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We present an all-pairs shortest path algorithm whose running time on a complete directed graph on $n$ vertices whose edge weights are chosen independently and uniformly at random from $[0,1]$ is $O(n^2)$, in expectation and with high…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-05-20 Yuval Peres , Dimitry Sotnikov , Benny Sudakov , Uri Zwick

In this article, we explicitly derive the limiting degree distribution of the shortest path tree from a single source on various random network models with edge weights. We determine the asymptotics of the degree distribution for large…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Shankar Bhamidi , Jesse Goodman , Remco van der Hofstad , Júlia Komjáthy

In the non-uniform sparsest cut problem, we are given a supply graph G and a demand graph D, both with the same set of nodes V. The goal is to find a cut of V that minimizes the ratio of the total capacity on the edges of G crossing the cut…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Vincent Cohen-Addad , Tobias Mömke , Victor Verdugo

A localized method to distribute paths on random graphs is devised, aimed at finding the shortest paths between given source/destination pairs while avoiding path overlaps at nodes. We propose a method based on message-passing techniques to…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2014-10-17 Caterina De Bacco , Silvio Franz , David Saad , Chi Ho Yeung

This paper provides an overview of results, concerning longest or heaviest paths, in the area of random directed graphs on the integers along with some extensions. We study first-order asymptotics of heaviest paths allowing weights both on…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-08-09 Sergey Foss , Takis Konstantopoulos

This paper presents the results of an experimental study of graph partitioning. We describe a new heuristic technique, path optimization, and its application to two variations of graph partitioning: the max_cut problem and the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Jonathan Berry , Mark Goldberg

We develop faster approximation algorithms for Metric-TSP building on recent, nearly linear time approximation schemes for the LP relaxation [Chekuri and Quanrud, 2017]. We show that the LP solution can be sparsified via cut-sparsification…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Chandra Chekuri , Kent Quanrud

Minimizing the weight of an edge set satisfying parity constraints is a challenging branch of combinatorial optimization as witnessed by the binary hypergraph chapter of Alexander Schrijver's book ``Combinatorial Optimization" (Chapter 80).…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Ildikó Schlotter , András Sebő

In this work we study shortest path problems in multimode graphs, a generalization of the min-distance measure introduced by Abboud, Vassilevska W. and Wang in [SODA'16]. A multimode shortest path is the shortest path using one of multiple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Yael Kirkpatrick , Virginia Vassilevska Williams

The multiway-cut problem is, given a weighted graph and k >= 2 terminal nodes, to find a minimum-weight set of edges whose removal separates all the terminals. The problem is NP-hard, and even NP-hard to approximate within 1+delta for some…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 David Karger , Phil Klein , Cliff Stein , Mikkel Thorup , Neal E. Young

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

Applied into a various area of domains, the graph theory and its applications allow the determination of the shortest route. The common algorithm to solve this problem is Bellman-Kalaba, based on the matrix multiplying operation. If the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-03-04 Tiberiu Marius Karnyanszky , Bogdan Ion Selariu

Simple heuristics often show a remarkable performance in practice for optimization problems. Worst-case analysis often falls short of explaining this performance. Because of this, "beyond worst-case analysis" of algorithms has recently…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-28 Stefan Klootwijk , Bodo Manthey , Sander K. Visser

In the decremental Single-Source Shortest Path problem (SSSP), we are given a weighted directed graph $G=(V,E,w)$ undergoing edge deletions and a source vertex $r \in V$; let $n = |V|, m = |E|$ and $W$ be the aspect ratio of the graph. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Aaron Bernstein , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

We investigate the Minimum Eccentricity Shortest Path problem in some structured graph classes. It asks for a given graph to find a shortest path with minimum eccentricity. Although it is NP-hard in general graphs, we demonstrate that a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-11-17 Feodor F. Dragan , Arne Leitert

Simplicial complexes are extensively studied in the field of algebraic topology. They have gained attention in recent time due to their applications in fields like theoretical distributed computing and simplicial neural networks. Graphs are…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Sukrit Chakraborty , Prasanta Choudhury , Arindam Mukherjee

We consider a constrained version of the shortest path problem on the complete graphs whose edges have independent random lengths and costs. We establish the asymptotic value of the minimum length as a function of the cost-budget within a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Alan Frieze , Tomasz Tkocz

A classical algorithm by Bellman and Ford from the 1950's computes shortest paths in weighted graphs on $n$ vertices and $m$ edges with possibly negative weights in $O(mn)$ time. Indeed, this algorithm is taught regularly in undergraduate…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Satish Rao

The shortest path problem is a typical problem in graph theory with wide potential applications. The state-of-the-art single-source shortest paths algorithm on the weight graph is the $\Delta$-stepping algorithm, which can efficiently…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Yelai Feng

Let $G$ be a directed graph with $n$ vertices, $m$ edges, and non-negative edge costs. Given $G$, a fixed source vertex $s$, and a positive integer $p$, we consider the problem of computing, for each vertex $t\neq s$, $p$ edge-disjoint…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-24 Davide Bilò , Gianlorenzo D'Angelo , Luciano Gualà , Stefano Leucci , Guido Proietti , Mirko Rossi