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In this work we investigate the complexity of some problems related to the {\em Simultaneous Embedding with Fixed Edges} (SEFE) of $k$ planar graphs and the PARTITIONED $k$-PAGE BOOK EMBEDDING (PBE-$k$) problems, which are known to be…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-04-29 Patrizio Angelini , Giordano Da Lozzo , Daniel Neuwirth

The \emph{spanning tree packing number} of a graph $G$ is the maximum number of edge-disjoint spanning trees contained in $G$. Let $k\geq 1$ be a fixed integer. Palmer and Spencer proved that in almost every random graph process, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-08 Xiaolin Chen , Xueliang Li , Huishu Lian

We study the fine-grained complexity of graph connectivity problems in unweighted undirected graphs. Recent development shows that all variants of edge connectivity problems, including single-source-single-sink, global, Steiner,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Zhiyi Huang , Yaowei Long , Thatchaphol Saranurak , Benyu Wang

The network reconfiguration problem seeks to find a rooted tree $T$ such that the energy of the (unique) feasible electrical flow over $T$ is minimized. The tree requirement on the support of the flow is motivated by operational constraints…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Swati Gupta , Ali Khodabakhsh , Hassan Mortagy , Evdokia Nikolova

A $k$-truss is an edge-induced subgraph $H$ such that each of its edges belongs to at least $k-2$ triangles of $H$. This notion has been introduced around ten years ago in social network analysis and security, as a form of cohesive subgraph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Alessio Conte , Roberto Grossi , Andrea Marino , Luca Versari

For a family of graphs $\cal F$, the $\mathcal{F}$-Contraction problem takes as an input a graph $G$ and an integer $k$, and the goal is to decide if there exists $S \subseteq E(G)$ of size at most $k$ such that $G/S$ belongs to $\cal F$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-03 Akanksha Agrawal , Saket Saurabh , Prafullkumar Tale

We study Steiner Forest on $H$-subgraph-free graphs, that is, graphs that do not contain some fixed graph $H$ as a (not necessarily induced) subgraph. We are motivated by a recent framework that completely characterizes the complexity of…

The cost-distance Steiner tree problem seeks a Steiner tree that minimizes the total congestion cost plus the weighted sum of source-sink delays. This problem arises as a subroutine in timing-constrained global routing with a linear delay…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Stephan Held , Edgar Perner

The Minimum Spanning Tree Problem with Conflicts consists in finding the minimum conflict-free spanning tree of a graph, i.e., the spanning tree of minimum cost, including no pairs of edges that are in conflict. In this paper, we solve this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Francesco Carrabs , Martina Cerulli , Domenico Serra

The 2-Edge-Connected Spanning Subgraph Problem (2ECSS) is a fundamental problem in survivable network design. Given an undirected $2$-edge-connected graph, the goal is to find a $2$-edge-connected spanning subgraph with the minimum number…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Felix Hommelsheim , Alexander Lindermayr , Zhenwei Liu

We introduce and study a novel problem of computing a shortest path tree with a minimum number of non-terminals. It can be viewed as an (unweighted) Steiner Shortest Path Tree (SSPT) that spans a given set of terminal vertices by shortest…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Omer Asher , Yefim Dinitz , Shlomi Dolev , Li-on Raviv , Baruch Schieber

We combine two methods for the lossless compression of unlabeled graphs - entropy compressing adjacency lists and computing canonical names for vertices - and solve an ensuing novel optimisation problem: Minimum-Entropy Tree-Extraction…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Ziad Ismaili Alaoui , Tamio-Vesa Nakajima , Namrata , Sebastian Wild

The component size of a graph is the maximum number of edges in any connected component of the graph. Given a graph $G$ and two integers $k$ and $c$, $(k,c)$-Decomposition is the problem of deciding whether $G$ admits an edge partition into…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Rain Jiang , Kai Jiang , Minghui Jiang

The problem of finding the maximum-weight, planar subgraph of a finite, simple graph with nonnegative real edge weights is well known in industrial and electrical engineering, systems biology, sociology and finance. As the problem is known…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-12-18 Diane Castonguay , Elisângela Silva Dias , Leslie Richard Foulds

We study the Steiner Tree problem on unit disk graphs. Given a $n$ vertex unit disk graph $G$, a subset $R\subseteq V(G)$ of $t$ vertices and a positive integer $k$, the objective is to decide if there exists a tree $T$ in $G$ that spans…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Sujoy Bhore , Paz Carmi , Sudeshna Kolay , Meirav Zehavi

In the Minimum Consistent Subset (MCS) problem, we are presented with a connected simple undirected graph $G=(V,E)$, consisting of a vertex set $V$ of size $n$ and an edge set $E$. Each vertex in $V$ is assigned a color from the set…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Aritra Banik , Sayani Das , Anil Maheshwari , Bubai Manna , Subhas C Nandy , Krishna Priya K M , Bodhayan Roy , Sasanka Roy , Abhishek Sahu

In this article, we revisit the complexity of the reconfiguration of independent sets under the token sliding rule on chordal graphs. In the \textsc{Token Sliding-Connectivity} problem, the input is a graph $G$ and an integer $k$, and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Rajat Adak , Saraswati Girish Nanoti , Prafullkumar Tale

We study the replacement paths problem in the $\mathsf{CONGEST}$ model of distributed computing. Given an $s$-$t$ shortest path $P$, the goal is to compute, for every edge $e$ in $P$, the shortest-path distance from $s$ to $t$ avoiding $e$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Yi-Jun Chang , Yanyu Chen , Dipan Dey , Gopinath Mishra , Hung Thuan Nguyen , Bryce Sanchez

In this paper, we study weakly dynamic undirected graphs, that can be used to represent some logistic networks. The goal is to deliver all the delivery points in the network. The network exists in a mostly stable environment, except for a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Moustafa Nakechbandi , Jean-Yves Colin , Hervé Mathieu

We consider connectivity augmentation problems in the Steiner setting, where the goal is to augment the edge-connectivity between a specified subset of terminal nodes. In the Steiner Augmentation of a Graph problem ($k$-SAG), we are given a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Daniel Hathcock , Michael Zlatin