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We consider single-hop radio networks with multiple channels as a model of wireless networks. There are $n$ stations connected to $b$ radio channels that do not provide collision detection. A station uses all the channels concurrently and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-31 Bogdan S. Chlebus , Gianluca De Marco , Dariusz R. Kowalski

We study the {edge-coloring} problem in the message-passing model of distributed computing. This is one of the most fundamental and well-studied problems in this area. Currently, the best-known deterministic algorithms for (2Delta…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Leonid Barenboim , Michael Elkin

The distributed coloring problem is arguably one of the key problems studied in the area of distributed graph algorithms. The most standard variant of the problem asks for a proper vertex coloring of a graph with $\Delta+1$ colors, where…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Marc Fuchs , Fabian Kuhn

We obtain better algorithms for computing more balanced orientations and degree splits in LOCAL. Important to our result is a connection to the hypergraph sinkless orientation problem [BMNSU, SODA'25] We design an algorithm of complexity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Yannic Maus , Alexandre Nolin , Florian Schager

This paper is centered on the complexity of graph problems in the well-studied LOCAL model of distributed computing, introduced by Linial [FOCS '87]. It is widely known that for many of the classic distributed graph problems (including…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus

In the distributed backup-placement problem each node of a network has to select one neighbor, such that the maximum number of nodes that make the same selection is minimized. This is a natural relaxation of the perfect matching problem, in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-08-19 Leonid Barenboim , Gal Oren

Recently, \citeauthor*{akbari2021locality}~(ICALP 2023) studied the locality of graph problems in distributed, sequential, dynamic, and online settings from a {unified} point of view. They designed a novel $O(\log n)$-locality deterministic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Yi-Jun Chang , Gopinath Mishra , Hung Thuan Nguyen , Mingyang Yang , Yu-Cheng Yeh

Online algorithms make decisions based on past inputs. In general, the decision may depend on the entire history of inputs. If many computers run the same online algorithm with the same input stream but are started at different times, they…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Maciej Pacut , Mahmoud Parham , Joel Rybicki , Stefan Schmid , Jukka Suomela , Aleksandr Tereshchenko

We consider the clock synchronization problem in the (discrete) beeping model: Given a network of $n$ nodes with each node having a clock value $\delta(v) \in \{0,\ldots T-1\}$, the goal is to synchronize the clock values of all nodes such…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Michael Feldmann , Ardalan Khazraei , Christian Scheideler

A central theme in distributed network algorithms concerns understanding and coping with the issue of locality. Inspired by sequential complexity theory, we focus on a complexity theory for distributed decision problems. In the context of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-03-04 Pierre Fraigniaud , Amos Korman , David Peleg

A model and analysis of the human sleep/wake system is presented. The model is derived using the known neuronal groups, and their various projections, involved with sleep and wake. Inherent in the derivation is the existence of a slow time…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-08-17 Lisa Rogers , Mark Holmes

There is a huge difference in techniques and runtimes of distributed algorithms for problems that can be solved by a sequential greedy algorithm and those that cannot. A prime example of this contrast appears in the edge coloring problem:…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Manuel Jakob , Yannic Maus , Florian Schager

The sinkless orientation problem plays a key role in understanding the foundations of distributed computing. The problem can be used to separate two fundamental models of distributed graph algorithms, LOCAL and SLOCAL: the locality of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-14 Alkida Balliu , Janne H. Korhonen , Fabian Kuhn , Henrik Lievonen , Dennis Olivetti , Shreyas Pai , Ami Paz , Joel Rybicki , Stefan Schmid , Jan Studený , Jukka Suomela , Jara Uitto

Distributed graph coloring is one of the most extensively studied problems in distributed computing. There is a canonical family of distributed graph coloring algorithms known as the locally-iterative coloring algorithms, first formalized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Xinyu Fu , Yitong Yin , Chaodong Zheng

Differential equation-based physiological models of sleep-wake networks describe sleep-wake regulation by simulating the activity of wake- and sleep-promoting neuronal populations and the modulation of these populations by homeostatic and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Christina Athanasouli , Sofia H. Piltz , Cecilia Diniz Behn , Victoria Booth

We propose a general method for converting online algorithms to local computation algorithms by selecting a random permutation of the input, and simulating running the online algorithm. We bound the number of steps of the algorithm using a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-08 Yishay Mansour , Aviad Rubinstein , Shai Vardi , Ning Xie

We present a deterministic algorithm for solving a wide range of dynamic programming problems in trees in $O(\log D)$ rounds in the massively parallel computation model (MPC), with $O(n^\delta)$ words of local memory per machine, for any…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-08 Chetan Gupta , Rustam Latypov , Yannic Maus , Shreyas Pai , Simo Särkkä , Jan Studený , Jukka Suomela , Jara Uitto , Hossein Vahidi

We present the \emph{discrete beeping} communication model, which assumes nodes have minimal knowledge about their environment and severely limited communication capabilities. Specifically, nodes have no information regarding the local or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-05-17 Alejandro Cornejo , Fabian Kuhn

Consider an n-vertex graph G = (V,E) of maximum degree Delta, and suppose that each vertex v \in V hosts a processor. The processors are allowed to communicate only with their neighbors in G. The communication is synchronous, i.e., it…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-03-09 Leonid Barenboim , Michael Elkin

We study the self-stabilizing leader election problem in anonymous $n$-nodes networks. Achieving self-stabilization with low space memory complexity is particularly challenging, and designing space-optimal leader election algorithms remains…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Lelia Blin , Sylvain Gay , Isabella Ziccardi