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We study stationary online bipartite matching, where both types of nodes--offline and online--arrive according to Poisson processes. Offline nodes wait to be matched for some random time, determined by an exponential distribution, while…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Alireza AmaniHamedani , Ali Aouad , Tristan Pollner , Amin Saberi

In this paper, we develop deterministic fully dynamic algorithms for computing approximate distances in a graph with worst-case update time guarantees. In particular, we obtain improved dynamic algorithms that, given an unweighted and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-09 Jan van den Brand , Sebastian Forster , Yasamin Nazari

The minimum set cover (MSC) problem admits two classic algorithms: a greedy $\ln n$-approximation and a primal-dual $f$-approximation, where $n$ is the universe size and $f$ is the maximum frequency of an element. Both algorithms are simple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Shay Solomon , Amitai Uzrad

We give the first fully dynamic algorithm which maintains a $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate densest subgraph in worst-case time $\text{poly}(\log n, \epsilon^{-1})$ per update. Dense subgraph discovery is an important primitive for many…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Saurabh Sawlani , Junxing Wang

The online bipartite matching problem has offline buyers desiring to be matched to online items. The analysis of online bipartite matching of Eden et al. (2021) is a smoothness proof (Syrgkanis and Tardos, 2013). Moreover, it can be…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Jason Hartline

In the online bipartite matching problem with replacements, all the vertices on one side of the bipartition are given, and the vertices on the other side arrive one by one with all their incident edges. The goal is to maintain a maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-07 Aaron Bernstein , Jacob Holm , Eva Rotenberg

Modern networks are highly dynamic, and temporal graphs capture these changes through discrete edge appearances on a fixed vertex set, known in advance up to the graph's lifetime. The Vertex Cover problem extends to the temporal setting as…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Sophia Heck , Eleni Akrida

We present a simple semi-streaming algorithm for $(1-\epsilon)$-approximation of bipartite matching in $O(\log{\!(n)}/\epsilon)$ passes. This matches the performance of state-of-the-art "$\epsilon$-efficient" algorithms -- the ones with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Sepehr Assadi

We study the problem of estimating the size of maximum matching and minimum vertex cover in sublinear time. Denoting the number of vertices by $n$ and the average degree in the graph by $\bar{d}$, we obtain the following results for both…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-03 Soheil Behnezhad

We present a deterministic $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximate maximum matching algorithm in $\mathsf{poly} 1/\varepsilon$ passes in the semi-streaming model, solving the long-standing open problem of breaking the exponential barrier in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Manuela Fischer , Slobodan Mitrović , Jara Uitto

We develop simple and general techniques to obtain faster (near-linear time) static approximation algorithms, as well as efficient dynamic data structures, for four fundamental geometric optimization problems: minimum piercing set (MPS),…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Sujoy Bhore , Timothy M. Chan

Online bipartite matching is a fundamental problem in online optimization, extensively studied both in its integral and fractional forms due to its theoretical significance and practical applications, such as online advertising and resource…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Davin Choo , Billy Jin , Yongho Shin

We study maximum matchings in fully dynamic graphs, which are graphs that undergo both edge insertions and deletions. Our focus is on algorithms that estimate the size of maximum matching after each update while spending a small time. An…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Amir Azarmehr , Soheil Behnezhad , Mohammad Roghani

In this paper, we study the tradeoff between the approximation guarantee and adaptivity for the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a cardinality constraint. The adaptivity of an algorithm is the number of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-01 Alina Ene , Huy L. Nguyen

In recent years, maximization of DR-submodular continuous functions became an important research field, with many real-worlds applications in the domains of machine learning, communication systems, operation research and economics. Most of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-13 Loay Mualem , Moran Feldman

This paper initiates the study of online algorithms for the maximum weight $b$-matching problem, a generalization of maximum weight matching where each node has at most $b \geq 1$ adjacent matching edges. The problem is motivated by…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Marcin Bienkowski , David Fuchssteiner , Jan Marcinkowski , Stefan Schmid

The maximum matching problem in dynamic graphs subject to edge updates (insertions and deletions) has received much attention over the last few years; a multitude of approximation/time tradeoffs were obtained, improving upon the folklore…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Mohammad Roghani , Amin Saberi , David Wajc

We study the approximability of the NP-complete \textsc{Maximum Minimal Feedback Vertex Set} problem. Informally, this natural problem seems to lie in an intermediate space between two more well-studied problems of this type:…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Louis Dublois , Tesshu Hanaka , Mehdi Khosravian Ghadikolaei , Michael Lampis , Nikolaos Melissinos

The dynamic set cover problem has been subject to extensive research since the pioneering works of [Bhattacharya et al, 2015] and [Gupta et al, 2017]. The input is a set system $(U, S)$ on a fixed collection $S$ of sets and a dynamic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Anton Bukov , Shay Solomon , Tianyi Zhang

Online algorithms that allow a small amount of migration or recourse have been intensively studied in the last years. They are essential in the design of competitive algorithms for dynamic problems, where objects can also depart from the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Sebastian Berndt , Valentin Dreismann , Kilian Grage , Klaus Jansen , Ingmar Knof