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We present a general toolbox, based on new vertex sparsifiers, for designing data structures to maintain shortest paths in dynamic graphs. In an $m$-edge graph undergoing edge insertions and deletions, our data structures give the first…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Rasmus Kyng , Simon Meierhans , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg

Recent years have seen extensive research on directed graph sparsification. In this work, we initiate the study of fast fully dynamic spectral and cut sparsification algorithms for directed graphs. We introduce a new notion of spectral…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Yibin Zhao

In this paper we provide new randomized algorithms with improved runtimes for solving linear programs with two-sided constraints. In the special case of the minimum cost flow problem on $n$-vertex $m$-edge graphs with integer…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Jan van den Brand , Yin Tat Lee , Yang P. Liu , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Aaron Sidford , Zhao Song , Di Wang

In this paper, we introduce a new framework for approximately solving flow problems in capacitated, undirected graphs and apply it to provide asymptotically faster algorithms for the maximum $s$-$t$ flow and maximum concurrent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-24 Jonathan A. Kelner , Yin Tat Lee , Lorenzo Orecchia , Aaron Sidford

We give an algorithm to find a minimum cut in an edge-weighted directed graph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges in $\tilde O(n\cdot \max(m^{2/3}, n))$ time. This improves on the 30 year old bound of $\tilde O(nm)$ obtained by Hao and Orlin…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Ruoxu Cen , Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Debmalya Panigrahi , Kent Quanrud , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We give a deterministic $m^{1+o(1)}$ time algorithm that computes exact maximum flows and minimum-cost flows on directed graphs with $m$ edges and polynomially bounded integral demands, costs, and capacities. As a consequence, we obtain the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Jan van den Brand , Li Chen , Rasmus Kyng , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Sushant Sachdeva , Aaron Sidford

In this paper we give an $\widetilde{O}((nm)^{2/3}\log C)$ time algorithm for computing min-cost flow (or min-cost circulation) in unit capacity planar multigraphs where edge costs are integers bounded by $C$. For planar multigraphs, this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-05 Adam Karczmarz , Piotr Sankowski

The vertex connectivity of an $m$-edge $n$-vertex undirected graph is the smallest number of vertices whose removal disconnects the graph, or leaves only a singleton vertex. In this paper, we give a reduction from the vertex connectivity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-12 Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Debmalya Panigrahi , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

Spectral hypergraph sparsification, a natural generalization of the well-studied spectral sparsification notion on graphs, has been the subject of intensive research in recent years. In this work, we consider spectral hypergraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Gramoz Goranci , Ali Momeni

In this paper we consider the \emph{fully-dynamic} All-Pairs Effective Resistance problem, where the goal is to maintain effective resistances on a graph $G$ among any pair of query vertices under an intermixed sequence of edge insertions…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-12 David Durfee , Yu Gao , Gramoz Goranci , Richard Peng

This work presents inGRASS, a novel algorithm designed for incremental spectral sparsification of large undirected graphs. The proposed inGRASS algorithm is highly scalable and parallel-friendly, having a nearly-linear time complexity for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Ali Aghdaei , Zhuo Feng

Maxflow is a fundamental problem in graph theory and combinatorial optimisation, used to determine the maximum flow from a source node to a sink node in a flow network. It finds applications in diverse domains, including computer networks,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Shruthi Kannappan , Ashwina Kumar , Rupesh Nasre

We consider the problem of finding a minimum cut of a weighted graph presented as a single-pass stream. While graph sparsification in streams has been intensively studied, the specific application of finding minimum cuts in streams is less…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Matthew Ding , Alexandro Garces , Jason Li , Honghao Lin , Jelani Nelson , Vihan Shah , David P. Woodruff

We provide an algorithm which, with high probability, maintains a $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate maximum flow on an undirected graph undergoing $m$-edge additions in amortized $m^{o(1)} \epsilon^{-3}$ time per update. To obtain this result, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Jan van den Brand , Li Chen , Rasmus Kyng , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Sushant Sachdeva , Aaron Sidford

In this paper, we provide faster algorithms for computing various fundamental quantities associated with random walks on a directed graph, including the stationary distribution, personalized PageRank vectors, hitting times, and escape…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-03 Michael B. Cohen , Jon Kelner , John Peebles , Richard Peng , Aaron Sidford , Adrian Vladu

A spectral sparsifier of a graph $G$ is a sparser graph $H$ that approximately preserves the quadratic form of $G$, i.e. for all vectors $x$, $x^T L_G x \approx x^T L_H x$, where $L_G$ and $L_H$ denote the respective graph Laplacians.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-11-22 Rasmus Kyng , Jakub Pachocki , Richard Peng , Sushant Sachdeva

Spectral sparsification for directed Eulerian graphs is a key component in the design of fast algorithms for solving directed Laplacian linear systems. Directed Laplacian linear system solvers are crucial algorithmic primitives to fast…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Sushant Sachdeva , Anvith Thudi , Yibin Zhao

We present an algorithm for min-cost flow in graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, given a tree decomposition of width $\tau$ and size $S$, and polynomially bounded, integral edge capacities and costs, running in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Sally Dong , Guanghao Ye

We study dynamic graph algorithms in the Massively Parallel Computation model, which was inspired by practical data processing systems. Our goal is to provide algorithms that can efficiently handle large batches of edge insertions and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Krzysztof Nowicki , Krzysztof Onak

We develop a framework for graph sparsification and sketching, based on a new tool, short cycle decomposition -- a decomposition of an unweighted graph into an edge-disjoint collection of short cycles, plus few extra edges. A simple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-31 Timothy Chu , Yu Gao , Richard Peng , Sushant Sachdeva , Saurabh Sawlani , Junxing Wang