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We present a parallel algorithm for the $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate maximum flow problem in capacitated, undirected graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, achieving $O(\epsilon^{-3}\text{polylog} n)$ depth and $O(m \epsilon^{-3}…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Arpit Agarwal , Sanjeev Khanna , Huan Li , Prathamesh Patil , Chen Wang , Nathan White , Peilin Zhong

We give an $O(n^{1.5}\log n)$ time algorithm for finding the maximum flow in a directed planar graph with multiple sources and a single sink. The techniques generalize to a subquadratic time algorithm for bounded genus graphs.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-09-03 Glencora Borradaile , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

We introduce the notion of {\em fair cuts} as an approach to leverage approximate $(s,t)$-mincut (equivalently $(s,t)$-maxflow) algorithms in undirected graphs to obtain near-linear time approximation algorithms for several cut problems.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Debmalya Panigrahi , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We give an algorithm to find a mincut in an $n$-vertex, $m$-edge weighted directed graph using $\tilde O(\sqrt{n})$ calls to any maxflow subroutine. Using state of the art maxflow algorithms, this yields a directed mincut algorithm that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Ruoxu Cen , Jason Li , Danupon Nanongkai , Debmalya Panigrahi , Thatchaphol Saranurak

Small depth networks arise in a variety of network related applications, often in the form of maximum flow and maximum weighted matching. Recent works have generalized such methods to include costs arising from concave functions. In this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-26 Tung Mai , Richard Peng , Anup B. Rao , Vijay V. Vazirani

We give an $O(n^{1.5} \log n)$ algorithm that, given a directed planar graph with arc capacities, a set of source nodes and a single sink node, finds a maximum flow from the sources to the sink . This is the first subquadratic-time strongly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-09-15 Philip N. Klein , Shay Mozes

We develop a new technique for computing maximum flow in directed planar graphs with multiple sources and a single sink that significantly deviates from previously known techniques for flow problems. This gives rise to an…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-05-11 Philip N. Klein , Shay Mozes

In this paper, we address the minimum-cost node-capacitated multiflow problem in an undirected network. For this problem, Babenko and Karzanov (2012) showed strongly polynomial-time solvability via the ellipsoid method. Our result is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Hiroshi Hirai , Motoki Ikeda

We give an iterative algorithm for finding the maximum flow between a set of sources and sinks that lie on the boundary of a planar graph. Our algorithm uses only O(n) queries to simple data structures, achieving an O(n log n) running time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-06-25 Glencora Borradaile , Anna Harutyunyan

We present an $O(nm)$ algorithm for all-pairs shortest paths computations in a directed graph with $n$ nodes, $m$ arcs, and nonnegative integer arc costs. This matches the complexity bound attained by Thorup \cite{Thorup1999} for the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-02 James B. Orlin , László A. Végh

In this work, we develop a new framework for dynamic network flow problems based on optimal transport theory. We show that the dynamic multi-commodity minimum-cost network flow problem can be formulated as a multi-marginal optimal transport…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-29 Isabel Haasler , Axel Ringh , Yongxin Chen , Johan Karlsson

In the vertex connectivity problem, given an undirected $n$-vertex $m$-edge graph $G$, we need to compute the minimum number of vertices that can disconnect $G$ after removing them. This problem is one of the most well-studied graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-26 Thatchaphol Saranurak , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

The vitality of an edge in a graph with respect to the maximum flow between two fixed vertices $s$ and $t$ is defined as the reduction of the maximum flow value caused by the removal of that edge. The max-flow vitality problem has already…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-25 Giorgio Ausiello , Lorenzo Balzotti , Paolo G. Franciosa , Isabella Lari , Andrea Ribichini

We provide evidence that computing the maximum flow value between every pair of nodes in a directed graph on $n$ nodes, $m$ edges,and capacities in the range $[1..n]$, which we call the All-Pairs Max-Flow problem, cannot be solved in time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Robert Krauthgamer , Ohad Trabelsi

We give an algorithm for computing exact maximum flows on graphs with $m$ edges and integer capacities in the range $[1, U]$ in $\widetilde{O}(m^{\frac{3}{2} - \frac{1}{328}} \log U)$ time. For sparse graphs with polynomially bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Yu Gao , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng

Following [21, 23], the present work investigates a new relative entropy-regularized algorithm for solving the optimal transport on a graph problem within the randomized shortest paths formalism. More precisely, a unit flow is injected into…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Sylvain Courtain , Guillaume Guex , Ilkka Kivimaki , Marco Saerens

Dynamically maintaining the minimum cut in a graph $G$ under edge insertions and deletions is a fundamental problem in dynamic graph algorithms for which no conditional lower bound on the time per operation exists. In an $n$-node graph the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Antoine El-Hayek , Monika Henzinger , Jason Li

Network flow is one of the most studied combinatorial optimization problems having innumerable applications. Any flow on a directed acyclic graph $G$ having $n$ vertices and $m$ edges can be decomposed into a set of $O(m)$ paths. In some…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Shahbaz Khan , Alexandru I. Tomescu

In this work, we present the first algorithm to compute expander decompositions in an m-edge directed graph with near-optimal time \~O(m). Further, our algorithm can maintain such a decomposition in a dynamic graph and again obtains…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Aurelio L. Sulser , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg

The girth of a graph, i.e. the length of its shortest cycle, is a fundamental graph parameter. Unfortunately all known algorithms for computing, even approximately, the girth and girth-related structures in directed weighted $m$-edge and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-14 Jakub Pachocki , Liam Roditty , Aaron Sidford , Roei Tov , Virginia Vassilevska Williams