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Given an $n$-vertex undirected graph $G=(V,E,w)$, and a parameter $k\geq1$, a path-reporting distance oracle (or PRDO) is a data structure of size $S(n,k)$, that given a query $(u,v)\in V^2$, returns an $f(k)$-approximate shortest $u-v$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Michael Elkin , Idan Shabat

We describe a simple deterministic near-linear time approximation scheme for uncapacitated minimum cost flow in undirected graphs with real edge weights, a problem also known as transshipment. Specifically, our algorithm takes as input a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Emily Fox

We provide the first nearly-linear time algorithm for approximating $\ell_{q \rightarrow p}$-norms of non-negative matrices, for $q \geq p \geq 1$. Our algorithm returns a $(1-\varepsilon)$-approximation to the matrix norm in time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Étienne Objois , Adrian Vladu

We propose an efficient $\epsilon$-differentially private algorithm, that given a simple {\em weighted} $n$-vertex, $m$-edge graph $G$ with a \emph{maximum unweighted} degree $\Delta(G) \leq n-1$, outputs a synthetic graph which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Jingcheng Liu , Jalaj Upadhyay , Zongrui Zou

In the decremental single-source shortest paths problem, the goal is to maintain distances from a fixed source $s$ to every vertex $v$ in an $m$-edge graph undergoing edge deletions. In this paper, we conclude a long line of research on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Aaron Bernstein , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Thatchaphol Saranurak

We describe a simple deterministic $O( \varepsilon^{-1} \log \Delta)$ round distributed algorithm for $(2\alpha+1)(1 + \varepsilon)$ approximation of minimum weighted dominating set on graphs with arboricity at most $\alpha$. Here $\Delta$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-13 Michal Dory , Mohsen Ghaffari , Saeed Ilchi

Let G be a directed graph with n vertices and non-negative weights in its directed edges, embedded on a surface of genus g, and let f be an arbitrary face of G. We describe a randomized algorithm to preprocess the graph in O(gn log n) time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-05-13 Sergio Cabello , Erin Wolf Chambers , Jeff Erickson

We present a nearly linear work parallel algorithm for approximating the Held-Karp bound for the Metric TSP problem. Given an edge-weighted undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ on $m$ edges and $\epsilon>0$, it returns a $(1+\epsilon)$-approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Zhuan Khye Koh , Omri Weinstein , Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai

In this paper we address the problem of computing a sparse subgraph of a weighted directed graph such that the exact distances from a designated source vertex to all other vertices are preserved under bounded weight increment. Finding a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-18 Diptarka Chakraborty , Debarati Das

In the $k$-edge-connected spanning subgraph ($k$ECSS) problem, our goal is to compute a minimum-cost sub-network that is resilient against up to $k$ link failures: Given an $n$-node $m$-edge graph with a cost function on the edges, our goal…

We show an $\widetilde{O}(m^{1.5} \epsilon^{-1})$ time algorithm that on a graph with $m$ edges and $n$ vertices outputs its spanning tree count up to a multiplicative $(1+\epsilon)$ factor with high probability, improving on the previous…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng , Junzhao Yang

We give two fully dynamic algorithms that maintain a $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximation of the weight $M$ of a minimum spanning forest (MSF) of an $n$-node graph $G$ with edges weights in $[1,W]$, for any $\varepsilon>0$. (1) Our deterministic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Monika Henzinger , Pan Peng

We present parallel algorithms for computing single-source reachability and shortest paths on directed $n$-vertex $m$-edge graphs using near-linear $\tilde{O}(m)$ work and $o(\sqrt{n})$ depth whenever $m\ge n^{1+o(1)}$. At the extreme of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Vikrant Ashvinkumar , Aaron Bernstein , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Thatchaphol Saranurak

Given an undirected, unweighted planar graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, we present a truly subquadratic size distance oracle for reporting exact shortest-path distances between any pair of vertices of $G$ in constant time. For any $\varepsilon…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Viktor Fredslund-Hansen , Shay Mozes , Christian Wulff-Nilsen

We study the maximum $s,t$-flow oracle problem on planar directed graphs where the goal is to design a data structure answering max $s,t$-flow value (or equivalently, min $s,t$-cut value) queries for arbitrary source-target pairs $(s,t)$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Adam Karczmarz

Let $V$ be a set of $n$ points in the plane. The unit-disk graph $G = (V, E)$ has vertex set $V$ and an edge $e_{uv} \in E$ between vertices $u, v \in V$ if the Euclidean distance between $u$ and $v$ is at most 1. The weight of each edge…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Bruce W. Brewer , Haitao Wang

The Restricted Shortest Path (RSP) problem, also known as the Delay-Constrained Least-Cost (DCLC) problem, is an NP-hard bicriteria optimization problem on graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges. In a graph where each edge is assigned a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-11-05 David Holzmüller

In this paper we describe an algorithm that embeds a graph metric $(V,d_G)$ on an undirected weighted graph $G=(V,E)$ into a distribution of tree metrics $(T,D_T)$ such that for every pair $u,v\in V$, $d_G(u,v)\leq d_T(u,v)$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-29 Guy E. Blelloch , Yan Gu , Yihan Sun

In this paper, I present an algorithm called Raffica algorithm for Single-Source Shortest Path(SSSP). On random graph, this algorithm has linear time complexity(in expect). More precisely, the random graph uses configuration model, and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-19 Dexin Li

We present a $+2\sum_{i=1}^{k+1}{W_i}$-APASP algorithm for dense weighted graphs with runtime $\tilde O\left(n^{2+\frac{1}{3k+2}}\right)$, where $W_{i}$ is the weight of an $i^{th}$ heaviest edge on a shortest path. Dor, Halperin and Zwick…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Liam Roditty , Ariel Sapir