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Integer Linear Programming (ILP) can be seen as the archetypical problem for NP-complete optimization problems, and a wide range of problems in artificial intelligence are solved in practice via a translation to ILP. Despite its huge range…

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Parameterized algorithms are a very useful tool for dealing with NP-hard problems on graphs. Yet, to properly utilize parameterized algorithms it is necessary to choose the right parameter based on the type of problem and properties of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-01-18 Robert Ganian

This paper introduces a novel theoretical framework and a suite of highly efficient, parallelizable algorithms for solving the large-scale multicommodity flow (MCF) feasibility problem. We reframe the classical constraint-satisfaction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Pengfei Liu

Parameterised subgraph counting problems are the most thoroughly studied topic in the theory of parameterised counting, and there has been significant recent progress in this area. Many of the existing tractability results for parameterised…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-06-01 Kitty Meeks

The traditional multi-commodity flow problem assumes a given flow network in which multiple commodities are to be maximally routed in response to given demands. This paper considers the multi-commodity flow network-design problem: given a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Samir Khuller , Balaji Raghavachari , Neal E. Young

Let $G = (VG, AG)$ be a directed graph with a set $S \subseteq VG$ of terminals and nonnegative integer arc capacities $c$. A feasible multiflow is a nonnegative real function $F(P)$ of "flows" on paths $P$ connecting distinct terminals…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-12-04 Maxim A. Babenko , Alexander V. Karzanov

The MULTICUT problem, given a graph G, a set of terminal pairs T={(s_i,t_i) | 1 <= i <= r} and an integer p, asks whether one can find a cutset consisting of at most p non-terminal vertices that separates all the terminal pairs, i.e., after…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-02-28 Stefan Kratsch , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk , Magnus Wahlström

The multicommodity flow problem is a classic problem in network flow and combinatorial optimization, with applications in transportation, communication, logistics, and supply chain management, etc. Existing algorithms often focus on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Li Chen , Mingquan Ye

We investigate the parameterized complexity of the Isometric Path Partition problem when parameterized by the treewidth ($\mathrm{tw}$) of the input graph, arguably one of the most widely studied parameters. Courcelle's theorem shows that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Dibyayan Chakraborty , Oscar Defrain , Florent Foucaud , Mathieu Mari , Prafullkumar Tale

The class XNLP consists of (parameterized) problems that can be solved nondeterministically in $f(k)n^{O(1)}$ time and $f(k)\log n$ space, where $n$ is the size of the input instance and $k$ the parameter. The class XALP consists of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Hans L. Bodlaender , Krisztina Szilágyi

Let XNLP be the class of parameterized problems such that an instance of size n with parameter k can be solved nondeterministically in time $f(k)n^{O(1)}$ and space $f(k)\log(n)$ (for some computable function f). We give a wide variety of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Hans L. Bodlaender , Carla Groenland , Jesper Nederlof , Céline M. F. Swennenhuis

While graphs and abstract data structures can be large and complex, practical instances are often regular or highly structured. If the instance has sufficient structure, we might hope to compress the object into a more succinct…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Shreya Gupta , Boyang Huang , Russell Impagliazzo , Stanley Woo , Christopher Ye

We settle the parameterized complexities of several variants of independent set reconfiguration and dominating set reconfiguration, parameterized by the number of tokens. We show that both problems are XL-complete when there is no limit on…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Hans L. Bodlaender , Carla Groenland , Céline M. F. Swennenhuis

We introduce and study the complexity of Path Packing. Given a graph $G$ and a list of paths, the task is to embed the paths edge-disjoint in $G$. This generalizes the well known Hamiltonian-Path problem. Since Hamiltonian Path is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-10-02 Jan Dreier , Janosch Fuchs , Tim A. Hartmann , Philipp Kuinke , Peter Rossmanith , Bjoern Tauer , Hung-Lung Wang

In graph realization problems one is given a degree sequence and the task is to decide whether there is a graph whose vertex degrees match to the given sequence. This realization problem is known to be polynomial-time solvable when the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2012-01-18 Sepp Hartung , André Nichterlein

In this work, we consider the dynamic unsplittable flow problem. This variation of the unsplittable flow problem has received little attention so far. The unsplittable flow problem is an NP-hard extension of the multi-commodity flow problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-29 François Lamothe , Emmanuel Rachelson , Alain Haït , Cédric Baudoin , Jean-Baptiste Dupé

We study the parameterized complexity of maximum temporal connected components (tccs) in temporal graphs, i.e., graphs that deterministically change over time. In a tcc, any pair of vertices must be able to reach each other via a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Argyrios Deligkas , Michelle Döring , Eduard Eiben , Tiger-Lily Goldsmith , George Skretas , Georg Tennigkeit

Given an undirected graph $G$, a collection $\{(s_1,t_1),..., (s_k,t_k)\}$ of pairs of vertices, and an integer $p$, the Edge Multicut problem ask if there is a set $S$ of at most $p$ edges such that the removal of $S$ disconnects every…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Dániel Marx , Igor Razgon

We consider the feasibility problem of integer linear programming (ILP). We show that solutions of any ILP instance can be naturally represented by an FO-definable class of graphs. For each solution there may be many graphs representing it.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-08-27 Constantin Enea , Peter Habermehl , Omar Inverso , Gennaro Parlato

We show that the Minimal Length-Bounded L-But problem can be computed in linear time with respect to L and the tree-width of the input graph as parameters. In this problem the task is to find a set of edges of a graph such that after…

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