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For two vertices $s$ and $t$ in a graph $G=(V,E)$, the next-to-shortest path is an $st$-path which length is minimum amongst all $st$-paths strictly longer than the shortest path length. In this paper we show that, when the graph is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-03-26 Bang Ye Wu , Jun-Lin Guo , Yue-Li Wang

In this paper, we study the online shortest path problem in directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) under bandit feedback against an adaptive adversary. Given a DAG $G = (V, E)$ with a source node $v_{\mathsf{s}}$ and a sink node $v_{\mathsf{t}}$,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Arnab Maiti , Zhiyuan Fan , Kevin Jamieson , Lillian J. Ratliff , Gabriele Farina

The most commonly used method to tackle the graph partitioning problem in practice is the multilevel approach. During a coarsening phase, a multilevel graph partitioning algorithm reduces the graph size by iteratively contracting nodes and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-03-26 Henning Meyerhenke , Peter Sanders , Christian Schulz

In the presented paper we study the Length-Bounded Cut problem for special graph classes as well as from a parameterized-complexity viewpoint. Here, we are given a graph $G$, two vertices $s$ and $t$, and positive integers $\beta$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-09 Matthias Bentert , Klaus Heeger , Dušan Knop

We quantify the threat of network adversaries to inducing \emph{network overload} through \emph{routing attacks}, where a subset of network nodes are hijacked by an adversary. We develop routing attacks on the hijacked nodes for two…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Xinyu Wu , Eytan Modiano

The Elementary Shortest-Path Problem(ESPP) seeks a minimum cost path from s to t that visits each vertex at most once. The presence of negative-cost cycles renders the problem NP-hard. We present a probabilistic method for finding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Jingyi Chen , Xinyuan Zhang , Xinwu Qian

This paper discusses the shortest path problem in a general directed graph with $n$ nodes and $K$ cost scenarios (objectives). In order to choose a solution, the min-max criterion is applied. The min-max version of the problem is hard to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Adam Kasperski , Pawel Zielinski

A hypergraph is a set V of vertices and a set of non-empty subsets of V, called hyperedges. Unlike graphs, hypergraphs can capture higher-order interactions in social and communication networks that go beyond a simple union of pairwise…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-02-02 Jianhang Gao , Qing Zhao , Wei Ren , Ananthram Swami , Ram Ramanathan , Amotz Bar-Noy

The problem of worst case edge deletion from a network is considered. Suppose that you have a communication network and you can delete a single edge. Which edge deletion causes the largest disruption? More formally, given a graph, which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Max Ward , Amitava Datta , Hung X. Nguyen , Jason Eshraghian

Network flow interdiction analysis studies by how much the value of a maximum flow in a network can be diminished by removing components of the network constrained to some budget. Although this problem is strongly NP-complete on general…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-01-14 Rico Zenklusen

The purpose of this work is to introduce and characterize the Bounded Acceleration Shortest Path (BASP) problem, a generalization of the Shortest Path (SP) problem. This problem is associated to a graph: the nodes represent positions of a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Stefano Ardizzoni , Luca Consolini , Mattia Laurini , Marco Locatelli

We introduce a class of budgeted prize-collecting covering subgraph problems. For an input graph with prizes on the vertices and costs on the edges, the aim of these problems is to find a connected subgraph such that the cost of its edges…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-05 Nicola Morandi , Roel Leus , Hande Yaman

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

We study the problem of edge partitioning, where the goal is to partition the edge set of a graph into several parts. The replication factor of a vertex $v$ is the number of parts that contain edges incident to $v$. The goal is to minimize…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Alexander Yakunin , Andrey Kupavskii , Alexander Sushin , Stanislav Moiseev

We investigate the single-source-single-destination "shortest" paths problem in acyclic graphs with ordinal weighted arc costs. We define the concepts of ordinal dominance and efficiency for paths and their associated ordinal levels,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-07 Luca E. Schäfer , Tobias Dietz , Nicolas Fröhlich , Stefan Ruzika , José Rui Figueira

Real-time analysis of graphs containing temporal information, such as social media streams, Q&A networks, and cyber data sources, plays an important role in various applications. Among them, detecting patterns is one of the fundamental…

Databases · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Seunghwan Min , Jihoon Jang , Kunsoo Park , Dora Giammarresi , Giuseppe F. Italiano , Wook-Shin Han

Finding diverse solutions in combinatorial problems recently has received considerable attention (Baste et al. 2020; Fomin et al. 2020; Hanaka et al. 2021). In this paper we study the following type of problems: given an integer $k$, the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-12-16 Tesshu Hanaka , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Kazuhiro Kurita , See Woo Lee , Yota Otachi

In routing games, agents pick their routes through a network to minimize their own delay. A primary concern for the network designer in routing games is the average agent delay at equilibrium. A number of methods to control this average…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-12 Umang Bhaskar , Katrina Ligett , Leonard J. Schulman

We propose an algorithm for solving the time-dependent shortest path problem in flow fields where the FIFO (first-in-first-out) assumption is violated. This problem variant is important for autonomous vehicles in the ocean, for example,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-06 James Ju Heon Lee , Chanyeol Yoo , Stuart Anstee , Robert Fitch

We investigate the problem of computing the top-$k$ simple shortest paths in weighted digraphs. While the single-pair variant -- finding the top-$k$ simple shortest paths between two specified vertices -- has been extensively studied over…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Mattia D'Emidio , Gabriele Di Stefano