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We study the message complexity of leader election in synchronous networks of diameter two. Our main contribution is a refined analysis of the randomized algorithm proposed by Chatterjee et al. [DC, 2020]. In their work, the authors…

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In this paper, we investigate the approximate consensus problem in highly dynamic networks in which topology may change continually and unpredictably. We prove that in both synchronous and partially synchronous systems, approximate…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-13 Bernadette Charron-Bost , Matthias Függer , Thomas Nowak

This paper studies the online scheduling problem of minimizing total flow time for $n$ jobs on $m$ identical machines. A classical $\Omega(n)$ lower bound shows that no deterministic single-machine algorithm can beat the trivial greedy,…

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In distributed computing, the renaming problem requires $n$ nodes with unique identities from a large namespace $[N]$ to acquire new, distinct identities from a smaller target namespace $[M]$. A solution is strong if $M=n$, and is…

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The discrete logarithm problem in a finite group is the basis for many protocols in cryptography. The best general algorithms which solve this problem have time complexity of $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{N}\log N)$, and a space complexity of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-03-16 Simran Tinani , Joachim Rosenthal

This paper provides three nearly-optimal algorithms for scheduling $t$ jobs in the $\mathsf{CLIQUE}$ model. First, we present a deterministic scheduling algorithm that runs in $O(\mathsf{GlobalCongestion} + \mathsf{dilation})$ rounds for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-16 Keren Censor-Hillel , Yannic Maus , Volodymyr Polosukhin

We study a $(1+\epsilon)$-approximate single-source shortest paths (henceforth, $(1+\epsilon)$-SSSP) in $n$-vertex undirected, weighted graphs in the parallel (PRAM) model of computation. A randomized algorithm with polylogarithmic time and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Elkin Michael , Matar Shaked

We consider distributed stochastic optimization problems that are solved with master/workers computation architecture. Statistical arguments allow to exploit statistical similarity and approximate this problem by a finite-sum problem, for…

We present a deterministic near-linear time algorithm that computes the edge-connectivity and finds a minimum cut for a simple undirected unweighted graph G with n vertices and m edges. This is the first o(mn) time deterministic algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-30 Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi , Mikkel Thorup

We give a fully dynamic deterministic algorithm for maintaining a maximal matching of an $n$-vertex graph in $\tilde{O}(n^{8/9})$ amortized update time. This breaks the long-standing $\Omega(n)$-update-time barrier on dense graphs,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Aaron Bernstein , Sayan Bhattacharya , Peter Kiss , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We consider a parallel system of $m$ identical machines prone to unpredictable crashes and restarts, trying to cope with the continuous arrival of tasks to be executed. Tasks have different computational requirements (i.e., processing time…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-03-21 Elli Zavou , Antonio Fernández Anta

Information exchange over networks can be affected by various forms of delay. This causes challenges for using the network by a multi-agent system to solve a distributed optimisation problem. Distributed optimisation schemes, however,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-25 Adrian Redder , Arunselvan Ramaswamy , Holger Karl

The distributed optimization problem has become increasingly relevant recently. It has a lot of advantages such as processing a large amount of data in less time compared to non-distributed methods. However, most distributed approaches…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Daniil Medyakov , Gleb Molodtsov , Aleksandr Beznosikov , Alexander Gasnikov

We give a deterministic algorithm for computing a global minimum vertex cut in a vertex-weighted graph $n$ vertices and $m$ edges in $\widehat O(mn)$ time. This breaks the long-standing $\widehat \Omega(n^{4})$-time barrier in dense graphs,…

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The importance of classifying connections in large graphs has been the motivation for a rich line of work on distributed subgraph finding that has led to exciting recent breakthroughs. A crucial aspect that remained open was whether…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Keren Censor-Hillel , Dean Leitersdorf , David Vulakh

In distributed learning, the goal is to perform a learning task over data distributed across multiple nodes with minimal (expensive) communication. Prior work (Daume III et al., 2012) proposes a general model that bounds the communication…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-04-17 Hal Daume , Jeff M. Phillips , Avishek Saha , Suresh Venkatasubramanian

In this paper, we consider a synchronization problem between nodes $A$ and $B$ that are connected through a two--way communication channel. {Node $A$} contains a binary file $X$ of length $n$ and {node $B$} contains a binary file $Y$ that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-08-22 S. M. Sadegh Tabatabaei Yazdi , Lara Dolecek

$ \renewcommand{\tilde}{\widetilde} $We present an $\tilde{O}(\log^2 n)$ round deterministic distributed algorithm for the maximal independent set problem. By known reductions, this round complexity extends also to maximal matching,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-03-29 Mohsen Ghaffari , Christoph Grunau

We present a randomized distributed algorithm that in radio networks with collision detection broadcasts a single message in $O(D+\log^2 n)$ time slots, with high probability. In view of the lower-bound $\Omega(D+\log^2 n)$, our algorithm…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-04 Ny Aina Andriambolamalala , Vlady Ravelomanana

We present new distributed algorithms for constructing a Steiner Forest in the CONGEST model. Our deterministic algorithm finds, for any given constant $\epsilon>0$, a $(2+\epsilon)$-approximation in $\tilde{O}(sk+\sqrt{\min(st,n)})$…

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