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We study the classic set cover problem from the perspective of sub-linear algorithms. Given access to a collection of $m$ sets over $n$ elements in the query model, we show that sub-linear algorithms derived from existing techniques have…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Piotr Indyk , Sepideh Mahabadi , Ronitt Rubinfeld , Ali Vakilian , Anak Yodpinyanee

Expander graphs are known to be robust to edge deletions in the following sense: for any online sequence of edge deletions $e_1, e_2, \ldots, e_k$ to an $m$-edge graph $G$ that is initially a $\phi$-expander, the algorithm can grow a set $P…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Simon Meierhans , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Thatchaphol Saranurak

The Max-Cut problem is a fundamental NP-hard problem, which is attracting attention in the field of quantum computation these days. Regarding the approximation algorithm of the Max-Cut problem, algorithms based on semidefinite programming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Eiichiro Sato

In this paper, we develop fast algorithms for two stochastic submodular maximization problems. We start with the well-studied adaptive submodular maximization problem subject to a cardinality constraint. We develop the first linear-time…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Shaojie Tang

We study approximation algorithms for the following geometric version of the maximum coverage problem: Let $\mathcal{P}$ be a set of $n$ weighted points in the plane. Let $D$ represent a planar object, such as a rectangle, or a disk. We…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-12-08 Kai Jin , Jian Li , Haitao Wang , Bowei Zhang , Ningye Zhang

We show a fully dynamic algorithm for maintaining $(1+\epsilon)$-approximate \emph{size} of maximum matching of the graph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges using $m^{0.5-\Omega_{\epsilon}(1)}$ update time. This is the first polynomial…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Sayan Bhattacharya , Peter Kiss , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We develop a new approach for approximating large independent sets when the input graph is a one-sided spectral expander - that is, the uniform random walk matrix of the graph has its second eigenvalue bounded away from 1. Consequently, we…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Mitali Bafna , Jun-Ting Hsieh , Pravesh K. Kothari

We show that the smoothed complexity of the FLIP algorithm for local Max-Cut is at most $\smash{\phi n^{O(\sqrt{\log n})}}$, where $n$ is the number of nodes in the graph and $\phi$ is a parameter that measures the magnitude of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Xi Chen , Chenghao Guo , Emmanouil-Vasileios Vlatakis-Gkaragkounis , Mihalis Yannakakis , Xinzhi Zhang

We consider the classical makespan minimization scheduling problem where $n$ jobs must be scheduled on $m$ identical machines. Using weighted random sampling, we developed two sublinear time approximation schemes: one for the case where $n$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Bin Fu , Yumei Huo , Hairong Zhao

For any $\varepsilon > 0$, we give a polynomial-time $n^\varepsilon$-approximation algorithm for Max Independent Set in graphs of bounded twin-width given with an $O(1)$-sequence. This result is derived from the following time-approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Pierre Bergé , Édouard Bonnet , Hugues Déprés , Rémi Watrigant

We introduce a new technique for designing fixed-parameter algorithms for cut problems, namely randomized contractions. We apply our framework to obtain the first FPT algorithm for the Unique Label Cover problem and new FPT algorithms with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-07-20 Rajesh Chitnis , Marek Cygan , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk

This paper discusses the problem of covering and hitting a set of line segments $\cal L$ in ${\mathbb R}^2$ by a pair of axis-parallel squares such that the side length of the larger of the two squares is minimized. We also discuss the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-09-15 Sanjib Sadhu , Sasanka Roy , Subhas C. Nandy , Suchismita Roy

We present a new sublinear time algorithm for approximating the spectral density (eigenvalue distribution) of an $n\times n$ normalized graph adjacency or Laplacian matrix. The algorithm recovers the spectrum up to $\epsilon$ accuracy in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-18 Vladimir Braverman , Aditya Krishnan , Christopher Musco

We study uniquely decodable codes and list decodable codes in the high-noise regime, specifically codes that are uniquely decodable from $\frac{1-\varepsilon}{2}$ fraction of errors and list decodable from $1-\varepsilon$ fraction of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Xin Li , Songtao Mao

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

We study differentially private algorithms for graph cut sparsification, a fundamental problem in algorithms, privacy, and machine learning. While significant progress has been made, the best-known private and efficient cut sparsifiers on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Anders Aamand , Justin Y. Chen , Mina Dalirrooyfard , Slobodan Mitrović , Yuriy Nevmyvaka , Sandeep Silwal , Yinzhan Xu

A (unit) disk graph is the intersection graph of closed (unit) disks in the plane. Almost three decades ago, an elegant polynomial-time algorithm was found for \textsc{Maximum Clique} on unit disk graphs [Clark, Colbourn, Johnson; Discrete…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-03-01 Édouard Bonnet , Panos Giannopoulos , Eun Jung Kim , Paweł Rzążewski , Florian Sikora

We present three sublinear randomized algorithms for vertex-coloring of graphs with maximum degree $\Delta$. The first is a simple algorithm that extends the idea of Morris and Song to color graphs with maximum degree $\Delta$ using…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Asaf Ferber , Liam Hardiman , Xiaonan Chen

We present the first polynomial-time algorithm for computing a near-optimal \emph{flow}-expander decomposition. Given a graph $G$ and a parameter $\phi$, our algorithm removes at most a $\phi\log^{1+o(1)}n$ fraction of edges so that every…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Nikhil Bansal , Arun Jambulapati , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We demonstrate that for expander graphs, for all $\epsilon > 0,$ there exists a data structure of size $\widetilde{O}(n\epsilon^{-1})$ which can be used to return $(1 + \epsilon)$-approximations to effective resistances in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Lawrence Li , Sushant Sachdeva