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Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-10 Danilo Numeroso , Davide Bacciu , Petar Veličković

Max-Cut is a fundamental combinatorial optimization problem that has been studied in various computational settings. We initiate the study of its streaming complexity in \emph{general metric spaces} with access to distance oracles. We give…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Shaofeng H. -C. Jiang , Pan Peng , Haoze Wang

Computing a minimum $s$-$t$ cut in a graph is a solution to a wide range of computer vision problems, and is often done using the Boykov-Kolmogorov (BK) algorithm. In this paper, we revisit the BK algorithm from both a theoretical and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Christian Møller Mikkelstrup , Anders Bjorholm Dahl , Philip Bille , Vedrana Andersen Dahl , Inge Li Gørtz

We present a parallel version of the cut-pursuit algorithm for minimizing functionals involving the graph total variation. We show that the decomposition of the iterate into constant connected components, which is at the center of this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-08 Hugo Raguet , Loic Landrieu

The hypergraph minimum cut problem aims to partition its vertices into two blocks while minimizing the total weight of the cut hyperedges. This fundamental problem arises in network reliability, VLSI design, and community detection. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Adil Chhabra , Christian Schulz , Bora Uçar , Loris Wilwert

This paper focuses on the problem of coflow scheduling with precedence constraints in identical parallel networks, which is a well-known $\mathcal{NP}$-hard problem. Coflow is a relatively new network abstraction used to characterize…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Chi-Yeh Chen

In this paper we provide an algorithm which given any $m$-edge $n$-vertex directed graph with integer capacities at most $U$ computes a maximum $s$-$t$ flow for any vertices $s$ and $t$ in $m^{4/3+o(1)}U^{1/3}$ time. This improves upon the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-16 Yang P. Liu , Aaron Sidford

One of the most popular approaches to multi-target tracking is tracking-by-detection. Current min-cost flow algorithms which solve the data association problem optimally have three main drawbacks: they are computationally expensive, they…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Philip Lenz , Andreas Geiger , Raquel Urtasun

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,…

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The Maximum Common Subgraph is a computationally challenging problem with countless practical applications. Even if it has been long proven NP-hard, its importance still motivates searching for exact solutions. This work starts by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-11-09 Andrea Marcelli , Stefano Quer , Giovanni Squillero

Coflow is a network abstraction used to represent communication patterns in data centers. The coflow scheduling problem encountered in large data centers is a challenging $\mathcal{NP}$-hard problem. This paper tackles the scheduling…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Chi-Yeh Chen

A min-cut that seperates vertices s and t in a network is an edge set of minimum weight whose removal will disconnect s and t. This problem is the dual of the well known s-t max-flow problem. Several algorithms for the min-cut problem are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-01-01 S. Shine , K. Murali Krishnan

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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This paper addresses the scheduling problem of coflows in identical parallel networks, which is a well-known $NP$-hard problem. Coflow is a relatively new network abstraction used to characterize communication patterns in data centers. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Chi-Yeh Chen

Given a graph $G=(V, E)$, a connected sides cut $(U, V\backslash U)$ or $\delta (U)$ is the set of edges of E linking all vertices of U to all vertices of $V\backslash U$ such that the induced subgraphs $G[U]$ and $G[V\backslash U]$ are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Brahim Chaourar

Coflow is a recently proposed network abstraction for data-parallel computing applications. This paper considers scheduling coflows with precedence constraints in identical parallel networks, such as to minimize the total weighted…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-15 Chi-Yeh Chen

The densest subgraph problem has received significant attention, both in theory and in practice, due to its applications in problems such as community detection, social network analysis, and spam detection. Due to the high cost of obtaining…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Pattara Sukprasert , Quanquan C. Liu , Laxman Dhulipala , Julian Shun

Many modern datacenter applications involve large-scale computations composed of multiple data flows that need to be completed over a shared set of distributed resources. Such a computation completes when all of its flows complete. A useful…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-03-12 Hamidreza Jahanjou , Erez Kantor , Rajmohan Rajaraman

Current algorithms for large-scale industrial optimization problems typically face a trade-off: they either require exponential time to reach optimal solutions, or employ problem-specific heuristics. To overcome these limitations, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-16 Matteo Vandelli , Francesco Ferrari , Daniele Dragoni

The One Sided Crossing Minimization (OSCM) problem is an optimization problem in graph drawing that aims to minimize the number of edge crossings in bipartite graph layouts. It has practical applications in areas such as network…

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