following type of query: given two vertices $s$ and $t$ in $G$, what is the weight of a minimum $st$-cut in $G$? We solve this problem in preprocessing…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-12-24 Glencora Borradaile , David Eppstein , Amir Nayyeri , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

Threshold graphs are recursive deterministic network models that have been proposed for describing certain economic and social interactions. One drawback of this graph family is that it has limited generative attachment rules. To mitigate…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-05-24 Vida Ravanmehr , Gregory J. Puleo , Sadegh Bolouki , Olgica Milenkovic

We introduce the notion of balance for directed graphs: a weighted directed graph is $\alpha$-balanced if for every cut $S \subseteq V$, the total weight of edges going from $S$ to $V\setminus S$ is within factor $\alpha$ of the total…

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