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In this work, we develop the low-space Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) complexity landscape for a family of fundamental graph problems on trees. We present a general method that solves most locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-04 Sebastian Brandt , Rustam Latypov , Jara Uitto

One of the central models in distributed computing is Linial's LOCAL model [SIAM J. Comp. 1992]. Over time, researchers have studied distributed graph problems in the LOCAL model under slightly different assumptions, such as whether nodes…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Timothé Picavet , Gustav Schmid

We show fast deterministic algorithms for fundamental problems on forests in the challenging low-space regime of the well-known Massive Parallel Computation (MPC) model. A recent breakthrough result by Coy and Czumaj [STOC'22] shows that,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Alkida Balliu , Rustam Latypov , Yannic Maus , Dennis Olivetti , Jara Uitto

We study the local complexity landscape of locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems on constant-degree graphs with a focus on complexities below $\log^* n$. Our contribution is threefold: Our main contribution is that we complete the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-26 Christoph Grunau , Vaclav Rozhon , Sebastian Brandt

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

Recently, studying fundamental graph problems in the \emph{Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) framework, inspired by the MapReduce paradigm, has gained a lot of attention. An assumption common to a vast majority of approaches is to allow…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Sebastian Brandt , Manuela Fischer , Jara Uitto

We consider locally checkable labeling LCL problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing. Since 2016, there has been a substantial body of work examining the possible complexities of LCL problems. For example, it has been established…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Yi-Jun Chang

The Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) model serves as a common abstraction of many modern large-scale parallel computation frameworks and has recently gained a lot of importance, especially in the context of classic graph problems.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Sebastian Brandt , Manuela Fischer , Jara Uitto

The randomized online-LOCAL model captures a number of models of computing; it is at least as strong as all of these models: - the classical LOCAL model of distributed graph algorithms, - the quantum version of the LOCAL model, - finitely…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Anubhav Dhar , Eli Kujawa , Henrik Lievonen , Augusto Modanese , Mikail Muftuoglu , Jan Studený , Jukka Suomela

Recent research revealed the existence of gaps in the complexity landscape of locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing. For example, the deterministic round complexity of any LCL problem on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Yi-Jun Chang

Over the past decade, a long line of research has investigated the distributed complexity landscape of locally checkable labeling (LCL) problems on bounded-degree graphs, culminating in an almost-complete classification on general graphs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti , Gustav Schmid

LCLs or locally checkable labelling problems (e.g. maximal independent set, maximal matching, and vertex colouring) in the LOCAL model of computation are very well-understood in cycles (toroidal 1-dimensional grids): every problem has a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Sebastian Brandt , Juho Hirvonen , Janne H. Korhonen , Tuomo Lempiäinen , Patric R. J. Östergård , Christopher Purcell , Joel Rybicki , Jukka Suomela , Przemysław Uznański

We study the allocation problem in the Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) model. This problem is a special case of $b$-matching, in which the input is a bipartite graph with capacities greater than $1$ in only one part of the bipartition.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Jakub Łącki , Slobodan Mitrović , Srikkanth Ramachandran , Wen-Horng Sheu

We introduce a method for sparsifying distributed algorithms and exhibit how it leads to improvements that go past known barriers in two algorithmic settings of large-scale graph processing: Massively Parallel Computation (MPC), and Local…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-18 Mohsen Ghaffari , Jara Uitto

Dynamic programming is a powerful technique that is, unfortunately, often inherently sequential. That is, there exists no unified method to parallelize algorithms that use dynamic programming. In this paper, we attempt to address this issue…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-18 MohammadHossein Bateni , Soheil Behnezhad , Mahsa Derakhshan , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Vahab Mirrokni

A rich line of work has been addressing the computational complexity of locally checkable labelings (LCLs), illustrating the landscape of possible complexities. In this paper, we study the landscape of LCL complexities under bandwidth…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Alkida Balliu , Keren Censor-Hillel , Yannic Maus , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela

Locally checkable labeling problems (LCLs) are distributed graph problems in which a solution is globally feasible if it is locally feasible in all constant-radius neighborhoods. Vertex colorings, maximal independent sets, and maximal…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Dennis Olivetti , Jukka Suomela

In this work, we give a unifying view of locality in four settings: distributed algorithms, sequential greedy algorithms, dynamic algorithms, and online algorithms. We introduce a new model of computing, called the online-LOCAL model: the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Amirreza Akbari , Navid Eslami , Henrik Lievonen , Darya Melnyk , Joona Särkijärvi , Jukka Suomela

The study of Locally Checkable Labelings (LCLs) has led to a remarkably precise characterization of the distributed time complexities that can occur on bounded-degree trees. A central feature of this complexity landscape is the existence of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Gustav Schmid

We connect three distinct lines of research that have recently explored extensions of the classical LOCAL model of distributed computing: A. distributed quantum computing and non-signaling distributions [e.g. STOC 2024], B.…

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