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In this paper we study the fixed-parameter tractability of the problem of deciding whether a given temporal graph admits a temporal walk that visits all vertices (temporal exploration) or, in some problem variants, a certain subset of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Thomas Erlebach , Jakob T. Spooner

In this paper we define a construct called a time-graph. A complete time-graph of order n is the cartesian product of a complete graph with n vertices and a linear graph with n vertices. A time-graph of order n is given by a subset of the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2008-12-31 Malay Dutta

Paths $P_1,\ldots,P_k$ in a graph $G=(V,E)$ are mutually induced if any two distinct $P_i$ and $P_j$ have neither common vertices nor adjacent vertices (except perhaps their end-vertices). The Induced Disjoint Paths problem is to decide if…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Petr A. Golovach , Daniël Paulusma , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

By Menger's theorem the maximum number of arc-disjoint paths from a vertex s to a vertex t in a directed graph equals the minumum number of arcs needed to disconnect s and t, i.e., the minimum size of an s-t-cut. The max-flow problem in a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-17 Oliver Bachtler , Tim Bergner , Sven O. Krumke

A temporal (directed) graph is a graph whose edges are available only at specific times during its lifetime, $\tau$. Paths are sequences of adjacent edges whose appearing times are either strictly increasing or non-strictly increasingly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Isnard Lopes Costa , Raul Lopes , Andrea Marino , Ana Silva

The classical Menger's theorem states that in any undirected (or directed) graph $G$, given a pair of vertices $s$ and $t$, the maximum number of vertex (edge) disjoint paths is equal to the minimum number of vertices (edges) needed to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-21 Ashutosh Rai , M. S. Ramanujan , Saket Saurabh

The 1-2-3 Conjecture, introduced by Karo\'nski, {\L}uczak, and Thomason in 2004, was recently solved by Keusch. This implies that, for any connected graph $G$ different from $K_2$, we can turn $G$ into a locally irregular multigraph $M(G)$,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Julien Bensmail , Romain Bourneuf , Paul Colinot , Samuel Humeau , Timothée Martinod

In this work, we investigate the computational complexity of Restless Temporal $(s,z)$-Separation, where we are asked whether it is possible to destroy all restless temporal paths between two distinct vertices $s$ and $z$ by deleting at…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Hendrik Molter

The disjoint paths problem is a fundamental problem in algorithmic graph theory and combinatorial optimization. For a given graph $G$ and a set of $k$ pairs of terminals in $G$, it asks for the existence of $k$ vertex-disjoint paths…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-23 William Lochet

The $k$-vertex disjoint paths problem is one of the most studied problems in algorithmic graph theory. In 1994, Schrijver proved that the problem can be solved in polynomial time for every fixed $k$ when restricted to the class of planar…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-12-06 Saeed Amiri , Ali Golshani , Stephan Kreutzer , Sebastian Siebertz

We develop a structural approach to simultaneous embeddability in temporal sequences of graphs, inspired by graph minor theory. Our main result is a classification theorem for 2-connected temporal sequences: we identify five obstruction…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Johannes Carmesin , Will J. Turner

Reachability questions are one of the most fundamental algorithmic primitives in temporal graphs -- graphs whose edge set changes over discrete time steps. A core problem here is the NP-hard Short Restless Temporal Path: given a temporal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Philipp Zschoche

The Induced Disjoint Paths problem is to test whether a graph G with k distinct pairs of vertices (s_i,t_i) contains paths P_1,...,P_k such that P_i connects s_i and t_i for i=1,...,k, and P_i and P_j have neither common vertices nor…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-03-05 Petr A. Golovach , Daniël Paulusma , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

Removing all connections between two vertices s and z in a graph by removing a minimum number of vertices is a fundamental problem in algorithmic graph theory. This (s,z)-separation problem is well-known to be polynomial solvable and serves…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-05-26 Nicolas Maack , Hendrik Molter , Rolf Niedermeier , Malte Renken

We study the Temporal Exploration problem, where an agent must visit all vertices of a temporal graph while traversing at most one available edge per time step. Unlike static graphs, which can be explored in linear time, temporal…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Ivan Lahtin , Viktor Zamaraev

We study spreading processes in temporal graphs, i. e., graphs whose connections change over time. These processes naturally model real-world phenomena such as infectious diseases or information flows. More precisely, we investigate how…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-21 Hendrik Molter , Malte Renken , Philipp Zschoche

We investigate the computational complexity of separating two distinct vertices s and z by vertex deletion in a temporal graph. In a temporal graph, the vertex set is fixed but the edges have (discrete) time labels. Since the corresponding…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Till Fluschnik , Hendrik Molter , Rolf Niedermeier , Malte Renken , Philipp Zschoche

For a class $\mathcal{H}$ of graphs, #Sub$(\mathcal{H})$ is the counting problem that, given a graph $H\in \mathcal{H}$ and an arbitrary graph $G$, asks for the number of subgraphs of $G$ isomorphic to $H$. It is known that if $\mathcal{H}$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-07-11 Radu Curticapean , Dániel Marx

Two subsets of a given set are path-disconnected if they lie in different connected components of the larger set. Verification of path-disconnectedness is essential in proving the infeasibility of motion planning and trajectory optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Didier Henrion , Jared Miller , Mohab Safey El Din

In a temporal graph, each edge is available at specific points in time. Such an availability point is often represented by a ''temporal edge'' that can be traversed from its tail only at a specific departure time, for arriving in its head…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Filippo Brunelli , Laurent Viennot