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A local algorithm is a distributed algorithm that completes after a constant number of synchronous communication rounds. We present local approximation algorithms for the minimum dominating set problem and the maximum matching problem in…

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In many areas of applied geometric/numeric computational mathematics, including geo-mapping, computer vision, computer graphics, finite element analysis, medical imaging, geometric design, and solid modeling, one has to compute incidences,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Alberto Paoluzzi , Vadim Shapiro , Antonio DiCarlo , Francesco Furiani , Giulio Martella , Giorgio Scorzelli

We are going to analyze local algorithms over sparse random graphs. These algorithms are based on local information where local regards to a decision made by the exploration of a small neighbourhood of a certain vertex plus a believe of the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2014-09-19 David Gamarnik , Mathieu Hemery , Samuel Hetterich

This note provides a detailed algorithm to the application of local (perturbation) analysis of differential equations which is normally taught at graduate math courses. Exercise books often present more abstract and simplified versions of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-10-05 Alexander Maslov , David Amundsen

The aim of this paper is to provide a review of structural decomposition methods in discrete optimization and to give a unified framework in the form of local elimination algorithms (LEA). This paper is organized as follows. Local…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-01-27 Oleg Shcherbina

Group theory is a particularly fertile field for the design of practical algorithms. Algorithms have been developed across the various branches of the subject and they find wide application. Because of its relative maturity, computational…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-25 John Cannon , George Havas

A distributed discrete-time algorithm is proposed for multi-agent networks to achieve a common least squares solution of a group of linear equations, in which each agent only knows some of the equations and is only able to receive…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-02 Xuan Wang , Jingqiu Zhou , Shaoshuai Mou , Martin J. Corless

A distributed algorithm performs local computations on pieces of input and communicates the results through given communication links. When processing a massive graph in a distributed algorithm, local outputs must be configured as a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-12-06 Fan Chung , Olivia Simpson

The gap between the known randomized and deterministic local distributed algorithms underlies arguably the most fundamental and central open question in distributed graph algorithms. In this paper, we develop a generic and clean recipe for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Mohsen Ghaffari , David G. Harris , Fabian Kuhn

Algorithms for continuous optimization problems have a rich history of design and innovation over the past several decades, in which mathematical analysis of their convergence and complexity properties plays a central role. Besides their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Stephen J. Wright

Arrival of multicore systems has enforced a new scenario in computing, the parallel and distributed algorithms are fast replacing the older sequential algorithms, with many challenges of these techniques. The distributed algorithms provide…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Rajendra Purohit , K R Chowdhary , S D Purohit

The concept of a universal algorithm is discussed. Examples of this kind of algorithms are presented. Software implementations of such algorithms in C++ type languages are discussed together with means that provide for computations with an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Grigori Litvinov , Elena Maslova

This work proposes multi-agent systems setting for concurrent engineering system design optimization and gradually paves the way towards examining graph theoretic constructs in the context of multidisciplinary design optimization problem.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-09-18 Amir Noori

The area of online machine learning in big data streams covers algorithms that are (1) distributed and (2) work from data streams with only a limited possibility to store past data. The first requirement mostly concerns software…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-02-19 András A. Benczúr , Levente Kocsis , Róbert Pálovics

The Algorithm Selection Problem is concerned with selecting the best algorithm to solve a given problem on a case-by-case basis. It has become especially relevant in the last decade, as researchers are increasingly investigating how to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-10-31 Lars Kotthoff

We consider the distributed message-passing {LOCAL} model. In this model a communication network is represented by a graph where vertices host processors, and communication is performed over the edges. Computation proceeds in synchronous…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-05-01 Leonid Barenboim

Distributed algorithms have been playing an increasingly important role in many applications such as machine learning, signal processing, and control. Significant research efforts have been devoted to developing and analyzing new algorithms…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-03 Xinwei Zhang , Mingyi Hong , Nicola Elia

We provide a gentle introduction, aimed at non-experts, to Borel combinatorics that studies definable graphs on topological spaces. This is an emerging field on the borderline between combinatorics and descriptive set theory with deep…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Oleg Pikhurko

Lecture notes for the Yale Computer Science course CPSC 4690/5690 Randomized Algorithms. Suitable for use as a supplementary text for an introductory graduate or advanced undergraduate course on randomized algorithms. Discusses tools from…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-22 James Aspnes

We study subsystems of open induction which are strongly connected to methods of automated inductive theorem proving. Specifically, we consider systems obtained from restricting induction to atoms, literals, clauses, and dual clauses. We…

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