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In the real world a graph is often fragmented and distributed across different sites. This highlights the need for evaluating queries on distributed graphs. This paper proposes distributed evaluation algorithms for three classes of queries:…

Databases · Computer Science 2012-08-02 Wenfei Fan , Xin Wang , Yinghui Wu

Low Autocorrelation Binary Sequences (LABS) is a particularly challenging binary optimization problem which quickly becomes intractable in finding the global optimum for problem sizes beyond 66. This aspect makes LABS appealing to use as a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Zhiwei Zhang , Jiayu Shen , Niraj Kumar , Marco Pistoia

Locally Checkable Labeling (LCL) problems are graph problems in which a solution is correct if it satisfies some given constraints in the local neighborhood of each node. Example problems in this class include maximal matching, maximal…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-22 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Manuela Fischer , Rustam Latypov , Yannic Maus , Dennis Olivetti , Jara Uitto

We study the problem of finding large cuts in $d$-regular triangle-free graphs. In prior work, Shearer (1992) gives a randomised algorithm that finds a cut of expected size $(1/2 + 0.177/\sqrt{d})m$, where $m$ is the number of edges. We…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-02-12 Juho Hirvonen , Joel Rybicki , Stefan Schmid , Jukka Suomela

We introduce the problem Synchronized Planarity. Roughly speaking, its input is a loop-free multi-graph together with synchronization constraints that, e.g., match pairs of vertices of equal degree by providing a bijection between their…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Thomas Bläsius , Simon D. Fink , Ignaz Rutter

We revisit asynchronous computing in networks of crash-prone processes, under the asynchronous variant of the standard LOCAL model, recently introduced by Fraigniaud et al. [DISC 2022]. We focus on the vertex coloring problem, and our…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Alkida Balliu , Pierre Fraigniaud , Patrick Lambein-Monette , Dennis Olivetti , Mikael Rabie

We present computational results with a heuristic algorithm for the parallel machines total weighted tardiness problem. The algorithm combines generalized pairwise interchange neighborhoods, dynasearch optimization and a new machine-based…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-11-08 F Croce , Thierry Garaix , A. Grosso

This paper presents a new anytime algorithm for the marginal MAP problem in graphical models. The algorithm is described in detail, its complexity and convergence rate are studied, and relations to previous theoretical results for the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-12-21 Denis Maua , Cassio De Campos

We consider the fundamental problem of decomposing a large-scale approximate nearest neighbor search (ANNS) problem into smaller sub-problems. The goal is to partition the input points into neighborhood-preserving shards, so that the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Lars Gottesbüren , Laxman Dhulipala , Rajesh Jayaram , Jakub Lacki

Graph processing at scale presents many challenges, including the irregular structure of graphs, the latency-bound nature of graph algorithms, and the overhead associated with distributed execution. While existing frameworks such as Spark…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Karame Mohammadiporshokooh , Panagiotis Syskakis , Andrew Lumsdaine , Hartmut Kaiser

We propose a parallel algorithm for local, on the fly, model checking of a fragment of CTL that is well-suited for modern, multi-core architectures. This model-checking algorithm takes bene t from a parallel state space construction…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-02-01 Rodrigo Tacla Saad , Silvano Dal Zilio , Bernard Berthomieu

Given an underlying graph, we consider the following \emph{dynamics}: Initially, each node locally chooses a value in $\{-1,1\}$, uniformly at random and independently of other nodes. Then, in each consecutive round, every node updates its…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-07-26 Luca Becchetti , Andrea Clementi , Emanuele Natale , Francesco Pasquale , Luca Trevisan

The problem of finding a marked node in a graph can be solved by the spatial search algorithm based on continuous-time quantum walks (CTQW). However, this algorithm is known to run in optimal time only for a handful of graphs. In this work,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Shantanav Chakraborty , Leonardo Novo , Andris Ambainis , Yasser Omar

This work considers clustering nodes of a largely incomplete graph. Under the problem setting, only a small amount of queries about the edges can be made, but the entire graph is not observable. This problem finds applications in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Shahana Ibrahim , Xiao Fu

Hypergraph partitioning is a pervasive NP-hard problem, and accelerating its computation on GPU can both slice time-to-solution and raise quality of results. In this work, we implement a multi-level hypergraph partitioning algorithm on GPU…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Marco Ronzani , Cristina Silvano

Bayesian inference for undirected graphical models is mostly restricted to the class of decomposable graphs, as they enjoy a rich set of properties making them amenable to high-dimensional problems. While parameter inference is…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-01-02 Mohamad Elmasri

An important objective for analyzing real-world graphs is to achieve scalable performance on large, streaming graphs. A challenging and relevant example is the graph partition problem. As a combinatorial problem, graph partition is NP-hard,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-10 Edward Kao , Vijay Gadepally , Michael Hurley , Michael Jones , Jeremy Kepner , Sanjeev Mohindra , Paul Monticciolo , Albert Reuther , Siddharth Samsi , William Song , Diane Staheli , Steven Smith

It is well-known that the graph isomorphism problem can be posed as an equivalent problem of determining whether an auxiliary graph structure contains a clique of specific order. However, the algorithms that have been developed so far for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Giannis Nikolentzos , Michalis Vazirgiannis

Distributed optimization for resource allocation problems is investigated and a sub-optimal continuous-time algorithm is proposed. Our algorithm has lower order dynamics than others to reduce burdens of computation and communication, and is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-13 Shu Liang , Xianlin Zeng , Guanpu Chen , Yiguang Hong

The present paper studies local distributed graph problems in highly dynamic networks. Communication and changes of the graph happen in synchronous rounds and our algorithms always, i.e., in every round, satisfy non-trivial guarantees, no…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-10 Philipp Bamberger , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus