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In the Multiagent Path Finding problem (MAPF for short), we focus on efficiently finding non-colliding paths for a set of $k$ agents on a given graph $G$, where each agent seeks a path from its source vertex to a target. An important…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Foivos Fioravantes , Dušan Knop , Jan Matyáš Křišťan , Nikolaos Melissinos , Michal Opler

Previous studies on stochastic primal-dual algorithms for solving min-max problems with faster convergence heavily rely on the bilinear structure of the problem, which restricts their applicability to a narrowed range of problems. The main…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-20 Yan Yan , Yi Xu , Qihang Lin , Lijun Zhang , Tianbao Yang

We consider the following fundamental routing problem. An adversary inputs packets arbitrarily at sources, each packet with an arbitrary destination. Traffic is constrained by link capacities and buffer sizes, and packets may be dropped at…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-01-27 Guy Even , Moti Medina , Boaz Patt-Shamir

This paper presents near-optimal deterministic parallel and distributed algorithms for computing $(1+\varepsilon)$-approximate single-source shortest paths in any undirected weighted graph. On a high level, we deterministically reduce this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-26 Václav Rozhoň , Christoph Grunau , Bernhard Haeupler , Goran Zuzic , Jason Li

A min-cut that seperates vertices s and t in a network is an edge set of minimum weight whose removal will disconnect s and t. This problem is the dual of the well known s-t max-flow problem. Several algorithms for the min-cut problem are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-01-01 S. Shine , K. Murali Krishnan

In the $k$-Disjoint Shortest Paths ($k$-DSP) problem, we are given a weighted graph $G$ on $n$ nodes and $m$ edges with specified source vertices $s_1, \dots, s_k$, and target vertices $t_1, \dots, t_k$, and are tasked with determining if…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Shyan Akmal , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Nicole Wein

To address the rising demand for strong packet delivery guarantees in networking, we study a novel way to perform graph resource allocation. We first introduce allocation graphs, in which nodes can independently set local resource limits…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Giacomo Giuliari , Marc Wyss , Markus Legner , Adrian Perrig

In this paper, we show that given a weighted, directed planar graph $G$, and any $\epsilon >0$, there exists a polynomial time and $O(n^{\frac{1}{2}+\epsilon})$ space algorithm that computes the shortest path between two fixed vertices in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Diptarka Chakraborty , Raghunath Tewari

Mathematical modeling is a standard approach to solve many real-world problems and {\em diversity} of solutions is an important issue, emerging in applying solutions obtained from mathematical models to real-world problems. Many studies…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Tesshu Hanaka , Yasuaki Kobayashi , Kazuhiro Kurita , Yota Otachi

The lower and the upper irredundance numbers of a graph $G$, denoted $ir(G)$ and $IR(G)$ respectively, are conceptually linked to domination and independence numbers and have numerous relations to other graph parameters. It is a…

This paper addresses the problem of finding multiple near-optimal, spatially-dissimilar paths that can be considered as alternatives in the decision making process, for finding optimal corridors in which to construct a new road. We further…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-14 Yasha Pushak , Warren Hare , Yves Lucet

A framework consists of an undirected graph $G$ and a matroid $M$ whose elements correspond to the vertices of $G$. Recently, Fomin et al. [SODA 2023] and Eiben et al. [ArXiV 2023] developed parameterized algorithms for computing paths of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Tuukka Korhonen , Giannos Stamoulis

We consider a suboptimal solution path algorithm for the Support Vector Machine. The solution path algorithm is an effective tool for solving a sequence of a parametrized optimization problems in machine learning. The path of the solutions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2011-05-04 Masayuki Karasuyama , Ichiro Takeuchi

Path partition problems on trees have found various applications. In this paper, we present an $O(n \log n)$ time algorithm for solving the following variant of path partition problem: given a rooted tree of $n$ nodes $1, \ldots, n$, where…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Ruixi Luo , Taikun Zhu , Kai Jin

Let G=(V,E)(|V|=n and |E|=m) be an undirected graph with positive edge weights. Let P_{G}(s, t) be a shortest s-t path in G. Let l be the number of edges in P_{G}(s, t). The \emph{Edge Replacement Path} problem is to compute a shortest s-t…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-11-24 Anjeneya Swami Kare

The Set Packing problem is, given a collection of sets $\mathcal{S}$ over a ground set $\mathcal{U}$, to find a maximum collection of sets that are pairwise disjoint. The problem is among the most fundamental NP-hard optimization problems…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Ameet Gadekar

The Hadamard maximal determinant (maxdet) problem is to find the maximum determinant D(n) of a square {+1, -1} matrix of given order n. Such a matrix with maximum determinant is called a saturated D-optimal design. We consider some cases…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-30 Richard P. Brent

The All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) is a foundational problem in theoretical computer science. Approximating APSP in undirected unweighted graphs has been studied for many years, beginning with the work of Dor, Halperin and Zwick…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Ce Jin , Yael Kirkpatrick , Michał Stawarz , Virginia Vassilevska Williams

The \textsc{Co-Path/Cycle Packing} problem (resp. The \textsc{Co-Path Packing} problem) asks whether we can delete at most $k$ vertices from the input graph such that the remaining graph is a collection of induced paths and cycles (resp.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Yuxi Liu , Mingyu Xiao

We consider the problem of partitioning the edges of a graph into as few paths as possible. This is a~subject of the classic conjecture of Gallai and a recurring topic in combinatorics. Regarding the complexity of partitioning a graph…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Tomáš Masařík , Michał Włodarczyk , Mehmet Akif Yıldız