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Temporal graphs have edge sets that change over discrete time steps. Such graphs are temporally connected (TC) if all pairs of vertices can reach each other using paths that traverse the edges in a time-respecting way (temporal paths).…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Arnaud Casteigts , Hendrik Molter , Meirav Zehavi

We study a variant of Min Cost Flow in which the flow needs to be connected. Specifically, in the Connected Flow problem one is given a directed graph $G$, along with a set of demand vertices $D \subseteq V(G)$ with demands $\mathsf{dem}: D…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-21 Isja Mannens , Jesper Nederlof , Céline Swennenhuis , Krisztina Szilágyi

In this paper, we revisit the problem of classical \textit{meeting times} of random walks in graphs. In the process that two tokens (called agents) perform random walks on an undirected graph, the meeting times are defined as the expected…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Ryota Eguchi , Fukuhito Ooshita , Michiko Inoue , Sébastien Tixeuil

In this paper, we study temporal graphs arising from mobility models, where vertices correspond to agents moving in space and edges appear each time two agents meet. We propose a rather natural one-dimensional model. If each pair of agents…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Mónika Csikós , Michel Habib , Minh-Hang Nguyen , Mikaël Rabie , Laurent Viennot

A temporal graph can be represented by a graph with an edge labelling, such that an edge is present in the network if and only if the edge is assigned the corresponding time label. A journey is a labelled path in a temporal graph such that…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Esteban Christiann , Eric Sanlaville , Jason Schoeters

We propose the Temporal Walk Centrality, which quantifies the importance of a node by measuring its ability to obtain and distribute information in a temporal network. In contrast to the widely-used betweenness centrality, we assume that…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Lutz Oettershagen , Petra Mutzel , Nils M. Kriege

Temporal graphs are used to abstractly model real-life networks that are inherently dynamic in nature. Given a static underlying graph $G=(V,E)$, a temporal graph on $G$ is a sequence of snapshots $G_t$, one for each time step $t\geq 1$. In…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Eleni C. Akrida , George B. Mertzios , Sotiris Nikoletseas , Christoforos Raptopoulos , Paul G. Spirakis , Viktor Zamaraev

Inspired by artistic practices such as beadwork and himmeli, we study the problem of threading a single string through a set of tubes, so that pulling the string forms a desired graph. More precisely, given a connected graph (where edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Erik D. Demaine , Yael Kirkpatrick , Rebecca Lin

For a graph $G$ on $n$ vertices, naively sampling the position of a random walk of at time $t$ requires work $\Omega(t)$. We desire local access algorithms supporting $\text{position}(G,s,t)$ queries, which return the position of a random…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-02-16 Amartya Shankha Biswas , Edward Pyne , Ronitt Rubinfeld

Bu{\ss} et al [KDD 2020] recently proved that the problem of computing the betweenness of all nodes of a temporal graph is computationally hard in the case of foremost and fastest paths, while it is solvable in time O(n 3 T 2 ) in the case…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-23 Filippo Brunelli , Pierluigi Crescenzi , Laurent Viennot

Graph coloring is one of the most famous computational problems with applications in a wide range of areas such as planning and scheduling, resource allocation, and pattern matching. So far coloring problems are mostly studied on static…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-06-12 George B. Mertzios , Hendrik Molter , Viktor Zamaraev

We examine the problem of maximizing the reachability of a given source in temporal graphs that are given as the union of k temporal paths, i.e., every given path is a sequence of edges with strictly increasing labels that denote…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Argyrios Deligkas , Michelle Döring , Eduard Eiben , George Skretas , Georg Tennigkeit

We consider the problem of inferring an edge-labeled graph from the sequence of edge labels seen in a walk of that graph. It has been known that this problem is solvable in $O(n \log n)$ time when the targets are path or cycle graphs. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-22 Shintaro Narisada , Diptarama Hendrian , Ryo Yoshinaka , Ayumi Shinohara

We address the problem of testing whether a dynamic graph is temporally connected, i.e. a temporal path ({\em journey}) exists between all pairs of vertices. We consider a discrete version of the problem, where the topology is given as an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-02 Matthieu Barjon , Arnaud Casteigts , Serge Chaumette , Colette Johnen , Yessin M. Neggaz

Connectivity of temporal graphs has been widely studied both as graph theory and as gossip theory. In particular, it is well known that in order to connect every vertex to every other, a temporal graph needs to have at least $2n-4$ edges…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Thomas Bellitto , Jules Bouton Popper , Justine Cauvi , Bruno Escoffier , Raphaëlle Maistre-Matus

Temporal graphs are a special class of graphs for which a temporal component is added to edges, that is, each edge possesses a set of times at which it is available and can be traversed. Many classical problems on graphs can be translated…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-10 Lapo Cioni , Riccardo Dondi , Andrea Marino , Jason Schoeters , Ana Silva

We consider the Distinct Shortest Walks problem. Given two vertices $s$ and $t$ of a graph database $\mathcal{D}$ and a regular path query, enumerate all walks of minimal length from $s$ to $t$ that carry a label that conforms to the query.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Claire David , Nadime Francis , Victor Marsault

We study the earliest arrival problem in road networks with static time-dependent functions as arc weights. We propose and evaluate the following simple algorithm: (1) average the travel time in k time windows, (2) compute a shortest…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-03 Ben Strasser

We initiate the study of a fundamental combinatorial problem: Given a capacitated graph $G=(V,E)$, find a shortest walk ("route") from a source $s\in V$ to a destination $t\in V$ that includes all vertices specified by a set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Saeed Akhoondian Amiri , Klaus-Tycho Foerster , Stefan Schmid

We formalize the simplification of activity-on-edge graphs used for visualizing project schedules, where the vertices of the graphs represent project milestones, and the edges represent either tasks of the project or timing constraints…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-06 David Eppstein , Daniel Frishberg , Elham Havvaei