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We study the inference of network archaeology in growing random geometric graphs. We consider the root finding problem for a random nearest neighbor tree in dimension $d \in \mathbb{N}$, generated by sequentially embedding vertices…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Anna Brandenberger , Cassandra Marcussen , Elchanan Mossel , Madhu Sudan

We describe a polynomial-time algorithm which, given a graph $G$ with treewidth $t$, approximates the pathwidth of $G$ to within a ratio of $O(t\sqrt{\log t})$. This is the first algorithm to achieve an $f(t)$-approximation for some…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Carla Groenland , Gwenaël Joret , Wojciech Nadara , Bartosz Walczak

This paper presents a linear FPT algorithm to find a tree decomposition with a 2-approximation of the treewidth with a significantly smaller exponential dependence on the treewidth. The algorithm runs in time $O(\text{poly}(k) 81^k n)$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Mahdi Belbasi , Martin Fürer , Medha Kumar

We give two new approximation algorithms to compute the fractional hypertree width of an input hypergraph. The first algorithm takes as input $n$-vertex $m$-edge hypergraph $H$ of fractional hypertree width at most $\omega$, runs in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Viktoriia Korchemna , Daniel Lokshtanov , Saket Saurabh , Vaishali Surianarayanan , Jie Xue

In the Fully Leafed Induced Subtrees, one is given a graph $G$ and two integers $a$ and $b$ and the question is to find an induced subtree of $G$ with $a$ vertices and at least $b$ leaves. This problem is known to be NP-complete even when…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Julien Baste

This paper presents the novel `uniqueness tree' algorithm, as one possible method for determining whether two finite, undirected graphs are isomorphic. We prove that the algorithm has polynomial time complexity in the worst case, and that…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-06-22 Jonathan Gorard

Depth first search (DFS) tree is one of the most well-known data structures for designing efficient graph algorithms. Given an undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, the textbook algorithm takes $O(n+m)$ time to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-21 Lijie Chen , Ran Duan , Ruosong Wang , Hanrui Zhang , Tianyi Zhang

Many algorithms have been developed for NP-hard problems on graphs with small treewidth $k$. For example, all problems that are expressable in linear extended monadic second order can be solved in linear time on graphs of bounded treewidth.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Frank Kammer , Torsten Tholey

We design a space-efficient algorithm for performing depth-first search traversal(DFS) of a graph in $O(m+n\log^* n)$ time using $O(n)$ bits of space. While a normal DFS algorithm results in a DFS-tree (in case the graph is connected), our…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-18 Jayesh Choudhari , Manoj Gupta , Shivdutt Sharma

The independence number of a tree decomposition is the maximum of the independence numbers of the subgraphs induced by its bags. The tree-independence number of a graph is the minimum independence number of a tree decomposition of it.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Clément Dallard , Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tuukka Korhonen , Martin Milanič

We study the problem of low-stretch spanning trees in graphs of bounded width: bandwidth, cutwidth, and treewidth. We show that any simple connected graph $G$ with a linear arrangement of bandwidth $b$ can be embedded into a distribution…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-20 Glencora Borradaile , Erin Wolf Chambers , David Eppstein , William Maxwell , Amir Nayyeri

We introduce a graph partitioning problem motivated by computational topology and propose two algorithms that produce approximate solutions. Specifically, given a weighted, undirected graph $G$ and a positive integer $k$, we desire to find…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-04 Abdel-Rahman Madkour , Phillip Nadolny , Matthew Wright

We consider the problem of computing a Steiner tree of minimum cost under a hop constraint which requires the depth of the tree to be at most $k$. Our main result is an exact algorithm for metrics induced by graphs with bounded treewidth…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Martin Böhm , Ruben Hoeksma , Nicole Megow , Lukas Nölke , Bertrand Simon

We consider the problem of finding the smallest graph that contains two input trees each with at most $n$ vertices preserving their distances. In other words, we look for an isometric-universal graph with the minimum number of vertices for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Edgar Baucher , François Dross , Cyril Gavoille

The notion of treewidth plays an important role in theoretical and practical studies of graph problems. It has been recognized that, especially in practical environments, when computing the treewidth of a graph it is invaluable to first…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Hans L. Bodlaender , Bart M. P. Jansen , Stefan Kratsch

We consider the problem of augmenting an $n$-vertex tree with one shortcut in order to minimize the diameter of the resulting graph. The tree is embedded in an unknown space and we have access to an oracle that, when queried on a pair of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-03 Davide Bilò

The local tree-width of a graph G=(V,E) is the function ltw^G: N -> N that associates with every natural number r the maximal tree-width of an r-neighborhood in G. Our main graph theoretic result is a decomposition theorem for graphs with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Martin Grohe

This paper addresses the following questions for a given tree $T$ and integer $d\geq2$: (1) What is the minimum number of degree-$d$ subtrees that partition $E(T)$? (2) What is the minimum number of degree-$d$ subtrees that cover $E(T)$? We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-08-20 David R. Wood

An algorithm is presented that solves the Minimum Dominating Set problem exactly using polynomial space based on dynamic programming for a tree decomposition. A direct application of dynamic programming based on a tree decomposition would…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-29 Mahdi Belbasi , Martin Fürer

Let D(G) be the smallest quantifier depth of a first order formula which is true for a graph G but false for any other non-isomorphic graph. This can be viewed as a measure for the first order descriptive complexity of G. We will show that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tom Bohman , Alan Frieze , Tomasz Luczak , Oleg Pikhurko , Clifford Smyth , Joel Spencer , Oleg Verbitsky